Developing Skills in Interpretation

摘要

In the previous two columns, we explored the Clinical Judgment Model (Tanner, 2006; see Figure 1) and strategies that preceptors might use to assist beginning nurses to develop the skill of noticing. In this column, we will explore strategies for developing the skill of interpreting, the second component of the Clinical Judgment Model. Interpreting is the process of making sense of a clinical situation. What the nurse notices as relevant in the situation calls forth related knowledge and patterns of response that support interpretation and hint at appropriate courses of action.