introduction: critical thinking as a process of purposeful self-regulatory judgment leads to problem solving and correct decision making in individuals. in the modern world, health care faces rapid change and burgeoning amount of knowledge. possessing critical thinking is essential for individuals in health care centers, specially when they are forced to solve clinical problems. the aim of this...

background clinical judgment development is necessary because it leads to appropriate nursing diagnoses, clinical decision-making and health promotion. objectives in this study we explored the process of iranian nurses’ development in clinical judgment. patients and methods this qualitative study was conducted in 2013 at hospitals of kurdistan university of medical sciences, located in the sana...

abstract background: nurses’ clinical judgment development is essential for the professional nursing practice. the aim of this study was to explore the facilitators to the development of iranian nurses’ clinical judgment. materials and methods: a qualitative design using conventional content analysis method was employed in the study. a purposive sample of 24 participants was recruited from thre...

of Medicine and other periodicals over the past decade. Dr. Feinstein's aim is nothing less than to induce doctors to think in new ways. He hopes that one result of his proposed revolution in clinical thinking will restore to clinical medicine the status it has lost owing to the explosive growth of molecular biology. He traces at length the growth and change of clinical investigation in this co...