title: Clinical decision-making: theory and practice.
abstract: Nurses have to make important clinical decisions in their everyday practice. This article provides an introduction to the theory of clinical decision-making, describes the type of decisions that nurses make and outlines the different approaches that can be used to make a decision.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton. n.muir@bton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muir
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003071:Cognition; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019545:Intuition; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory