...Martin Gartmeier; Eva Ottl; Johannes Bauer; Pascal Oliver Berberat Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize error reporting as a strategy for informal workplace learning and investigate nurses’ error reporting cost/benefit evaluations and associated behaviors. Design/methodology...

...Charlotte Ramage Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding of the experience of qualified nurses managing the process of learning through work when enrolled on a work-based learning module. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on constructivist grounded...

...Kathrine L. Nygård; Anders I. Mørch; Anne Moen Purpose – Nursing has for a long time used a variety of technological tools to improve and support patient care. Tool use changes knowledge processes, offering opportunities to explore processes of specialization in this field. The purpose...

...Johanna Lammintakanen; Tuula Kivinen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the views of nurses of different ages on continuing professional development (CPD). The authors were interested in possible differences in the use of formal and especially informal CPD practices...

...Solveig Lundgren Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore home care nurses' experience of learning in a multicultural environment. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on qualitative research design. Data were collected through repeated interviews with registered home care...

...Sturle Nes; Anne Moen Purpose The aim of the paper is to explore how multiple modes of knowledge play out in the consolidation of nursing procedures in construction of “local universality”. The paper seeks to explore processes where nurses negotiate universal procedures that are to become local...

...Kirsti Hulkari; Seija Mahlamäki‐Kultanen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate evidence for the use of web discussion in the assessment of work‐based learning in practical nurse education. The paper seeks to investigate what kind of conclusions can be drawn from the students...

...Jane Bridger Purpose This study aims to explore the lived experience of learning for a group of staff nurses in the Middle East, who undertook a post‐registration nursing education programme in the speciality of nephrology nursing (the NNP) between 2001 and 2002. The broad‐based curriculum seeks...