PICOT-clinic, acronym for inference of clinical reasoning in nursing

Abstract

Objective. To present the coding of PICOT-clinic acronym, as an approach to improve the inference, deduction, induction processes of clinical reasoning in Nursing. Method. Coding of PICOT-clinic stages are integrated in consecutive and consequent transition on clinical reasoning in Nursing, based on a theoretical framework of Nursing, on fundamental patterns of Nursing knowledge, on Nursing care quality patterns of the Order of Nurses, on the vulnerability, as well as on the client's recovery potential, and on the dimensions of human responses, propitiating the formulation of the Nursing Diagnoses, respecting the principles of prioritization of Nursing diagnoses, planning the prescription of Tailored Nursing Interventions associated with SMARTp objectives. Results. The PICOT-clinic acronym as a process for the systematization of Nursing care clinic rationale, presents the five stages, P: person to take care of; I: Inference, deduction and induction of clinical reasoning; C: comparison of clinical data; O: Outcomes expected for the client; T: Type and design of Nursing interventions. Conclusion. PICOT-clinic is a structured organizer of debate that influences the different forms of nurses' reasoning in the deepening of knowledge, in the theoretical-practical integration, in the critical thinking skills, in the intrinsic socialization to Nursing practice, focused on the circumstance/real situation.