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judgment

[juj´ment]

the ability to make logical, rational decisions and decide whether a given action is right or wrong.

clinical judgment the process by which the nurse decides on data to be collected about a client, makes an interpretation of the data, arrives at a nursing diagnosis, and identifies appropriate nursing actions; this involves problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking.

judgment

[juj′mənt]

Etymology: L, judicare, to judge

1 (in law) the final decision of the court regarding the case before it.

2 the reason given by the court for its decision; an opinion.

3 an award, penalty, or other sentence of law given by the court.

4 the ability to recognize the relationships of ideas and to form correct conclusions from those data as well as from those acquired from experience.

judg·ment

(jŭj'mĕnt)

Ability to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of a behavior or situation and act or react appropriately.
Compare: discrimination
Synonym(s): judgement.

judg·ment

(jŭj'mĕnt)

Ability to evaluate aspects of a behavior or situation and act or react appropriately.
Synonym(s): judgement.

judgment,

n 1. a legal finding.
n 2. the ability to discriminate between or among two or more states or conditions.

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3 in the series is positively minimalist - but that sumsup the whole Doom thing.

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Plus, an ending of such tenderness that if it wasn't for the DOOM, DOO-DOOM, DOOM, DOOM, DOO-DOOM-DOOM drums at the end you weren't sure if you were watching the same soap.