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Journal of Nursing & Care | ISSN: 2167-1168 | Volume 7
3rd World Congress on
May 16-17, 2018 | Montreal, Canada
Nursing Education, Practice & Research
Factors affecting the effectiveness of teaching biophysics in the bachelor nursing study program
Zuzana Balazsiova
Comenius University, Slovakia
The aim of the work was to identify factors that affect the effectiveness of teaching and the level of physical knowledge of
nurses. Inline, our previous research, there were identified these basic factors: Student attitude - negative attitude and fears
of the subject (often before starting the study). The teacher should demonstrate to the students that it is not possible to study
and understand other nursing subjects (Physiology, Nursing Skills and Techniques) without elementary knowledge of Physics.
If the nurse´s physical knowledge is insufficient, nurse may acquire incorrect skills for nursing care and ultimately the health
of the patient or nurse may be impaired (for example, when positioning the patient); Teacher's attitude – work under time
pressure, requirement students to have too abstract knowledge. In the teaching of biophysics, examples from nursing practice
should be used. Transfer of knowledge and their explanation should be in the direction from nursing/medical to the physical
knowledge. It is necessary to teach (bio)physics with respect to the initial level of student knowledge, carefully consider the
content of lessons (less is sometimes more), to use such teaching forms and methods so that the resulting teaching effect is as
high as possible; Despite the recommendations of WHO, biophysics often absents in prerequisites for study and completion
clinical and preclinical subjects. Unless biophysics absents in the prerequisites for taught subjects, it will remain unclear and
"unnecessary" not only for students but also for teachers and practitioners.
Biography
Zuzana Balazsiova is Senior Lecturer in the Medical Faculty, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. In 2012, she has defended dissertation on the
topic: "The conception of teaching biophysics in the Nursing Bachelor´s degree program" at Comenius University in Bratislava. Currently, she works on the project
- Optimization of Physics curriculum in medical and non-medical study programs. She is a co-author of five scientific monographs and four university textbooks.
Zuzana Balazsiova, J Nurs Care 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C3-070