{"id":35910,"date":"2015-10-16T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T13:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=35910"},"modified":"2015-10-16T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T13:10:57","slug":"nursing-team-receives-award-for-patient-care-and-teaching-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/10\/nursing-team-receives-award-for-patient-care-and-teaching-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing team receives award for patient care and teaching research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S.-based Journal of Nursing Education<\/em> has awarded a Brock team for research on how nurses make decisions on patient procedures and care.<\/p>\n

Researchers Joyce Engel, Dawn Prentice and McMaster University undergraduate student Adriana Cappelletti (first author) received the Christine A. Tanner Scholarly Teaching Award for their paper \u201cSystematic review of clinical judgment and reasoning in nursing\u201d in the\u00a0Journal of Nursing, 53<\/em>, 453-8.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were completely surprised,\u201d says Engel. \u201cThe fact that we\u2019re Canadians and that the award is given to an article that advances knowledge in nursing education is a huge honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

The paper explores factors that influence clinical decision-making resulting in \u201ca reasoned and accurate judgment that guides nursing actions and evaluations,\u201d and how best to teach these concepts to nursing students, says Engel.<\/p>\n

To illustrate the process of clinical decision-making, she gives the example of a patient involuntarily admitted to hospital for mental health issues. The nurse follows a series of steps that involve gathering the patient\u2019s history and assessing the patient\u2019s mental state on admission.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the basis of the mental status examination, the history-taking from the patient, the patient\u2019s perception of the issues, and the nurse\u2019s assessment of the patient\u2019s thinking and emotional state, the nurse determines that the patient is not at a high risk of suicide at this time,\u201d says Engel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat information is shared with other team members, who determine certain activities, how closely that patient is monitored, a patient\u2019s privileges and therapeutic approaches with the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research concludes that clinical decision-making is a complex process that is sometimes challenging to teach in a classroom and clinical settings.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, how do we teach intuition?\u201d says Engel. \u201cHow do we promote curiosity, clinical reasoning and the ability to engage the patient?\u201d She notes that nursing education involves a lot of clinical simulation, but \u201cthere is no one best way to teach clinical reasoning and decision-making. It develops over time.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo gain clinical reasoning, you do need classroom lectures, you need knowledge, but you also need opportunities for practice in a variety of ways and situations to be able to develop intuition and the ability to see, engage and interpret accurately within a variety of circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prentice says the process of writing the paper with Cappelletti was a positive experience. \u201cIt points to how exciting it is to be able to mentor and work with students. They, too, can stand amongst top scholars.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Christine A. Tanner Scholarly Teaching Award recognizes excellence in writing and the impact of outstanding research or other scholarly works on advancing knowledge in the field of nursing education.<\/p>\n

The Brock research team is the first to receive the award.<\/p>\n

Christine A. Tanner, who the award is named after, served as editor of the Journal of Nursing Education<\/em> from 1991-2012 and is now editor emeritus.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most influential voices in the field, Dr. Tanner had, and continues to have, a profound impact on a generation of nurse educators through her work as a writer, teacher, researcher-scholar, and mentor and friend to faculty, students, and colleagues across the United States and around the world,\u201d says the journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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