TY - JOUR AU - AB - Medicine in art Connie Nugent MLS infant, forgetting what he ought to do next.” As he goes Decision-making is an art. Most strategies involve through the mechanical motions of tending to his wife, a variant of the basic creative problem solving pro- Dr. Henry quickly considers the situation and weighs cess: (1) Examine a situation; (2) Identify possible quality of life, remembering his own sister’s congeni- challenges; (3) Develop solutions; (4) Weigh alterna- tal heart defect. While his wife is sedated, he asks his tive solutions according to criteria; (5) Explain/apply nurse to take the newborn to a long-term care facil- the final solution. This process can be time-consuming ity many miles away, and that he will tell his wife that in a business environment—an advertising agency, for the baby has died. “He did not imagine, as he would example, might spend months developing a specific later that night, and in many nights to come, the ways ad campaign before reaching a final decision. in which he was jeopardizing everything.” Instead, the Physicians often don’t have the luxury of time for nurse takes the child to another city and raises her as diagnoses and treatment plans. Critically ill patients TI - Decision-making JO - The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles DO - 10.12746/swrccc.v7i30.565 DA - 2019-07-19 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/decision-making-Lismd0DsXM DP - DeepDyve ER -