Nurses must be enlightened that clinical reasoning, clinical decision making,\nand clinical judgement are the key elements in providing safe patient care. It\nmust be incorporated and applied all throughout the nursing process. The\nimpact of patientsâ?? positive outcomes relies on how nurses are effective in\nclinical reasoning and put into action once clinical decision making occurs.\nThus, nurses with poor clinical reasoning skills frequently fail to see and notice\npatient worsening condition, and misguided decision making arises that\nleads to ineffective patient care and adding patients suffering. Clinical judgment\non the other hand denotes on the outcome after the cycle of clinical\nreasoning. Within this context, nurses apply reflection about their actions\nfrom the clinical decision making they made. The process of applying knowledge,\nskills and expertise in the clinical field through clinical reasoning is the\nwork of art in the nursing profession in promoting patient safety in the\ncourse of delivering routine nursing interventions. Nurses must be guided\nwith their sound clinical reasoning to have an optimistic outcome and prevent\niatrogenic harm to patients. Nurses must be equipped with knowledge,\nskills, attitude and values but most importantly prepared to face the bigger\npicture of responsibility to care for every patient in the clinical field.
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