Perception of risk by nursing professionals. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Perception of risk by nursing professionals.

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Perception of risk by nursing professionals.
(top) Reaction time vs. difference between acute deterioration risk of reference condition (prostate cancer) and various conditions. (bottom). Risk perception and spatial response are clearly related. Respondents all showed either a left-to-right or right-to-left bias in how direction relates to higher or lower risk.

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