Intuition: An important tool in the practice of nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 342-348

  McCutcheon, Helen H I ^a   Pincombe, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delphi survey; Experience and expertise; Grounded theory; Intuition; Knowledge; Nursing; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTUITION; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CUES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTUITION; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035434551     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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