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The biological sciences in nursing: an empirical paper reporting on the applications of physiology to nursing care
Author(s) -
Jordan Sue,
Reid Ken
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997026169.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , nursing practice , medicine , scale (ratio) , action (physics) , medline , nurse education , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This action research study was undertaken to address practical concerns over curriculum development in nursing. The applied physiology component of a post‐registration nursing diploma was evaluated in terms of its impact on patients rather than on the nurses themselves. The reported data were triangulated, all the findings indicated that patient care could be enhanced when nurses applied their knowledge of physiology to practice. Despite its limitations of scale, this study contributes to the curriculum debate in nurse education.