Structure and process of nurses' intuition about prediction of patient falls

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The purpose of this study was to identify how nurses use intuition to predict falls among the institutionalized elderly. In the study, 25 nurses, including an expert nurse, watched the videotaped activities of a high-risk falter and predicted when falls would occur.A semi-structured interview method and qualitative analysis were used.The results showed four aspects of the nurses' intuition : observation (visible, invisible), patient characteristics, risk prediction, and intervention. In addition, the results suggested that as the nurses' years of experience increased, intuition changed from inactive to more active and from visible to invisible ; moreover, the variety of intervention methods was wider.