Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / A quasi-experimental design was undertaken to explore the possibility of utilizing
electrodermal activity as a marker of intuitive decision making in nursing. This study
compared 11 senior female nursing students to 10 female nurses with more than five
years of nursing experience completing a clinical decision making task utilizing
MicroSim© program software while measuring skin conductance response (SCR). The
clinical decision making task chosen was based on the cognitive continuum theory. The
somatic marker hypothesis is also a theoretical base for this study. This theory suggests
that physiological markers are present during decision making. An independent t-test was
conducted in SPSS comparing the total number of skin conductance responses generated
and overall score in the card task and clinical scenario between the two groups.
According to the Somatic Marker Hypothesis, the researcher’s definition of intuition, and
the results of this experiment, SCR generation shows promise as a marker of intuitive
decision making in nursing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/1858 |
| Date | 18 March 2009 |
| Creators | Payne, Leslie K. |
| Contributors | Sims, Sharon L., Carpenter, Janet S., Ironside, Pamela M., Ebright, Patricia R. |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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