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Review
. 2024 Apr 26;21(1).
doi: 10.1515/ijnes-2024-0002. eCollection 2024 Jan 1.

Notetaking among nursing students

Lisa Cross  1 , Amy Kendrick  2
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Review

Notetaking among nursing students

Lisa Cross et al. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh. .
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Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this review was to determine the current state of the literature for notetaking among nursing students and identify implications for future nursing education and research. Notetaking is frequently used by college students and is a proven learning strategy. There has been less research for notetaking among nursing students than students in other disciplines.

Content: This narrative review was completed using the method described by Ferrari. Seven electronic databases were searched from 2018 to 2023 using the terms notetaking, students, and nursing.

Summary: Seven of 65 articles were included in this review. Upon analysis, three categories of research findings were identified: learning style, notetaking skill, and notetaking and technology.

Outlook: Nursing faculty should be aware of learning styles, notetaking strategies, and notetaking skill when designing assignments and course content for students. Future research should be done on this population to strengthen the findings of current literature.

Keywords: education; learning strategies; notetaking; nursing students.

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