The Department of Psychology and the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences (CBS) Colloquium Series will present a talk, titled “Use of Intuition and Analysis in Clinical Decision Making in Nursing,” with Jean E. Pretz, Ph.D., Friday, February 5, at 2 p.m. in 48 DeGarmo Hall.
Pretz is associate professor and chair of the psychology department at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University and previously taught at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. She studies decision making with the aim to understand when intuition is insightful and when it is irrational. Her work on creativity examines the relationship between creativity and success in college. Pretz teaches courses in neuroscience and decision making, and a seminar on intelligence and creativity at Elizabethtown.
Abstract
In this study of 120 fourth-semester nursing students, we examined use of intuition and analysis in two simulated clinical scenarios, one familiar and one novel. Then we explored the relationship between strategy use and clinical decision making accuracy in simulation.
CBS Colloquium Series
The CBS Colloquium Series brings high-caliber researchers to the Illinois State University campus to share their work with the local academic community. Individual faculty members invite speakers to campus based on their interests. The Department of Psychology also invites alumni to speak in the series in an effort to maintain strong connections with former students and provide them with a chance to pass on their knowledge to current students. The series provides both faculty and students with a variety of professional development opportunities and allows students to network with professionals in their field of study.
This speaker series is funded by the Department of Psychology. To support the Department of Psychology and help enhance its educational mission with advanced teaching methods, guest speakers, and more opportunities for students to learn through research experiences, please consider making a gift to the department through the Illinois State University Foundation.
If you need a special accommodation to participate in this program, call the Department of Psychology at (309) 439-8651. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.
