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What lies within: phenomenology and intuitive self-knowledge
Creative Nursing
|April 16, 2014
Summary
This study highlights how nursing intuition, a form of phenomenological knowing, complements rational and evidence-based practices. Embracing holistic thinking is crucial for nurses to enhance clinical reasoning and improve patient outcomes in complex healthcare settings.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Phenomenology
- Epistemology
Background:
- The complexity of modern healthcare necessitates advanced cognitive strategies for nurses.
- Traditional reliance on evidence-based practice may not encompass all aspects of clinical decision-making.
- Phenomenological knowing offers a framework for understanding intuitive insights in nursing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the significance of intuitiveness in phenomenological knowing within nursing.
- To demonstrate how intuition can independently or collaboratively function alongside rationality and evidence-based practice.
- To advocate for holistic approaches in nursing to advance knowledge and practice.
Main Methods:
- The study employs a holistic approach to understanding the nature of knowing in nursing.
- It examines the interplay between intuitive and rational clinical reasoning.
- Qualitative analysis of phenomenological knowing in nursing practice.
Main Results:
- Intuitiveness is a significant component of phenomenological knowing in nursing.
- This intuitive way of knowing can exist separately from or work with rationality and evidence-based practice.
- Holistic thinking enhances nurses' clinical reasoning skills.
Conclusions:
- Nurses utilize clinical reasoning, incorporating intuition, to prevent adverse patient outcomes.
- Holistic thought and innovative interventions are essential for the nursing discipline.
- Advancing healthcare requires embracing multifaceted approaches to knowledge and practice.
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