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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782878103321

Autore

Benner Patricia E

Titolo

Expertise in nursing practice [[electronic resource] ] : caring, clinical judgment & ethics / / Patricia Benner, Christine A. Tanner, Catherine A. Chesla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-282-01246-0

9786612012464

0-8261-2545-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (524 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CheslaCatherine A

TannerChristine A. <1947->

Disciplina

610.73

Soggetti

Clinical competence

Nursing ethics

Nursing - Decision making

Nursing - Study and teaching (Continuing education)

Nursing - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-490) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Relationship of Theory and Practice in the Acquisition of Skill; 2 Entering the Field: Advanced Beginner Practice; 3 The Competent Stage: A Time of Analysis, Planning, and Confrontation; 4 Proficiency: A Transition to Expertise; 5 Expert Practice; 6 Impediments to the Development of Clinical Knowledge and Ethical Judgment in Critical Care Nursing; 7 Clinical Judgment; 8 The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge; 9 The Primacy of Caring and the Role of Experience, Narrative, and Community in Clinical and Ethical Expertise

10 Implications of the Phenomenology of Expertise for Teaching and Learning Everyday Skillful Ethical Comportment11 The Nurse-Physician Relationship: Negotiating Clinical Knowledge; 12 Implications for Basic Nursing Education; 13 Implications for Nursing Administration and Practice; Appendix A: Background and Method; Appendix B: Description of Nurse Informants; Appendix C: Background Questions for Interviews



and Observations; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the nature of clinical knowledge and judgment. The authors present a report of a six-year study of over 1,300 hospital nurses, primarily in critical care. The contributors document and analyze their clinical narratives for stages of clinical skill acquisition and the components of expert practice. Ultimately, this work examines the meaning of expertise in nursing practice through the nurse's use of scientific knowledge, professional experience, and careful attention to each patient's changing condition.