Nursing Students’ Retention of Knowledge by Basic Knowledge Type: An Exploratory Study

Hiromi Kawasaki, Satoko Yamasaki, Susumu Fukita, Mika Iwasa and Tomoko Iki
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Hiromi Kawasaki: Division of Nursing Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Satoko Yamasaki: Division of Nursing Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Susumu Fukita: School of Nursing, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan
Mika Iwasa: Faculty of Nursing, Shitennoji University, Habikino 583-8501, Japan
Tomoko Iki: Graduate School of Nursing, Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Awaji 656-2131, Japan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Students’ interests help determine their learning effectiveness and knowledge acquisition and retention. It is necessary to confirm whether there is a difference in the way in which content being learned is remembered by the content type. In this study, we examined the characteristics of nursing students’ retention of physiological knowledge and environmental knowledge by utilizing scores obtained in class. The participants comprised 57 nursing students who had taken a class twice—once in their second year and once in their third year. Before and after each class, students completed an 11-question survey with human health and comfort items based on nursing core competencies and Sphere standards. The correct answer rate was calculated using a logistic regression model to account for inter- and intra-individual variations. The estimated correct answer rate per individual showed one of three trends: (1) increasing and decreasing depending on the lesson topic (knowledge type), (2) increasing overall after decreasing, and (3) increasing gradually. Physiological knowledge was retained well, whereas knowledge pertaining to the environment was retained poorly. Even with knowledge of the environment, the knowledge that students apply to their daily lives and social events was maintained.

Keywords: nursing students; environment knowledge; learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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