Developing nursing students' decision making skills: are early warning scoring systems helpful?

Jacqueline McCallum*, Kathleen Duffy, Elizabeth Hastie, Valerie Ness, Lesley Price

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Abstract

This paper is presented to contribute to the emerging debate on Early Warning Scoring Systems. The Early Warning Scoring System was introduced, and has been implemented internationally, to aid in the identification of the patient whose condition is deteriorating. Early identification of patient deterioration is of vital importance for patient safety. Therefore how we teach this skill to students and how they become competent and confident in its utilisation, interpretation and subsequent clinical decision-making is crucial. The paper initially explores the competence of student nurses in this area. The discussion then focuses on three models of clinical decision making to illustrate why the introduction of Early Warning Scoring Systems has hindered student nurses in the development of the decision-making skills required to identify and manage the patient whose condition is deteriorating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalNurse Education in Practice
Volume13
Issue number1
Early online date9 Oct 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Decision-making
  • Early warning scoring systems
  • Undergraduate nurses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Nursing
  • Education

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