General Nursing Clinical Judgment

General clinical nursing skills encompass the foundational safety-critical practices that underpin all nursing specialties. NCLEX-RN Canada tests these across every domain — medication safety, fall prevention, patient identification, restraint use, pressure injury prevention, and documentation. Errors in these areas are leading causes of patient harm in Canadian hospitals. Patient safety context: - Medication errors: among the most common adverse events; most are preventable - Falls: leading cause of injury-related hospitalization in Canada; 30% of falls result in injury - Pressure injuries: affect 26% of hospitalized patients; largely preventable with nursing care - Wrong-patient events: prevented by consistent 2-identifier verification The core safety practices that nurses must apply reliably, regardless of clinical specialty.