RESEARCH in any specialty of nursing education is not presently noted for its product ivity. An increasing number of studies may be noted in nursing journals, but the vast majority of these research endeavours are better described as programme innovations with some evaluative criteria applied, rather than systematic research. In fact, many teaching nurses know precious little about the effectiveness of their programmes that has been garnered by careful research procedures. There are at least several reasons for this condition.
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