What makes a good nursing education: Meeting the needs of students and society in a free-market education system – cluster analysis of United Kingdom universities

• Published in: Nurse education in practice Vol. 84; p. 104344
• Main Authors: Purssell, Edward, Sagoo, Rohit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2025; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bacccalaureate; Bachelors Degrees; Child Health; Clinical training; Cluster Analysis; Colleges & universities; Cooperation; Datasets; Education; Education, Nursing - standards; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - standards; Educational systems; Employment; Free markets; Health Needs; Health promotion; Health services; Humans; International Cooperation; League tables; Learning; Markets; Medical education; Mental health; Midwifery; Multivariate Analysis; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing associate; Nursing education; Obstetrics; On the Job Training; Qualifications; Registration; Research funding; Satisfaction; Social services; Student Satisfaction; Students; Students, Nursing - psychology; Students, Nursing - statistics & numerical data; Teaching; United Kingdom; Universities; Universities - standards; Universities - statistics & numerical data; Value; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Bacccalaureate; Nursing; Education; Nursing associate; Universities

Examine quality of education through classification of universities providing undergraduate pre-registration nursing courses in the United Kingdom using data from university league tables. Educational quality for nursing courses can be defined in many ways. University league tables are often used, b...