Towards an alternative to Benner's theory of expert intuition in nursing: A discussion paper

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Gobet, Fernand ^a   Chassy, Philippe ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Decision making; Expertise; Intuition; Memory; Nursing; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTUITION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING THEORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; THINKING;

EID: 36549054163     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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