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Different Phases Of Clinical Reasoning Cycle, Ethan Lee Sep 1992

Different Phases Of Clinical Reasoning Cycle, Ethan Lee

Ethan Lee

A professional nurse’s clinical reasoning skill is very important because it helps to decide what will be the outcome of patient care. The model of the clinical reasoning cycle is based on the previous models and shows that the method of critical thinking and responses is not linear. The process has been diagrammatically represented as a circle. It is a spiral or circle that contains the connected and on-going clinical encounters.
What is clinical reasoning?
Clinical reasoning is the process through which nurses gather cues, sort out the information, comprehend the problem or situation of the patient, make plans, …