title: Intuition and the coronary care nurse.
abstract: The paper sets out to explore the place of intuition in coronary care nursing. The Dreyfus (1985) and Benner (1984) models are used to explore the relevance of intuition to clinical practice. Examples from clinical practice are used to discuss the status of intuition in current practice. Conclusions suggest that further work is needed to explore the value of intuition and its contribution to clinical care.
authors.affiliation: Coronary Care Unit, Wiltshire Cardiac Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hams
mesh_terms: D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D019545:Intuition; D009736:Nursing Process; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011231:Preceptorship