title: Using Biology Education Research and Qualitative Inquiry to Inform Genomic Nursing Education.
abstract: Decades of research in biology education show that learning genetics is difficult and reveals specific sources of learning difficulty. Little is known about how nursing students learn in this domain, although they likely encounter similar difficulties as nonnursing students. Using qualitative approaches, this study investigated challenges to learning genetics among nursing students. Findings indicate that nursing students face learning difficulties already identified among biology students, suggesting that nurse educators might benefit from biology education research.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing, Spokane.
authors.forename: Linda D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000193:education; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D023281:Genomics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology