title: Judgment strategies for coping with ambiguous clinical situations encountered in primary health care [corrected].
abstract: This naturalistic study identifies and describes strategies for clinical problem solving in situations of uncertainty, from observations of patient/family visits in a family health center. Judgment strategies were described for four types of uncertainty: information, diagnosis, treatment, and patient response that roughly correspond to the phases of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the clinical problem-solving process. The study contributes to increased understanding of the practical (experiential) knowledge involved in clinical judgment.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brykczynski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000379:methods*