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26 June 2025

Research on the Relationship between Nursing Students' Self-directed Learning Ability and Self-directed Critical Thinking Ability

Yilin Chen1 Xingyan Li* Caiqing Wei1 Biyou Wei1
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1 Wuzhou Medical College, Wuzhou 543000, Guangxi, China
LNE 2025 , 3(5), 60–64; https://doi.org/10.18063/LNE.202505011
© 2025 by the Author. Licensee Whioce Publishing, USA. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Guiding nursing students to form the concept and relevant abilities of self-directed learning is a decisive factor affecting the quality of nursing discipline construction and an important guarantee for cultivating high-level nursing talents. At the same time, with the in-depth development of the modern medical field, in the face of the increasingly complex healthcare needs of the public and the expansion of the role of medical services, contemporary nursing students are required to possess self-directed learning ability and self-directed critical thinking ability. Therefore, studying the correlation between nursing students' self-directed learning ability and self-directed critical thinking ability can, by stimulating their internal driving force, improve their comprehensive ability to adapt to diversified working and learning environments, and thus make practical preparations for cultivating a reserve force of high-quality nursing talents.

Keywords
Nursing students
Self-directed learning ability
Self-directed critical thinking ability
Correlation analysis
Funding
This article is a funded project for college students' innovation and entrepreneurship at the university level in 2024, titled "Research on the Current Situation and Correlation of Self-directed Learning Ability and Critical Thinking Ability of Nursing Students at Different Levels", with the project number: 202414694122.
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