The Use of Fuzzy Logic in Nursing

It is important for nurses to make their decisions according to nursing philosophy, to learn the methods which will increase quality of the care while they carry out their practices. The fuzzy logic, the relationship of which has recently identified with nursing, is suitable to the philosophical topics of nursing practice, helps overcoming the conflict between subjectivity and objectivity, and comprehending contextual meanings of complex nursing phenomena. The fuzzy logic which is interested in the grey areas between black and white answers of questions in nursing practices, makes present but not been able to identified uncertainties defined. Fuzzy set which refers to graded terms, allows the comprehension of concepts which explain the border between “having a feature” and “not having a feature” is not straight. Clinical decision making requires to discriminate information by synthesizing it and putting into practice the best option by choosing it between others. As a result, nurses working in today’s health care environments, have to work by taking more faster, logical and complex decisions when they provide care. Fuzzy logic which explains expert nurses how to take right decisions during their practices, is seen as a powerful method in decision process. By this way, fuzzy logic provides simultaneous support to taken decisions, less biased decisions, higher quality on-time health care and more positive patient results.