Intuition. A critical way of knowing in a multicultural nursing curriculum.

Full Abstract

For nurse educators to provide a multiculturally sensitive curriculum for a diverse student population, there needs to be recognition and inclusion of a wide variety of ways of knowing, cultural beliefs, and values. Nurse educators, however, continue to teach from a Western orientation that emphasizes scientific, rational, linear ways of thinking and knowing. Although intuition is a valid and valued way of knowing in nursing practice, it is rarely included in the nursing curricula. This article suggests pedagogical strategies to inculcate intuition as a valued means of knowing in the multicultural curriculum.

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Author information

Author/s: Ruth-Sahd, Lisa A (LA);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, Lancaster Institute for Health Education, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nursing education perspectives (Nurs Educ Perspect), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2003 May-Jun; vol 24 (issue 3) : pp 129-34

Dates: Created 2003/06/30; Completed 2003/07/21; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12830683, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Learning
Teaching - methods
Transcultural Nursing - education
United States
Women - psychology

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