Journal article
Final year Australian nursing students’ experiences with bioscience: A cross-sectional survey
Nursing & health sciences, Vol.19(1), pp.22-28
2017
Abstract
Nursing students have reported bioscience to be challenging and difficult to understand. This might have a negative impact upon their ability to understand patients' clinical conditions and nursing practice. We sought information about students' experiences with bioscience. A total of 126 final year nursing students completed a questionnaire. The findings showed that the majority of participants considered bioscience subjects to require more work compared to nursing subjects (65.9%), and that they would like a better understanding of bioscience (73.8%), but understood that bioscience forms the foundation of nursing practice (76.2%). Younger participants without secondary school science rated bioscience harder than nursing subjects and spent more time studying bioscience compared to older participants. Participants without any secondary school science lacked an ability to apply bioscience concepts to patient conditions. These results showed that nursing students, especially those without secondary school science, would benefit from improved bioscience integration with nursing practice. Nursing and bioscience educators should consider greater alignment of bioscience with nursing practice subjects, especially earlier in the curriculum. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
Details
- Title
- Final year Australian nursing students’ experiences with bioscience: A cross-sectional survey
- Authors
- C J Gordon (Author) - University of SydneyP B Hudson (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyM B Plenderleith (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyM Fisher (Author) - University of SydneyJudy A Craft (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Nursing & health sciences, Vol.19(1), pp.22-28
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1111/nhs.12310
- ISSN
- 1441-0745
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451246302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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