Author:
Monagle Janet,Jessee Mary Ann,Nielsen Ann,Gonzalez Lisa,Lasater Kathie
Abstract
Background:
Despite the efforts of academic nursing educators to prepare students to make sound clinical judgments, the literature suggests new graduate nurse (NGN) competence with this critical skill continues to decline. This study sought to identify how practicing nurses describe their observations of the use and outcomes of clinical judgment by NGNs in nursing practice.
Method:
A multisite, cross-sectional survey using multiple-choice, Likert scale, and open response items to identify participants' observations of NGN clinical judgment was sent with snowball sampling and resulted in a sample of 314 participants from 19 U.S. states.
Results:
Practice partners identified a wide discrepancy between how they expect NGNs to use clinical judgment and what they actually see NGNs do, with resultant negative effects on patients and NGNs.
Conclusion:
These results provide a beginning understanding of NGNs' specific challenges with clinical judgment. Efforts to improve clinical judgment across nursing education and practice are needed.
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J Contin Educ Nurs.
2024;55(8):399–406.]
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