title: Changing essay writing in undergraduate nursing education through action research: a Swedish example.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the development of literature-based models for bachelor degree essays in Swedish undergraduate nursing education. Students' experiences in a course with literature-based models for bachelor degree essays are discussed.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The ever-growing body of nursing research and specialized and complex health care practices make great demands on nursing education in terms of preparing students to be both skilled practitioners and users of research. Teaching to help students understand evidence-based practice is a challenge for nursing education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Action research was used to generate knowledge of and practical solutions to problems in everyday locations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six models were developed: concept analysis, contributing to evidence-based nursing by means of quantitative research, contributing to evidence-based nursing by means of qualitative research, discourse analysis, analysis of narratives, and literature review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Action research was found to be a relevant procedure for changing ways of working with literature-based, bachelor degree essays. The models that were developed increased students' confidence in writing essays and preparedness for the nursing role.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Norway. febe.friberg@uis.no
authors.forename: Febe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friberg
authors.forename: Elisabeth Dahlborg
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Lyckhage
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013548:Sweden; D014956:Writing