Intuition and the development of expertise in surgical ward and intensive care nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 322-329

  King, Lindy ^a   Clark, Jill Macleod ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Development of expertise; Intuition; Nonexpert and expert practice; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUITION; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUITION; MALE; NURSES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 0036479963     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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