Theory and practice of making difficult clinical decisions

Evaluating Evidence When Making Difficult Decisions

This paper presents the case for using the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence and a derivative of it, to model the reasoning process in debates on difficult philosophical, theological and scientific questions. This gives a useful formal framework within which to enhance the debating process. A well-known theological debate and two scientific exemplars are given for illustration of the working a...

Clinical Practice Guideline : Difficult Intravenous Access

Authored by the 2011 ENA Emergency Nursing Resources Development Committee: Melanie Crowley, MSN, RN, CEN, MICN Carla Brim, MN, RN, CEN, CNS Jean Proehl, MN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN Susan Barnason, PhD, RN, APRN, CEN, CCRN, CNS, CS Sherry Leviner, MSN, RN, CEN Cathleen Lindauer, MSN, RN, CEN Mary Naccarato, MSN, RN, CEN, CCNS Andrew Storer, DNP, RN, ACNP, CRNP, FNP Jennifer Williams, MSN, RN, CEN, ...

Schwab's Practical Theory: Integrate of Theory and Practice

The emergence of re-conceptualism in the field of curriculum studies caused a large rotation of identity in this field. The book titled "understanding of curriculum" by William Pinar may be considered the most outstanding work in the field. In this book, movement which affected pre re-conceptualist, are introduced as the traditional type and it is believed the new curriculum discourses should b...

Making smart investment decisions in clinical research

UNLABELLED A recent trial in rheumatoid arthritis found an inexpensive, but infrequently used, combination of therapies is neither inferior nor less safe than an expensive biologic drug. If the trial had been conducted over 10 years ago, arguably 100's of millions of dollars since spent on biologics could have been released to other, more effective treatments. Given the ever increasing number o...

Making evidence-based decisions in the clinical practice of integrative medicine.