Developing Clinically Savvy Nursing Students: An Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning in an Associate Degree Program (Nursing EDUCATION RESEARCH)
By Nursing Education Perspectives
- Release Date: 2008-09-01
- Genre: Education
Description
ABSTRACT Faculty in an associate degree nursing program at a community, college in New York City noted that nursing students lacked critical analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills and the reflective ability essential to applying nursing knowledge in clinical situations. This study reports on the use of problem-based learning as a teaching strategy and its impact on the development of critical thinking and communication skills in nursing students. **********
