- Title
- Exploring the use of clinical laboratories in undergraduate nursing programs in regional Australia
- Creator
- Wellard, Sally; Woolf, Rhonda; Gleeson, Lynne
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/42340
- Identifier
- vital:939
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1355
- Identifier
- ISSN:1548-923X
- Abstract
- Preparation for clinical practice is arguably a vital component of undergraduate nursing education with clinical laboratories widely adopted as a strategy to support student development of clinical skills. However, there is little empirical evidence about the role laboratories play in students' learning or how they assist in linking theory to practice. This study aimed to explore the current clinical laboratory practices in Schools of Nursing in regional Victoria, Australia through site visits, interviews and review of curricula. Findings revealed that approaches to laboratory learning are based on traditions rather than evidence, and have evolved in response to fiscal and environmental challenges. The predominance of teacher talk in the laboratory, has lead to acute care over other areas of practice. This study indicates a need for rigorous investigation of pedagogies that can support nursing students in preparation for clinical practice. It remains unclear if laboratory learning experiences assist students in the translation of theoretical knowledge to practice. Copyright ©2007 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved.; C1
- Publisher
- Berkeley Electronic Press
- Relation
- International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Vol. 4, no. 1 (2007), p.
- Rights
- Copyright The Berkeley Electronic Press
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1110 Nursing; Clinical skills; Skills laboratory; Undergraduate education; Laboratories; Nurse's role; Nursing education research; Problem-based learning
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