The Aspects of Clinical Reasoning Cycle - Importance, Information Collection, Processing, and Evaluation

Running Head: THE ASPECTS OF CLINICAL REASONING CYCLE 1
The Aspects of Clinical Reasoning Cycle
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THE ASPECTS OF CLINICAL REASONING CYCLE 2
Table of Contents
The Aspects of Clinical Reasoning Cycle................................................................................1
Question 1: The Importance of Clinical Reasoning..................................................................3
Question 3: Collecting cues and information............................................................................3
The importance of collecting cues...................................................................................3
Current information about Mrs. Randall...........................................................................4
Additional assessment on Mrs. Randall...........................................................................4
Question 4: Processing information.........................................................................................4
Purpose of processing information..................................................................................4
Identifying abnormal cues.................................................................................................5
Discrimination of cues.......................................................................................................5
Question 5: Identifying problems or issues..............................................................................5
Difference between actual and potential nurse diagnosis.............................................5
Section c..............................................................................................................................5
Section d.............................................................................................................................5
Question 6................................................................................................................................5
Question 7: Taking action........................................................................................................6
Assessment........................................................................................................................6
Education............................................................................................................................6
Medication...........................................................................................................................6
Intervention/care.................................................................................................................6
Question 8: Evaluation.............................................................................................................6
Purpose of evaluating nursing interventions..................................................................6
Evaluation of Mrs. Randall.................................................................................................6
Question 9: Reflection..............................................................................................................6
Section a..............................................................................................................................6
Section b.............................................................................................................................7
References...............................................................................................................................8

THE ASPECTS OF CLINICAL REASONING CYCLE 3
Question 1: The Importance of Clinical Reasoning
Clinical reasoning, as the due procedure followed by nurses and other clinicians in
finding out all the possible problems faced by a patient, helps in perceiving imminent patient
decline (Levett-Jones, et al., 2010). Nurses enriched with problem solving skills stand a
better chance of positively influencing a patient’s outcome as they see the bigger picture of
the situation (Purling & King, 2012). Nurses with poor critical thinking skills on the other hand
are the core reason why some clinics experience antagonistic events from a patient.
Collecting and processing information, detecting the problem & anticipating an outcome and
taking action are some of the major skills that have a bearing on the patient’s final situation
(Levett-Jones T. H.-S., 2010). A wrong diagnosis of the whole situation will obviously lead to
the worsening of the patient’s condition since ineffective treatment options will be applied.
In the analysis of the cues collected, nurses and clinicians can study previous cases
with similar signs (Higgs, 2018). This will definitely boost their reasoning as they seek to find
out the patient’s real condition and a correct treatment method will be assigned. Every nurse
will definitely not want to be on the receiving end of the patient’s critics due to inappropriate
treatment methods. Therefore, nurses and clinicians should sharpen their clinical reasoning
skills as early as the university and college level. Relying on previous worked examples to
find solutions has proven to be inadequate, thus other learning materials should be
accessed all the time (Montpetit-Tourangeau, et al., 2017). Graduates, just like qualified
nurses and clinicians, will be expected to counter to patients’ deterioration. Partial
experience and elementary knowledge makes the care of deteriorating patients challenging
(Purling & King, 2012). Nurses should be in a position to spot all the elusive symptoms in
order to make precise treatment decisions.
Question 2: Considering the patient’s situation.
Nurses have an obligation to know about the patient’s physical and psychological
information. Nurses should study the patient’s medical reports and books to understand the
patient’s current condition and medical status in order to draw out facts of the patient’s
clinical circumstance (European Heart, 2018). Therapeutic communication should be used to
find out the patient’s psychological information. Nurses should also run a few tests in order
to be aware of the patient’s weight, height, body temperature and blood pressure. This helps
nurses and other clinicians to plan the patient’s assessment and treatment. An accurate
assessment of the patient’s situation helps avoid patient’s deterioration.