TY - JOUR
T1 - Appreciation of the Research-Practice Link
T2 - Authentic Learning Environments for Writing-Intensive Nursing Courses
AU - Horning, Melissa L.
AU - Schneider, Ryan
AU - Beacham, Barbara
AU - McKechnie, Anne C.
AU - Kirk, Laura
AU - Emery, Daniel
AU - Lindquist, Ruth A
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Undergraduate students often perceive a disconnect between research and nursing practice. To support student understanding of this relationship, an innovative, authentic learning environment was created in a writing-intensive, capstone-level nursing course. Authentic learning environments couple real-life situations/simulations with personal, experiential learner engagement. Students completed pre- and postsurveys assessing their beliefs about and confidence in using research to inform practice. Quantitative and open-ended qualitative responses were analyzed with inferential statistics and conventional content analysis techniques, respectively. Findings suggested the learning environment increased student confidence and facilitated connections between research and practice, supporting continued use and further evaluation of this approach.
AB - Undergraduate students often perceive a disconnect between research and nursing practice. To support student understanding of this relationship, an innovative, authentic learning environment was created in a writing-intensive, capstone-level nursing course. Authentic learning environments couple real-life situations/simulations with personal, experiential learner engagement. Students completed pre- and postsurveys assessing their beliefs about and confidence in using research to inform practice. Quantitative and open-ended qualitative responses were analyzed with inferential statistics and conventional content analysis techniques, respectively. Findings suggested the learning environment increased student confidence and facilitated connections between research and practice, supporting continued use and further evaluation of this approach.
KW - Authentic Learning Environments
KW - Baccalaureate Nursing Students
KW - Research-Practice Link
KW - Writing Assignments
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U2 - 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000568
DO - 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000568
M3 - Article
C2 - 31498219
AN - SCOPUS:85094220252
SN - 1536-5026
VL - 41
SP - 361
EP - 363
JO - Nursing education perspectives
JF - Nursing education perspectives
IS - 6
ER -