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Nursing Learning Model

Abstract

A nursing learning model was developed to assist students, nurses and nurse educators in their understanding of the diverse ways that content and skills can be learned. During the development of the model, it became clear that students and nurses need to find a way to create powerful memories about illnesses and their treatment to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills in actual patient situations. Clinical experience is ultimately thought to be the best builder of critical thinking and practice skills. However, students and new nurses are often not able to participate actively in critical situations because of time constraints and patient safety. Nurses may create these memories and build critical thinking and practice skills utilizing other methods, such as the nursing learning model. This model entails the four learning categories of Simulations, Application Activities, Case Studies and Foundations that are connected and iterative. Methods of learning that are included in these four areas are scenarios, scripts, simulations, clinicals, lab, lecture, the internet, textbooks and seminars. These methods demonstrate how utilizing the nursing learning model promotes critical thinking and learning through the development of powerful memories.

Description

Authors wrote this paper while in a doctoral class at the Indiana University School of Education.

Author Details

Kim Alexander Decker and Sharon Gates

Sigma Membership

Alpha, Epsilon

Lead Author Affiliation

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Type

Other Graduate Paper

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

Learning Models, Simulation, Scripts, Case Study, Nursing Education

Advisor

David Estell

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Indiana University

Degree Year

2014

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

Date of Issue

2019-04-18

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