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Hassani P, Abdi A, Jalali R, et al. The perception of intuition in clinical practice by Iranian critical care nurses: a phenomenological study. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2016;9:31-9doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S101040.
Hassani, P., Abdi, A., Jalali, R., & Salari, N. (2016). The perception of intuition in clinical practice by Iranian critical care nurses: a phenomenological study. Psychology research and behavior management, 931-9. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S101040
Hassani, Parkhide, et al. "The perception of intuition in clinical practice by Iranian critical care nurses: a phenomenological study." Psychology research and behavior management vol. 9 (2016): 31-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S101040
Hassani P, Abdi A, Jalali R, Salari N. The perception of intuition in clinical practice by Iranian critical care nurses: a phenomenological study. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2016 Mar 08;9:31-9. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S101040. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27022306; PMCID: PMC4790534.
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Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2016 Mar 08;9:31-9. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S101040. eCollection 2016.

The perception of intuition in clinical practice by Iranian critical care nurses: a phenomenological study.

Psychology research and behavior management

Parkhide Hassani, Alireza Abdi, Rostam Jalali, Nader Salari

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  3. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.

PMID: 27022306 PMCID: PMC4790534 DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S101040

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intuition as a way of learning in nursing is applied to decision making and judgment in complicated clinical situations. Several studies have been conducted on intuition in clinical settings, but comprehension of this concept is unclear. Moreover, there is a lack of information about intuition in critical care nurses caring for more seriously ill patients. This study aimed to explore Iranian critical care nurses' understanding of intuition in clinical practice.

METHODS: In a descriptive-phenomenological study, 12 nurses employed in critical care units of the hospitals affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were purposively recruited to the study. A semistructured interview was administered, and then written verbatim. The data were managed by MAXQDA 10 software, and qualitative analysis was undertaken using the seven-stage approach of Colaizzi.

RESULTS: Of the 12 nurses who participated in the study, 7 (58.3%) were female and married, and 10 (88.3%) held a bachelor's degree in nursing. The mean and standard deviations of participants' age, job experience, and critical care experience were 36.66±7.01, 13.75±6.82, and 7.66±3.36 years, respectively. Four main themes and eleven sub-themes were elicited from the qualitative analysis; the main themes including "Understanding intuition as a feeling", "Understanding intuition as a thought", "Understanding intuition as receiving signs", and "Understanding intuition as an alarm". Because they have trust in their own intuition, the nurses made further assessments and paid more attention to patients. They were also better prepared after receiving intuition alarms to perform the appropriate responses, and acting upon the alarms reduced the nurses' physical and psychological signs.

CONCLUSION: The findings showed how intuition was understood by the critical care nurses; therefore, these results can be considered to form a theoretical basis for designing other studies. Because of the significant role of intuition in enhancing the nursing care of critically ill patients, it is suggested that more qualitative, quantitative, and trials studies be performed to reinforce intuition in nursing; moreover, to incorporate intuition into nursing curriculums, it should be debated in academic settings.

Keywords: critical care; intuition; nurses; qualitative research

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