Clinical Reasoning Cycle
Identify the two highest priority problems for the patient and develop those problems into nursing diagnoses (Levett-Jones, T. 2018. Diagnosing. In A. Berman et al. Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing. 4th ed. Pearson: Melb. pp221 – 229. eBook in UTas Library).
“Develop, articulate and prioritise nursing diagnoses” has a suggested word count of 800. Most of this should be under “rationale” where you are expected to substantiate the rationale of the actions you’ve written with evidence-based research. The reflection is expected to be robust including writing against the relevant RN Standards for Practice (NMBA, 2016)
The Clinical Reasoning Cycle video on MyLO (Content > Assessment and resources > Assessment task 2), done by Michele Dowlman, will help you write this assessment.
Learning Outcome:
Criterion 1
Correctly interpret relevant pre-briefing diagnostic information
LO1 and LO2
Criterion 2
Use critical thinking to predict possible deterioration pathways
LO1 and LO2
Criterion 3
Analyse and rationalise priorities of care
LO1 and LO2
Criterion 4
Develop a management plan describing actions with rationales provided and goals.
LO1, LO2 and LO3
Criterion 5
Reflect on intraprofessional and interprofessional communication, critical thinking and clinical reasoning.
LO1 and LO5
Criterion 6
Adhere to presentation conventions: legibility, spelling, punctuation, grammar and referencing.
