Developing clinically savvy nursing students: an evaluation of problem-based learning in an associate degree program.
Faculty in an associate degree nursing program at a community college in NewYork City noted that nursing students lacked critical analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills and the reflective ability essential to applying nursing knowledge in clinical situations. This study reports on the use of problem-based learning as a teaching strategy and its impact on the development of critical thinking and communication skills in nursing students.
Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY, USA. merisaj@hotmail.com
Marcia
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Jones
D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013850:Thinking