Clinical Reasoning
Learning to think like a nurse
Edited by Tracy Levett-Jones
3rd Edition
Australian edition
An Australian text designed to address the key area of clinical reasoning in nursing practice.
Using a series of authentic scenarios, Clinical Reasoning guides students through the clinical reasoning process while challenging them to think critically about the nursing care they provide.
With scenarios adapted from real clinical situations that occurred in healthcare and community settings, this edition continues to address the core principles for the provision of quality care and the prevention of adverse patient outcomes.
1 Clinical reasoning: What it is and why it matters
2 Caring for a person experiencing an adverse drug reaction
3 Caring for a person with fluid and electrolyte imbalance
4 Caring for a person experiencing pain
5 Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes
6 Caring for a person experiencing respiratory distress and hypoxia
7 Caring for a person with a cardiac condition
8 Caring for a person with an acquired brain injury
9 Caring for a person receiving blood component therapies
10 Caring for a person with sepsis
11 Caring for a person with substance dependence and complex post-traumatic distress syndrome
12 Caring for a person with Parkinson's disease
13 Caring for a person experiencing an acute psychotic episode
14 Caring for an older person with altered cognition
15 Caring for a young person with a disability
16 Caring for a person requiring palliative care
17 Caring for a person who is refusing treatment
This product includes a Solutions Manual
For each critical concept, the content is all structured around a scenario with an 8-step process. This gives students the opportunity to connect the theory to something real in a low stakes environment, while also solidifying a step-by-step process they can follow and apply in study and real life.
The scenarios included in each chapter have been adapted from real clinical situations that occurred in healthcare and community settings. The clinical conditions that feature in this text are framed by Australia’s National Health Priorities, and the patients/clients profiled are of different ages and from diverse backgrounds.
Each chapter emphasises patient safety and quality care; and there are references to the Patient Safety Competency Framework (2017), the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2021), and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016).
Scaffolded quizzes at the end of relevant sections consolidate student's learning of key concepts, connecting it with the scenario from the chapter.
Reflective thinking is the final stage of the clinical reasoning cycle. In order for students to maximise their learning, guided reflection questions are provided at the end of each scenario. These help students think critically and creatively about what they have learned and, most importantly, how their learning will inform and translate to their future practice.
"Each chapter made me feel like an investigator trying to put all the clues together to solve the patient problem."
"The scenarios showed me how I jump to conclusions before considering the information given; I learnt that some things aren’t always what they seem."
"The scenarios involved constant thinking and decision making and I found them to be a great tool for learning what could go wrong when a patient’s nursing diagnosis is incorrect."
"Going step by step through the clinical reasoning cycle was a good way to learn. I found it made me research a lot of things I didn’t know and look into conditions I was unfamiliar with."
Distinguished Professor Tracy Levett-Jones
Tracy Levett-Jones is a Distinguished Professor, Professor of Nursing Education and Head of School at the University of Technology Sydney. She is recognised as a world-leading healthcare researcher and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2022. Tracy is ranked as one of the world’s top 1% of nursing scientists by Stanford University. Tracy’s program of research includes patient safety, empathy, clinical reasoning and simulation. Her research is designed to inform, influence and improve patient outcomes and the quality of healthcare education.
Ms Bernadette Bugeja MN (AD CLIN ED), BN
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Pain Management, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
Mr Vincent Carroll RN, MSc (DEMENTIA CARE), GRADDIP BA BHLTHSC(NURSING), MPHIL CANDIDATE
Parkinson’s Clinical Nurse Consultant, Mid-North Coast Local Health District; School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University
Ms Belinda Causby RN, MCLINN, GCCN (CRITICAL CARE), BN, PHD CANDIDATE
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Intensive Care Services, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst
Ms Vivienne Chau RN, GRAD CERT TRANSFUSION PRACTICE, GRAD CERT NURSING SCIENCE (APHERESIS), GRAD CERT CANCER NURSING
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Haematology/Oncology/Apheresis/Haemovigilance, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Ms Rochelle Firth RN MN
Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Course Coordinator Master of Nurse Practitioner, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Lesley Fitzpatrick RN, BSCN (HON), MN (CRIT CARE)
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal North Shore Hospital
Ms Jamie Gills RN GRAD DIP AGED CARE
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Orthogeriatrics/Dementia/Delirium, Aged and Subacute, Central Coast Local Health District
Dr Mark Goodhew RN, MASTERS MH NURSING, PHD
Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Ms Natalie Govind RN, BN (HON), GRAD CERT ICU, PHD CANDIDATE
Lecturer, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Associate Professor Stephen Guinea BN, GRAD DIP VOC ED TRAIN, PHD
Associate Dean, Learning, Teaching and Professional Experience, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Dr Sharyn Hunter PHD, RN, BSC (HONS), GRAD CERT (AGED CARE), GRAD CERT TERTIARY TEACHING
Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle
Professor Christine Imms BAPPSC (OT), MSC, PHD, FELLOW OTARA
Apex Australia Chair of Neurodevelopment and
Disability, The University of Melbourne
Dr Samantha Jakimowicz PHD, RN, BNURS (HONS1), BCHC
Director Professional Engagement, Australian College of Nursing
Professor Tracy Levett-Jones PHD, RN, MED & WORK, BN, DIPAPPSC (NURSING)
Professor of Nursing Education and Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Associate Professor Joanne Lewis BN, MPallC, PhD
Discipline Lead and Head of Discipline Nursing, School of Nursing Midwifery and Public Health, University of Canberra
Ms Jessica McKirkle BN, GRAD DIP CHILDREN, ADOLESCENT AND FAMILY HEALTH
Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University
Ms Veronica Mills RN, BN, MHLTH SC
Casual Academic, School of Nursing and Midwifery, CQUniversity, Credentialled Diabetes Nurse Educator
Ms Elizabeth Newman RN MN, MASTER OF NURSING (NURSE PRACTITIONER), GRAD CERT NURS. SCIENCE (APHERESIS), CERT CHEMOTHERAPY, CERT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT
Nurse Practitioner Haematology, Bone Marrow Transplant & Apheresis, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Ms Lorinda Palmer RN, BSC, DIP ED, GRAD DIP (NURSING), MN
Casual Academic & Research Associate, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Deborah Parker RN, BA MSOCSC, PHD
Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia) School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Tyson Perrin RN, BN, GRAD CERTN (CRIT CARE), MADVN
Casual Academic, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Jacqui Pich RN, PHD
Course Director, Bachelor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Ms Loretto Quinney RN, RM, CCRN, BAAPPSC, GRAD CERT MNG, PH CANDIDATE
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University
Professor Kerry Reid-Searl PHD, RN, RM, BHLTHSC, MCLINED
Emeritus Professor of Nursing, CQUniversity
Dr Tracy Robinson PHD, BA HONS, RN
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University
Mr Peter Ross RN
Mental Health Nurse, Mid North Coast Correctional Centre
Dr Rachel Rossiter D.HSC, RN, MN (NP), MCOUNSELLING, BCOUNSELLING, BHLTHSC (NURSING)
Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Associate Professor Peter Sinclair RN, BN, RENAL CERT, MPHIL, PH
Course Director, Postgraduate Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Ms Judith Smith RN, BN, GRAD CERT PERIOP, MA (HONS), PHD CANDIDATE
Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Anna Treloar RN, CMHN, MA, MPHC, PHD
Former Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle
Professor Amanda Wilson RN, BA (HONS), MCA, PHD
Deputy Head of School, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
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Clinical Reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse
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