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Learning contracts enhance nursing education by individualizing learning and fostering independence. This strategy helps nursing students and professionals adapt to change and promotes lifelong learning habits.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Pedagogy

Background:

Learning contracts are promoted in North America for nursing education.
They aim to individualize learning, promote independence, and lifelong learning.
They also help nurses cope with change.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the implementation of contract learning in an undergraduate clinical nursing course.
To retrospectively identify perceived benefits and difficulties of contract learning.

Main Methods:

Implementation of contract learning in a required undergraduate clinical nursing course.
Peer consultation and student evaluation were used to modify the contract learning process.

Main Results:

The study describes the process of implementing contract learning.

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Perceived benefits and difficulties were retrospectively analyzed.

Peer consultation and student evaluation informed modifications.

Conclusions:

Contract learning can be a valuable strategy in undergraduate nursing education.
Recommendations are provided for nurse educators considering its implementation.
The strategy supports individualized learning and adaptability in nursing professionals.