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The description of levels in nursing degrees: an illustration and analysis of the variations
Author(s) -
JAMES CHRIS,
REDFERN LIZ
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1995.tb00029.x
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , context (archaeology) , autonomy , style (visual arts) , psychology , sample (material) , cognition , geography , chemistry , physics , archaeology , chromatography , neuroscience , astrophysics , political science , law
Summary• This study has analysed the level descriptors of Higher Award degree programmes offered by a random sample of 15 colleges of nursing and midwifery in England. • The analysis revealed a wide variation in the way each level (1, 2, 3 and M) had been denned. • The variation occurred in a range of different ways. The main categories of variation were: the style of the descriptor; the features denned by the descriptor; the use of descriptors in the cognitive domain; the use of dimensions of professional knowledge and practice such as autonomy and reflective practice; and progression between the levels. • The context of the study is described and the implications of the study and possible ways forward are discussed.