title: Student nurses' perceptions of experiential learning.
abstract: Experiential learning has been widely discussed and recommended in the nursing literature--particularly in the fields of psychiatric nursing and interpersonal skills training. This report offers some of the findings from a research study which is aimed at identifying the perceptions of student nurses towards experiential learning. 12 nursing students were interviewed and the interview transcripts were analysed using a modified grounded theory approach. Findings indicated that these students tended to see experiential learning in terms of clinical learning and learning through working in the wards and community settings.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burnard
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom