title: Clinical judgment: an integrated model.
abstract: Literature on clinical judgment is discussed as a background for proposing an integrated model of diagnostic-therapeutic and ethical reasoning. Information processing and nursing process components related to problem identification and problem solving serve as a framework for the integration of the two domains of clinical reasoning. Discussion focuses on the integration of process components, identification of areas of research, and the use of the model in education and practice.
authors.affiliation: Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Candee
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hiltunen
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003663:Decision Trees; D004506:Education, Nursing; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008606:Mental Processes; D016294:Models, Nursing; D035863:Moral Development; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009736:Nursing Process; D015399:Nursing Research; D011340:Problem Solving