En kvalitativ studie av sykepleiestudenters opplevelser av nye laeringsaktiviteter i kritisk
vurdering av kvantitative forskningsartikler
Sammanfattning
Evidence-Based Practice is a vital part of professional health care and nurses need to have
knowledge of research. This article presents nursing students' experience with new learning
activities in critical evaluation of quantitative research articles. This experience was studied in focus
group interviews with second-year nursing students. The students described it as challenging to
understand the various quantitative designs and statistical methods. Specific requirements in the
learning activities, constructive feedback, relevance and conformity between learning activities and
assessments seem to promote the targeted learning outcome. How students' knowledge and skills
are received in practice seems to affect students' attitudes and behavior in relation to the application
of research results. To increase evidence-based practice there appears to be a need for innovative
processes that can strengthen the cooperation between the nursing education and the field of
practice.