Abstract
Practical nursing in a clinical setting is an important part of Nursing Education. My intention in this article is to focus on developing a model for learning nursing by discussing a patient situation in a group. The group consists of both students and nurses, except me as the teacher.
The theoretical framework of the model is built on the Social perspective on education and learning. Here is the relation between the group members, the activity in the group and the world important parts of developing this model. The relation was based on an I-you relationship, and the activity in the group was discussing the challenges in the daily work with a specific patient in the ward. The members of the group got the case described two days before the meeting. They all prepared for the meeting by reflecting how to act as a nurse in the different situations. The conversation in the group was based on the culture and on the nursing practice in that ward. By meeting each other in that group during the students practice, both the students and the nurses developed a better understanding for the daily work in the ward.
