<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Personal knowledge is a process whereby practice and research evolve simultaneously. Therefore, knowledge evolves with practice. It is a personal process, thus it creates a difficulty when identifying appropriate research methods of objectivity and analysis. Many researchers discount intuition as it is not an analytical process and cannot be studied. Rather, it is associated and absorbed through experience. Expert nurses integrate both intuitive knowledge and scientific development of intuitive skills, thereby enhancing the quality of practice. Today, scholars are beginning to understand the importance and value of expert intuition, especially in the neuroscience arena. It is this personal knowledge and intuition of expert neuroscience nurses that is the focus of this paper.</p></abstract>

Personal knowledge is a process whereby practice and research evolve simultaneously. Therefore, knowledge evolves with practice. It is a personal process, thus it creates a difficulty when identifying appropriate research methods of objectivity and analysis. Many researchers discount intuition as it is not an analytical process and cannot be studied. Rather, it is associated and absorbed through experience. Expert nurses integrate both intuitive knowledge and scientific development of intuitive skills, thereby enhancing the quality of practice. Today, scholars are beginning to understand the importance and value of expert intuition, especially in the neuroscience arena. It is this personal knowledge and intuition of expert neuroscience nurses that is the focus of this paper.

Intuition &amp; the Expert Neuroscience Nurse

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

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Intuition & the Expert Neuroscience Nurse

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Personal knowledge is a process whereby practice and research evolve simultaneously. Therefore, knowledge evolves with practice. It is a personal process, thus...

Intuition & the Expert Neuroscience Nurse

Article Category: research-article

Published Online: Mar 18, 2019

Page range: 5 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2017-017

Keywords
Intuition, expert nurses, advanced practice nurse, neuroscience

© 2018 Vicki Evans., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Intuition & the Expert Neuroscience Nurse

Article Category: research-article

Published Online: Mar 18, 2019

Page range: 5 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2017-017

KeywordsIntuition, expert nurses, advanced practice nurse, neuroscience

© 2018 Vicki Evans., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Intuition, expert nurses, advanced practice nurse, neuroscience