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Peer reviewedLaschinger, Heather K. Spence; Tresolini, Carol P. – Nurse Education Today, 1999
Self-ratings of self-efficacy for engaging patients in health-promotion activities were made by 41 nursing and 60 medical students. Nursing students had significantly higher knowledge and ability scores for counseling patients about exercise, nutrition, and injury prevention. Confidence in knowledge was stronger than counseling ability in both…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Health Promotion, Higher Education, Medical Education
Peer reviewedLaschinger, Heather K. Spence; McWilliam, Carol L.; Weston, Wayne – Journal of Nursing Education, 1999
Pretest-posttest results from 66 students in community nursing and 71 medical students in a family practice rotation showed that nursing students had significantly higher self-efficacy for health counseling at the posttest and 3 months later. Nurses' self-efficacy scores were significantly related to use of health promotion principles. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Family Health, Health Promotion, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLaschinger, Heather K. Spence; Weston, Wayne – Journal of Professional Nursing, 1995
Nursing (n=109) and medical (n=108) students from a large Canadian research university were surveyed to determine differences between first- and fourth-year students' perceptions of necessary competencies. Nursing students' perceptions of competencies important for medicine were more congruent than medical students' perceptions of those important…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cooperation, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
