Nursing Formative Assessment

Nursing 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.

Nursing Formative Assessment

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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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.

Nursing 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.