According to Sarah Lake and colleagues, “nursing prioritization is the decision by a nurse as to which nurse–patient interaction to address first among many potentially competing requirements and options” (Lake, 2009, 377). Improving nursing practice is dependent on understanding the clinical decision-making process. Prioritization is also essential in describing and planning nursing interventions. The article discusses that although prioritization of the patient care is highly important, previous research on this subject has not been conducted. Instead, a study has been conducted based on perceiving the profession’s established understanding and tacit knowledge of their care giving prioritization by using the method of critical realism.
