Acquisition of clinical reasoning skills by undergraduate nursing students in Malawi; towards the development of a middle-range theory: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acquiring clinical reasoning skills is essential for patient safety in nursing, and a lack of clinical reasoning skills can harm patients. However, teaching and learning clinical reasoning skills is not easy due to its complexity. Without a model, clinical reasoning is taught intuitively. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate how undergraduate nursing students acquire clinical reasoning skills towards the development of a middle-range theory.

Methods

This study employed the grounded theory of systematic design underpinned by a social constructivism paradigm. Forty-eight (48) undergraduate nursing students were purposive, and 12 nurse educators were theoretically sampled. Nurse educators were full-time lecturers with two or more years of teaching experience

SUBMITTER: Mwale OG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995600 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature