Student Perceptions Regarding Collaborative Intraprofessional Nursing Education

Teamwork is an important factor in the provision of high-quality health care. There is a lack of research on collaboration between nursing students at different program levels.

The purpose of this project was to determine student perceptions about collaborative learning activities between prelicensure BSN and MSN students.

Community assessments by BSN students identified health needs and issues for 6 underserved populations. Online MSN students used these assessments to create low-literacy patient education pamphlets. In turn, BSN students provided educational sessions at community sites using the pamphlets. Both groups completed presurveys and postsurveys assessing their perceptions of collaborative learning.

There were statistically significant differences between the respondent groups for 3 survey questions about how this project helped prepare them for future practice and professional collaboration. Eight qualitative themes were identified.

Although desiring more face-to-face interaction between groups, students reported that collaboration was important.