Influence of Clinical Knowledge, Organizational Context, and Practice Style on Transfusion Decision Making

Influence of clinical knowledge, organizational context, and practice style on transfusion decision making. Implications for practice change strategies.

Evidence shows that blood products, like other health care resources, are often used inappropriately, but the reasons for this have not been well studied. We conducted a face-to-face survey of 122 general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and anesthesiologists in three hospitals to evaluate the influence of several clinical and nonclinical factors on transfusion decision making. We found widesprea...

The Relationship Between Organizational Culture and Managers' Decision Making Style

If you consider different activities of managers, it can be seen clearly that decision making is the essence of all management activities. Decision making is counted as integral components of management and is manifested somehow in any management duty. On the other hand, organizational culture is a pattern from fundamental default that a special group created it in the solution of problems to c...

Social-Organizational Knowledge and Managerial Decision-Making

lexical decomposition awareness and its effect on delayed receptive and productive recognition and recall of vocabulary knowledge of morphologically complex english words: an iranian efl context

abstract lexical knowledge of complex english words is an important part of language skills and crucial for fluent language use (nation, 2001). the present study, thus, was an attempt to assess the role of morphological decomposition awareness as a vocabulary learning strategy on learners’ productive and receptive recall and recognition of complex english words. so 90 sophomores (female and ma...

Knowledge and Clinical Decision-Making of Nursing Students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Use of Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Nursing

Abstract Background and Objectives Lack of knowledge in health care providers may lead to an increased risk and associated complications of blood transfusion. In pediatric nursing care, clinical conditions requiring transfusion are highly urgent. Therefore, assessment of knowledge and clinical decision-making was performed to ensure clinical competency of nursing students.   Materials and Met...