Seminal work in nursing describes the development of expert intuition among nurses (Benner & Tanner 1987, Benner 2001, Benner et al. 2009). Although this work has generated decades of discussion, the ideas presented are primarily descriptive, qualitative and/or theoretical (Paley 1996, Rew & Barrow 2007). The discipline of nursing has struggled to clearly articulate the complexity of the concept and has questioned the role of intuition within nursing practice (McCutcheon & Pincombe 2001). However, intuition is frequently cited as a defining characteristic of professional expertise and is gaining acceptance as a legitimate way of knowing in clinical nursing (Smith et al. 2004, Gobet & Chassy 2008).