Classification for Reading Nursing Articles

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-undergrad nursing student: reads entire article but does not understand what any of it means.

-working nursing student: uses journal as a pillow during nights on call.

-masters nursing student: would like to read article, but eats dinner instead.

-doctorate nursing student: skips article entirely and reads the classifieds.

-doctorate nursing student aka instructor: reads abstracts and quotes the literature liberally.

-assistant nursing professor: reads references to see if he/she was cited anywhere.

-full nursing professor: doesn't buy journals in the first place, but keeps an eye open for nursing articles that make it into Time or Newsweek.

-dean of nursing school: reads entire article but does not understand what any of it means.