ABSTRACT
Overview Cardiac care nursing is complex, and requires managing patient health in an environment of limited resources. In this chapter, we discuss a Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) of this domain. The CWA consisted of three analysis phases: work domain analysis (WDA), control task analysis, and strategies analysis. Nursing has historically functioned in a rule-based environment, but modern nursing, particularly as
Contents Overview ..........................................................................................................149 Introduction ......................................................................................................150 Method ............................................................................................................. 151
The Information-Gathering Phase ......................................................... 152 Analysis .............................................................................................................154
