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Informational basis for expert intuition.

J A Effken1

  • 1University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson 85721-0203, USA. jeffken@nursing.arizona.edu

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|June 30, 2001
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Nursing intuition, often debated as art or science, can be understood as direct perception. This information-based, lawful phenomenon is observable, measurable, and teachable within nursing science.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Ecological Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Nursing intuition is debated as either an art or science.
  • Disputes stem from methodological issues and assumptions about perception.
  • An ecological psychology framework offers a new perspective.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an alternative view of nursing intuition.
  • To provide an informational basis for phenomenologically described intuition.
  • To reframe the debate on nursing intuition as art versus science.

Main Methods:

  • Examining intuition through an ecological psychology framework.
  • Focusing on information from the patient and care context, not just the nurse's cognition.
  • Investigating information sources (higher-order variables/constraints) in the nurse-patient encounter.

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Main Results:

  • Intuition can be reframed as direct perception, an information-based and lawful phenomenon.
  • This perspective shifts focus from solely cognitive processes to include environmental information.
  • Nursing intuition is observable, measurable, and potentially teachable.

Conclusions:

  • Intuition as direct perception clarifies and simplifies the concept of nursing intuition.
  • This view integrates intuition into nursing science as a measurable and teachable skill.
  • Developing direct perception through education and practice enhances nursing expertise.