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Intuition: concept analysis and application to curriculum development. I. Concept analysis
Author(s) -
McCORMACK BRENDAN
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1992.tb00429.x
Subject(s) - intuition , confusion , epistemology , curriculum , psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , psychoanalysis
Summary• This is the first of two articles which address the subject of intuition and its relevance in practice and to curriculum development. • Few words used by philosophers and educators arouse as much confusion as the term ‘intuition’, yet it is recognized that few terms embrace such promising concepts. The nature of what is meant by intuition is discussed in this paper. • The relevance of intuition to nursing is discussed and its importance in decision making addressed.