Think Like a Nurse

Co-Author Perspectives: What We Learned from Conducting the Study by Patricia Benner, Victoria Leonard, and Lisa Day The co-authors present key insights form their immersion in the Carnegie Study. This reflective conversation on what the co-authors learned from conducting the research (including the field work, analysis, and write-up) offers insights about the nature of challenges …

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Situated Learning: Bringing Classroom and Clinical Teaching Together   One of the key findings of the Carnegie Study of Nursing Education is that classrooms have become radically separated from actual clinical practice. Also, the actual “situated practice” of nursing requires judgment and thinking-in-action. This module discusses how to bring the clinical into the classroom and …

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