Reflections on intuition and expertise

Journal/Book: J Clin Nurs. 2000; 9: P O Box 88, Osney Mead, Oxford Ox2 0NE, Oxon, England. Blackwell Science Ltd. 137-145.

Abstract: Reflective practice now appears firmly established in the English speaking world of professional nursing practice and development. Outside this linguistic context, however, the concept seems less well-known. This paper describes an experience drawn from clinical practice and education in French-speaking Switzerland followed by explicit reflection grounded in questions generated by Johns' model for structured reflection. Thus, a concept well-described in the English-language literature underpins an innovative approach to a French-language clinical teaching situation. The professional implications of this situation are explored through meaningful reflection providing new insight into familiar circumstances as they relate to the nurse tutor's role. This exploration is followed by a critical approach to the experience and the subsequent structured reflection in order to address relationships between intuition and expertise and self-awareness through reflection. A hermeneutic perspective provides additional insight into the nurse-patient relationship where both come to the situation with their own 'pre-understandings'. Individual horizons thus endorse a new understanding going beyond taken-for-granted meanings.

Note: Article Perry MA, Univ Wales Swansea, Sch Hlth Sci, Singleton Pk, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, WALES

Keyword(s): expertise; intuition; nurse-patient relationship; reflective practice; self-awareness; tacit knowledge; KNOWLEDGE

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