Intended and experienced literacy practices in a Swedish undergraduate nursing education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Academic literacy in higher education has been widely studied, but less attention has been given to literacy practices within professional programmes such as nursing education. This study aimed to analyze one Swedish undergraduate nursing programme regarding the presence of academic and professional literacy, and secondarily to explore students' note-taking as a component of literacy practices.

Methods

The study employed a descriptive and exploratory design, analyzing curriculum documents and surveying nursing students. An analysis of the intended curriculum (course syllabi) of a three-year undergraduate nursing programme at Karolinska Institutet was conducted to identify explicit and implicit literacy components. A digital questionnaire focusing on note-taking

SUBMITTER: Christidis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551825 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature