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Little is known regarding the transfer of bioscience knowledge gained during undergraduate nursing studies into clinical practice.

To explore the experiences of new registered nurses in applying bioscience concepts in their day-to-day nursing practice.

Descriptive qualitative design.

Fifteen recently graduated registered nurses (RNs) who were working in acute care settings participated in the study.

Semi-structured, face-to-face individual interviews were conducted. Interview data were audio-recorded and thematically analysed.

Four themes were identified from the qualitative interviews. The first and second themes demonstrated nurses' realisation of the relevance of theoretical bioscience knowledge learnt within the classroom to their practice and how this evidence-based knowledge translated into confidence in decisions made. The third and fourth themes …