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Writing Assignments: A Relatively Emotional Experience Of Learning To Write In One Baccalaureate Nursing Program, Susan Chaudoir, Gerri Lasiuk, Katherine Trepanier
Writing Assignments: A Relatively Emotional Experience Of Learning To Write In One Baccalaureate Nursing Program, Susan Chaudoir, Gerri Lasiuk, Katherine Trepanier
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
This article specifically reports findings from an interdisciplinary case study that explored classroom experiences of learning to write across one baccalaureate nursing degree program in Canada. A combination of rhetorical genre and situated learning theories and institutional ethnography methods were used to help document student and instructor experiences of learning to write two recurring writing assignments called the scholarly paper and journal of reflective practice, which students composed in each semester of their program. Data included 38 classroom/student observations, 22 assignment instruction documents, and 39 voluntary, semi-structured interviews with 34 students and 5 instructors from 4 courses. Interviews focused primarily …
Quiet Lampshade In The Corner? Exploring Fourth Year Nursing Students' Narratives Of Transition To Professional Practice, Joanna Szabo, Sonya L. Jakubec, Katherine J. Janzen
Quiet Lampshade In The Corner? Exploring Fourth Year Nursing Students' Narratives Of Transition To Professional Practice, Joanna Szabo, Sonya L. Jakubec, Katherine J. Janzen
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
Recruitment and retention issues continue to be prevalent in all domains of nursing practice. Nursing students’ transition into practice is an understudied area of this concern. This study specifically explored the question: How do fourth year nursing students make meaning of their transition to professional practice? Data was collected from twenty-two field note journals and seven face-face interviews emerging from a capstone nursing theory course focused on nursing leadership, relational ethics, complex healthcare contexts and responsive action. For the participants of this study, the meaning of transitioning to practice manifested as: developing complex identity awareness, mediating expectations in the struggle …