Identification should include the following steps:
- Clarify the healthcare issue(s) involved.
- Identify adequate, reliable information and resources for problem solving.
- Create alternative choices for solving the problem.
- Evaluate potential consequences of alternative choices.
- Use standards to make decisions.
- Implement decisions.
- Evaluate outcomes.
- Revise solution, if necessary.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why are assessing, adjusting, and executing all important aspects of problem solving as a respiratory therapist?
- What may be the consequences of not following protocol in problem solving?