... the case of a nursing degree it means staying up to date with policies and procedures and developing new branch specialities, but it can be applied to anything from business to driving. To break this down further what does the term learning mean? It is a common task we practice every day often without realising, this is known as passive learning. This is the result of frequent exposure and nurses can learn important things this way such as the signs and symptoms of illnesses that are frequently encountered on the ward. The problem with this is that the nurse does not understand why they occur. Likewise if a nurse copies the skills performed by a more experienced nurse she is less likely to be able to modify the skill when a new and slightly different situation occurs. Passive learning is an inevitable part of life, but to simply just copy the ...

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