Clinical judgment: The last frontier for evaluation

Lasater, Kathie

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2010.11.013

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Clinical judgment: The last frontier for evaluation

Lasater, Kathie·2011·Nurse Education in Practice

DOI 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.11.013

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Nursing educators and preceptors often find it difficult to evaluate prelicensure students' clinical judgment development. Clinical judgment is critical to excellent patient care decisions and outcomes. The Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric, a validated, evidence-based clinical judgment rubric, is described as a tool that offers a common language for students, nurse educators, and preceptors and a trajectory for students' clinical judgment development. The rubric has been used to provide feedback for reflective journals and a means for self-evaluation in addition to a guide for formulating higher level thought questions to shape students' thinking like a nurse.

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Authors: Lasater, K.
Affiliations: Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author: Lasater, Kathie
ORCID: Lasater, Kathie
Venue: Nurse Education in Practice
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2011-03
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Pages: 86-92
ISSN: 1471-5953 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2010.11.013
OpenAlex: W1994296350
Cited by: 179
References: 66
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 6.97
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Nurse Education in Practice (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
Keywords: clinical judgment, Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric, prelicensure nursing students, nursing education, clinical preceptors, reflective journals, student self-assessment, feedback, clinical reasoning
MeSH terms: Clinical Competence, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Humans, Judgment, Preceptorship, Self-Assessment, Students, Nursing, Nursing Education Research

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