title: A mother and daughter's reflections on nursing education. Interview by Sandra Schmidt Bunkers.
abstract: The following column presents a conversation with a mother and daughter enrolled in nursing education programs. Both mother and daughter utilized the teaching-learning strategies of dialogue and reflective journaling in coming to understand the meaning of their experiences in nursing education. The following ideas surfaced from their conversation: the importance of nursing theory-based teaching-learning, the importance of mentoring across the academic-clinical spectrum, the importance of questioning as a teaching-learning strategy, and, the importance of valuing time when developing teaching-learning experiences in nursing.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA. tsbunkers@sio.midco.net
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berkland
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Berkland
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000592:standards; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching; D013850:Thinking; D017748:Time Management; D014956:Writing