Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 373-381, November 2008

A competency-based approach to the nursing research

  • Deborah A. Raines

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    • From 2004–2006 Dr. Raines was the creator and Director of the Accelerated Second-Degree BSN Program at FAU.

Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States

Accepted 30 March 2008. published online 20 May 2008.

Summary 

This paper describes the design and use of a competency-based approach to teach nursing research to a group of accelerated second-degree students. Use of a competency-based approach not only recognize the student’s prior educational experience, but culminates in the demonstration of competencies that show the individual’s readiness for joining the nursing workforce.

Keywords: Nursing research, Competency-based learning, Pedagogy

 

PII: S1471-5953(08)00035-8

doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2008.03.004

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 8, Issue 6 , Pages 373-381, November 2008

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