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Developing Sound Clinical Judgment and Professional Maturity

Clinical judgment is considered a foundational component of professional advanced-level nursing practice. This ability enables nurses to deliver safe patient care with optimal outcomes. Nurses, particularly those transitioning into advanced clinical practice, require assistance to enhance their clinical judgment skills. As advanced-level nurses move toward professional maturity, clinical judgment will also move from novice to expert.

Engaging in self-compassion, self-awareness, and self-reflection can help nurses identify practices that promote happiness, optimal quality of life, and health, including but not limited to the following categories: emotional, intellectual, physical, social, environmental, financial, and physical health. Emotional intelligence is the ability to positively understand and manage your emotions, which facilitates coping with stress and communicating effectively. The ability to channel emotions and communicate effectively can decrease burnout and enhance patient care outcomes.

1. Consider the Lasater rubric of clinical judgment in your required reading.

2. Identify the four components of this education assessment.

3. How might demonstrating emotional intelligence and maintaining a calm demeanor help you develop clinical judgment?

4. Share an example in your current practice as an ICU nurse or potential future role where you may need to evaluate evidence or aggregate data results to clinically assess a practice, policy, or treatment plan, displaying clinical judgment.