Student perceptions of the links between nursing and the liberal arts

This article examines the extent to which nursing students are aware of the importance of liberal arts in their professional education. Based on a survey of nursing students and alumnae from a small, New York state college, the project further explored the channels through which they became aware of...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 1989-11, Vol.28 (9), p.406-414
Main Authors: Peck, M L, Jennings, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
Holistic Health
Humanities
Humans
Learning Processes
Liberal Arts
New York
Nursing Students
Pilot Projects
Professional Education
Science Curriculum
Skill Development
Students, Nursing - psychology
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Summary:This article examines the extent to which nursing students are aware of the importance of liberal arts in their professional education. Based on a survey of nursing students and alumnae from a small, New York state college, the project further explored the channels through which they became aware of the significant links between these two aspects of their education. One finding is that nursing students give a relatively high weight to the importance of the liberal arts in their total learning process. The more important conclusion is that students, on the whole, believe that they have made the links between liberal arts and nursing themselves. To the extent that other agents help forge these links, the most important seem to be nursing labs and clinicals, other nursing students, and nursing texts and modules. Students perceive that nursing faculty help draw links more often than liberal arts faculty, but neither rank very high.
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/0148-4834-19891101-07