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Kari Toverud Jensen1, Heidi Jerpseth1
1Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Nursing students find defining nursing knowledge challenging, emphasizing values as essential for professional practice. This highlights the need for clearer education on nursing knowledge and values.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Understanding nursing students' perceptions is crucial for clarifying the nursing profession.
- Students often struggle to define and distinguish nursing knowledge.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore nursing students' perceptions of nursing knowledge.
- To understand the role of values in nursing knowledge.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative interview study with nine third-year nursing students.
- Semistructured interviews conducted via cloud-based video communication.
- Thematic analysis of transcriptions using Braun and Clarke's methodology.
Main Results:
- Participants identified values as prerequisites for professional nursing.
- Students experienced difficulty defining and distinguishing nursing knowledge.
- Two main themes emerged: 'values as a prerequisite' and 'nursing knowledge as an umbrella'.
Conclusions:
- Nursing knowledge is perceived as difficult to clarify and demarcate by students.
- Values are considered vital for becoming a professional nurse.
- Enhanced emphasis on nursing knowledge and values in education is recommended.
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