How should science be taught to nurses? Preferences of registered nurses and science teaching academics

The value of a perioperative nurse

“…The value of a perioperative nurse I was not drawn to perioperative nursing because of a love of surgery [1][2][3][4] (though this was something I had, and still have). And it wasn't a love of the changing nature of the environment [5][6][7][8] (even though this too was a factor) or the sheer spectacle of the perioperative environment [9][10][11] (although I did find it alluring).…”

Quantitative analysis of anxiety levels of nursing students studying bioscience in Australia

“…McKee () also promotes spreading the biological science component over the entire curriculum to prevent an overload of content in the first year, while Craft, Hudson, Plenderleith, and Gordon () suggest that academics should focus and link bioscience toward the content that has the greatest clinical significance. This would be best achieved by a nurse academic with bioscience qualifications or through close collaboration (Ralph, Birks, Cant, Chun Tie, & Hillman, ), such as the co‐delivery method developed by Christensen et al (), in which lectures are co‐delivered by bioscientists and nurse academics.…”

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“…A train-thetrainer intervention reduced missed care in a North American study although the authors relied on selfreported survey data 12 . Improving the knowledge 13,14 , educational level 15,16 and research literacy 17,18 of perioperative nurses.…”