How do Korean nursing students build knowledge? A constructivist grounded theory study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nursing is a knowledge-intensive profession. Therefore, to cope with the demands of the nursing role, nursing students need to become competent in managing information to build nursing knowledge. However, nursing students' knowledge building process is poorly understood. This research aimed to explore (1) nursing students' dynamics of how they process nursing information for knowledge building and (2) nursing students' learning context in South Korea for their knowledge building.

Methods

A constructivist grounded theory approach was used for this research. Data collection was achieved through four rounds of intensive individual and group interviews with 16 fourth year nursing students in South Korea. The collected data were coded by initial, focused and theoreti

SUBMITTER: Lee JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059309 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature