Formative Assessment
This formative assessment will build towards your final project by reinforcing your understanding of various decision-making models and how they can be applied to enhance clinical practice. Mastering this competency is essential for effective leadership in nursing, ensuring that patient care is informed by a comprehensive understanding of available options and their implications for patient outcomes.
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will evaluate and compare two decision models—one from nursing and one from another discipline (e.g., psychology, business, public health)—and discuss their applicability to a specific clinical scenario in nursing practice.
- Select Decision Models:
- Choose one decision-making model from nursing (e.g., the Nursing Process) and one model from another discipline (e.g., the OODA loop from psychology).
- Clinical Scenario:
- Identify a relevant clinical scenario where decision-making is critical. This could involve a complex patient case, a team-based care situation, or an urgent care decision.
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Formative Assessment
- Compare and Analyze:
- Write a brief analysis (at least one page) addressing the following:
- Description: Summarize each decision model, emphasizing key components and processes.
- Applicability: Discuss how each model could be applied to the chosen clinical scenario.
- Strengths and Limitations: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each model in informing clinical judgment in this context.
- Write a brief analysis (at least one page) addressing the following:
Document Type/Template
- Word Document
Formative Assessment
This formative assessment will build towards your final project by reinforcing your understanding of various decision-making models and how they can be applied to enhance clinical practice. Mastering this competency is essential for effective leadership in nursing, ensuring that patient care is informed by a comprehensive understanding of available options and their implications for patient outcomes.
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will evaluate and compare two decision models—one from nursing and one from another discipline (e.g., psychology, business, public health)—and discuss their applicability to a specific clinical scenario in nursing practice.
- Select Decision Models:
- Choose one decision-making model from nursing (e.g. the Nursing Process) and one model from another discipline (e.g. the OODA loop from psychology).,
- Clinical Scenario:
- Identify a relevant clinical scenario where decision-making is critical. This could involve a complex patient case a team-based care situation or an urgent care decision.,
- Compare and Analyze:
- Write a brief analysis (at least one page) addressing the following: ,
- Description: Summarize each decision model emphasizing key components and processes.,
- Applicability: Discuss how each model could be applied to the chosen clinical scenario. ,
- Strengths and Limitations: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each model in informing clinical judgment in this context.,
- Write a brief analysis (at least one page) addressing the following: ,
Document Type/Template
- Word Document
- Select Decision Models: