Uncertainty in post-anaesthesia nursing clinical reasoning: An integrative review in the light of the model of uncertainty in complex health care settings

Problem identification: Post-anaesthesia nursing plays an important role in the early detection and treatment of clinical deterioration after surgery and/or anaesthesia. Concomitantly, effectiveness post-operative care is highly dependent on accurate analysis, synthesis patient data quality diagnostic decisions through reasoning. Given dynamic processes required to come a diagnosis, uncertainty common reasoning expected during practice. Nevertheless, may permeate foundations reasoning, which can jeopardise accuracy consequently safety health care.