The Effectiveness of Problem Solving Strategies Utilized in Professional Nursing Concepts Course to Improve Problem Solving Abilities in Students Enrolled in a Two-Year Baccalaureate Nursing Program

Using problem solving strategies in pro fessional nursing concepts course (PS-PNC) was a newly developed core course in a two-year baccalaureate nursing pro gram in an institute of technology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacyofprob1cm solving strategies used in this new course to improve students’ clinical problem solving abilities. Prior to the PS-PNC, 12 faculty who participated in the teaching received complete training, and then continued to receive super visionand to conduct group discussions during the whole period of the PS-PNC implementation. A one-group posttest design with repeated measures was used. In total 49 nursingstu dents from one class agreed to be recruited as the study subjects. The PS-PNC was per formed separately in three semesters. After each class learning, students would start their clinical practice, were advised by the same faculty group who participated in the PS-PNC, and were asked to submit three writ ten nursing process recordings...