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Self-Directed and Lifelong Learning: A Framework for Improving Nursing Students’ Learning Skills in the Clinical Context

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Published/Copyright: November 6, 2019

Abstract

Self-directed lifelong learning is an important competency for nursing students to meet their professional development, yet it can be challenging for some students to acquire self-directed learning skills in a clinical context. A framework based on Hiemstra and Brockett’s “Person, Process, Context” model was developed to promote nurses' self-directed lifelong learning. The implication stems from our expectation that the framework can accelerate the development of interpersonal and intellectual skills valuable to a nursing student’s lifelong learning process.

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Received: 2018-11-11
Revised: 2019-07-19
Accepted: 2019-07-30
Published Online: 2019-11-06

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