There are many factors that contribute to the decisions that are made as part of nursing clinical practice. Different types of knowledge are a large part of why novice nurses make the decisions they do. But there is something deep down inside that is really inexplicable, some say even impossible that is part of decision making too. Intuition, that urge to act a certain way without really knowing why, is an important part of why nurses, even the newest ones do the things they do. Robert, Tilley, and Petersen (2014), actually analyzed the idea of intuition and its role in the decision making of novice nurses. That analysis is the subject of this paper and is referenced in Table 1. It was chosen because of my curiosity concerning student nurses
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They based their conclusions on a literature search that yielded 27 articles.
If defining attributes are those facets that are identified as part of the concept (Walker and Avant, 2011), then Robert, Tilley, and Petersen state that they found four. First, inference does not occur before knowledge. Next, knowledge is naturally spiritual, physical, and mental. Third, knowledge does not come from reasoning. The final defining attribute for this study is that knowledge does not come from analysis.
Model cases illustrate the concept being analyzed. Somehow these cases are examples of intuition. The first case discussed in this analysis was about a primary nurse getting hand-off reports between shifts about a patient with hypertension and …show more content…
They do a great job with definitions and explaining the concept. They talk about intuition in relation to Benner’s different stages of nurses. They clearly point out that intuition is present in all phase of nursing development. They describe the findings of different researchers and how even novice nurses provide better nursing care in a more timely manner when they use their intuition along with their nursing knowledge. The authors clearly identify the facets identified as necessary for analysis. Although they failed to clearly identify the conceptual and operational definitions there is some inference to be made. The analysis clearly identifies measurement tools and describes what might be practical uses of this concept in the present and
They based their conclusions on a literature search that yielded 27 articles.
If defining attributes are those facets that are identified as part of the concept (Walker and Avant, 2011), then Robert, Tilley, and Petersen state that they found four. First, inference does not occur before knowledge. Next, knowledge is naturally spiritual, physical, and mental. Third, knowledge does not come from reasoning. The final defining attribute for this study is that knowledge does not come from analysis.
Model cases illustrate the concept being analyzed. Somehow these cases are examples of intuition. The first case discussed in this analysis was about a primary nurse getting hand-off reports between shifts about a patient with hypertension and …show more content…
They do a great job with definitions and explaining the concept. They talk about intuition in relation to Benner’s different stages of nurses. They clearly point out that intuition is present in all phase of nursing development. They describe the findings of different researchers and how even novice nurses provide better nursing care in a more timely manner when they use their intuition along with their nursing knowledge. The authors clearly identify the facets identified as necessary for analysis. Although they failed to clearly identify the conceptual and operational definitions there is some inference to be made. The analysis clearly identifies measurement tools and describes what might be practical uses of this concept in the present and