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prioritize hypotheses

In the NCLEX clinical judgment model, to rank the client's possible problems by how urgent and likely each one is.

pry-OR-ih-tize hy-POTH-uh-seez verb

What it means

The third step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, after recognize cuesREK-ug-nize KYOOZThe first step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: picking out the client information that matters most.Full entry and analyze cuesAN-uh-lyze KYOOZThe second step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: linking the client's findings to what they could mean.Full entry . The nurse weighs the possible explanations for the client's findings and decides which need attention first, based on how dangerous, how likely and how urgent each is. The next step is to generate solutionsJEN-er-ayt suh-LOO-shunzThe fourth step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: choosing goals and the actions that could reach them.Full entry .

Related terms

clinical judgment

The way a nurse notices, makes sense of and acts on information about a client to decide on the best care.

analyze cues

The second step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: linking the client's findings to what they could mean.

recognize cues

The first step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: picking out the client information that matters most.

generate solutions

The fourth step of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: choosing goals and the actions that could reach them.

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