Nursing experience and preference for intuition in decision making

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2878-2889

  Pretz, Jean E ^a   Folse, Victoria N ^b  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgement; Decision making; Experience; Expertise; Intuition; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NURSING;

DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NURSING;

EID: 80052562775     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03705.x     Document Type: Article

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