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Cognitive bias during clinical decision-making and its influence on patient outcomes in the emergency department: a scoping review.

Jala S, Fry M, Elliott R. Cognitive bias during clinical decision‐making and its influence on patient outcomes in the emergency department: a scoping review. J Clin Nurs. 2023;32(19-20):7076-7085. doi:10.1111/jocn.16845.

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October 25, 2023
Jala S, Fry M, Elliott R. J Clin Nurs. 2023;32(19-20):7076-7085.
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Cognitive biases can impact the type of care a patient receives and their subsequent outcomes, particularly in the emergency department which operates under time and resource constraints. This review identified 18 studies on cognitive biases in emergency physicians and nurses. Most studies focused on implicit bias and on physicians. Of the five studies focused solely on nurses, all assessed bias in emergency department triage.

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Jala S, Fry M, Elliott R. Cognitive bias during clinical decision‐making and its influence on patient outcomes in the emergency department: a scoping review. J Clin Nurs. 2023;32(19-20):7076-7085. doi:10.1111/jocn.16845.