2007 - 2011

Safe nursing care of patients with cardiovascular disease requires specialized knowledge and skill. However, education for such specialty practice has little empirical basis. Research has suggested that novices perceive primarily surface aspects of a domain while experts perceive primarily its deep principles. Insight into such perceptual differences may help inform future pedagogical strategies. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not such differences are found in the domain of cardiovascular nursing. A forced choice triad task was developed to test the study hypothesis. 

This thesis can be accessed at https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/11611