Investigation of Clinical Nurses’ Intuition Relationships between Hospital, Years of Experience and Nurses’ License

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among clinical nurses' intuition, hospital, years of experience and nurses' license using the questionnaire for Kuroda Intrinsic Intuitive Scale (KIIS) and to suggest intuition develops in clinical nurses. The selected participants were 466 registered nurses and practical nurses at 3 different hospitals.

The results showed the intrinsic intuitive total score at the general hospital and long-term care facilities, general hospital and long-term care facilities were not significantly different. As for the intrinsic intuition and the nurses' years of experience, total score, intelligence and expertise, the score increased as the nurses' years of experience increased. However, for involvement, the score was higher for nurses with fewer years of experience. As for the intrinsic intuition and nurses' license, registered nurses with 10 years of experience showed higher total scores and higher sub-scores for intelligence and logical thinking than practical nurses with 10 years of experience (p < 0.05).

These findings suggested that each clinical nurses might make an effort to develop from expertise to intuition based on an adequate knowledge base.