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2014-2015 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NUR 635 - Clin Reason Adv Nur Prac

Credits 2
Requirements: Prerequisite: Matriculated Grad Students
Current theoretical and empirical knowledge relative to critical thinking and clinical decision making. Research guided by decision theory, information processing theory and prospect theory will be considered. Several informatic approaches such as expert systems and decision analysis will be examined. Ethical considerations will be explored. Strategies to improve diagnostic reasoning will be discussed and students will analyze their own clinical judgments throughout the course.
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