Advances in Nursing Science· 2026Q2
Phronesis and Nursing Clinical Judgment Revisited
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Nursing clinical judgment is fundamentally constituted by phronesis, or Aristotelian practical wisdom, according to a philosophical analysis of expert judgment.
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Key points
- Nursing clinical judgment is a critical professional competency for care, education, and research.
- Recent scholarship highlights the need for a more robust conceptualization of clinical judgment's normative and evaluative aspects.
- The article posits that phronesis (Aristotelian practical wisdom) is constitutive of nursing clinical judgment.
- Patricia Benner's model of expert clinical judgment is shown to align with Aristotelian phronesis.
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Abstract
Within nursing, clinical judgment is widely recognized as an essential professional competency underpinning clinical care, educational formation, and research development. Recent scholarship has renewed attention to clinical judgment. However, its conceptual structure remains undertheorized with respect to its normative and evaluative dimensions. This article argues that phronesis, understood as the Aristotelian concept of practical wisdom, is constitutive of nursing clinical judgment. Drawing on philosophical and nursing virtue ethics perspectives, it examines Patricia Benner's account of expert clinical judgment and argues that it is broadly aligned with Aristotelian phronesis.
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