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Survival of the fittest: a summary of an attempt to evaluate experimental schemes of nurse training
Author(s) -
House Vivienne G.
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1977.tb00188.x
Subject(s) - survival of the fittest , scheme (mathematics) , interpretation (philosophy) , unit (ring theory) , medical education , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , medicine , nursing , mathematics , biology , mathematical analysis , evolutionary biology , programming language
The paper describes the collection, some methodological difficulties and interpretation of some data from a study carried out in the Research Unit 1969–75, with students from three intakes (1969, 1970 and 1971) to six types of experimental and the traditional scheme of nurse training. (Differences between the experimental and traditional course students are described.) It is suggested that the experimental and traditional course students from the study are different in terms of attitudes. It is also proposed that nurse training can be seen as survival of the fittest and that differences in courses result in different obstacles to be overcome. It is emphasized that the traditional courses investigated in the study are not representative of such courses in general. This paper complements an earlier paper on ‘Evaluation research: the need for multiple criteria’ (House 1977).