Seeking transformation: how students in nursing view their academic writing context – a qualitative systematic review

Writing practices in nursing education programs are situated in a tension-filled context resulting from competing medical-technical and relational nursing discourses. The goal of this qualitative meta-study is to understand, from the student perspective, how the context for writing in nursing is con...

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Published in:International journal of nursing education scholarship 2020-01, Vol.17 (1)
Main Authors: Mitchell, Kim M., Blanchard, Laurie, Roberts, Tara
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academic writing
Continuing education
Discourses
Doctoral Dissertations
Educational Change
Educational programs
Identity formation
Learner Engagement
Medical education
meta-study
Nursing
nursing discourse
Nursing education
Professional identity
Professional training
Qualitative research
Self Actualization
Student Attitudes
Student Participation
Student teacher relationship
Systematic review
Transformation
University students
Writing
Writing Assignments
Writing Instruction
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Discourses
Doctoral Dissertations
Educational Change
Educational programs
Identity formation
Learner Engagement
Medical education
meta-study
Nursing
nursing discourse
Nursing education
Professional identity
Professional training
Qualitative research
Self Actualization
Student Attitudes
Student Participation
Student teacher relationship
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Transformation
University students
Writing
Writing Assignments
Writing Instruction
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