Nursing students' knowledge transfer to clinical situations

In a recent study by Tsai and Tsai, seventeen critical success factors were found to impact nursing students when transferring nursing knowledge during nursing clinical practise.
"This paper identified the CSFs that nursing students feel a nurse should have when transferring nursing knowledge in the practical training. Although they may have different perspectives towards each success factor, they agreed on the top 20-items that were regarded as success factors that influence the transformation of nursing knowledge. The most important factor for two groups was a deep respect for life."

Five of the factors are:

• Nursing students are cautious and respect for life
• Hospitals require nursing students to qualify with nursing knowledge
• Clinical instructors arrange reading reports
• Nursing students ask questions without hesitation
• Hospitals provide many nursing skills for nursing students to learn

The study explored the critical success factors in transferring nursing knowledge, as well as the impact of prior knowledge when evaluating the success factors for transferring nursing knowledge. To read the full article:

Tsai MT, Tsai LL. The critical success factors and impact of prior knowledge to nursing students when transferring nursing knowledge during nursing clinical practise. J Nurs Manag. 2005 Nov;13(6):459-66.