What. What. What. Clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education
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This study explored two facets of clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education. The first was to examine the perceptions of Tanzanian nurses regarding the use of clinical judgment during their nursing education. The second purpose was to scrutinize perceived benefits and obstacles of establishing approaches to the development of clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurses. The sample consisted of ten Tanzanian nurses whose experience ranged from two to eighteen years. A qualitative research design of phenomenology was used in designing a semi-structured interview guide to conduct the interviews
Submission is a thesis submitted to the graduate nursing faculty of the University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing.
This work has been approved through a peer-review process prior to its posting in the Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository.
| Type | Thesis |
| Acquisition | Self-submission |
| Review Type | Peer-review: Single Blind |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | Phenomenology |
| Research Approach | Qualitative Research |
| Keywords | Clinical Judgement; Nurse Education; Developing Countries; Phenomenological Research |
| CINAHL Subject(s) | Decision Making, Clinical; Developing Countries |
| MESH Subject(s) | Education, Nursing; Tanzania |
| MESH Subject(s) | Education, Nursing; Tanzania |
| Grantor | University of Mary |
| Level | Master's |
| Year | 2015 |
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