title: Discovering nursing students' understandings about aseptic technique.
abstract: This phenomenographic study explored understandings about aseptic technique held by second year undergraduate nurses. Data analysis revealed a range of understandings about aseptic technique from simple to complex, referred to here as global, procedural and principled. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to safe and effective nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: John Spence Nursery, King George V Memorial Hospital For Mothers and Babies, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Davey
mesh_terms: D001207:Asepsis / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*