Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy has gained increasing acceptance among nurse educators. Andragogy is espoused as a progressive educational theory, adopted as a theoretical underpinning for curricula and is even considered to be synonymous with a variety of teaching techniques and strategies such as 'problem-based' and 'self-directed' learning. This paper offers a critique of the notion of ...

BACKGROUND Clinical training is an integral part of nursing education; however, some studies have shown that it is not always efficient. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to find out the factors that can impede nursing students' clinical learning. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this qualitative study, data were collected via reflective journal writing. Purposeful sampling was used, and 12 senior nursin...

PURPOSE This study aimed to explore the experiences of nursing students being trained to perform vaccinations. METHODS The grounded theory method was applied to gather information through semi-structured interviews. The participants included 14 undergraduate nursing students in their fifth and eighth semesters of study in a nursing school in Iran. The information was analyzed according to Str...

Scores of individuals pursue careers in nursing because they yearn to work in a compassionate manner, but current nursing positions are often perceived as stressful and the environments uncaring. In some work places, the nurses’ quality of living and practice perspectives are often overlooked or not considered important. As a result, large numbers of nurses are attracted to holistic modalities,...

Shame is identified as a universal dynamic in education. Brain-based learning theory suggests negative emotions like shame have a powerfully detrimental effect on learning. Shame theory may explain why students have difficulty identifying with professional nursing culture. Yet shame has neither been directly described nor referred to in the context of clinical nursing education. Accordingly, th...

background: clinical learning is one of the important issues that helps the perception of nursing students’ practice in a clinical setting and its effect on their professional development. the aim of this study is to describe and state the manner of clinical learning in nursing students. materials and methods: this qualitative study was conducted as a grounded theory. the individual semi-struct...

The health care industry is increasingly becoming a knowledge-based community that depends critically on knowledge management (KM) activities to improve the quality of care. Utilizing knowledge management systems (KMS) to manage medical information and health care knowledge to support the full spectrum of knowledge needs in the nursing process has become an important issue for nursing professio...

The accreditation criteria of the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) direct faculty to select nationally developed standards for professional practice to guide curricula and to articulate curriculum outcomes. Recently, the CCNE proposed that all undergraduate programs should adopt the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education as one...