Information sources used in decision making: considerations for simulation development

Simulation tasks, together with think aloud techniques are often used to research the cognitive processes individuals go through when making a decision or solving a problem. They have been utilised to a certain degree within nursing. A study was carried out to try and identify the sources of informa...

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Published in:International journal of nursing studies 1996-02, Vol.33 (1), p.47-57
Main Authors: Lamond, Dawn, Crow, Rosemary, Chase, Jonathan, Doggen, Karlien, Swinkels, Mariëlle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Nursing Research - methods
Decision Making
England
Health and social institutions
Health participants
Humans
Information sources
Interviews as Topic - methods
Medical sciences
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Perioperative Nursing
Problem Solving
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reproducibility of Results
Thinking
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Summary:Simulation tasks, together with think aloud techniques are often used to research the cognitive processes individuals go through when making a decision or solving a problem. They have been utilised to a certain degree within nursing. A study was carried out to try and identify the sources of information nurses in acute medical and surgical wards used to make assessment judgements. A sample of 114 nurses were interviewed, and their responses analysed using content analysis. Four main sources of information were identified, with verbal interaction being the source of information most frequently mentioned by the subjects. The content of material presented in simulations is normally tested using techniques such as expert panels. However, this paper suggests that of equal importance may be the form of presentation or source of that information. It is suggested that in order to increase the validity of information obtained from simulation tasks, the form of presentation of information to the subject should also be considered.
ISSN:0020-7489
1873-491X
DOI:10.1016/0020-7489(95)00064-X