Consistency in grading clinical skills
Prelicensure nursing students have historically had differing experiences in a health assessment course and have identified inconsistencies among faculty grading physical examinations. The purpose of this study was to examine interrater agreement among nurse educators grading summative physical examinations performed by nursing students. Six nurse educators with experience in teaching and evaluating students in a health assessment course observed and independently graded a physical examination performed by a simulated student actor on a simulated patient actor. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 23, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Sabine S.S. Dunbar Tags: Original research Source Type: research
The debate on the knowledge product developed in nursing doctorates and the assignment of the PhD to a modernist endeavor in the creation of the contrasting position
Both PhDs and Professional Doctorates are now common in many countries as alternate doctoral education products. The cohesion of the discourse to this point used to distinguish the products, while holding together superficially on closer examination collapses. It is time to engage in debate to critically consider how the products differ to allow the decision of consumers of what best fits with chosen career trajectories for nurses. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 23, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Andrew Cashin Tags: Issues for Debate Source Type: research
Empowering aged care nurses to deliver person-centred care: Enabling nurses to shine
In this paper, the authors will describe the journey of registered nurses across a series of workshops as part of a research project that was undertaken in a regional aged care service in New South Wales, Australia. The aim of the project was to empower the participant registered nurses to positively influence the health care workplace culture within the residential care home by raising consciousness about their own practice. Registered nurses were actively involved in this reconnaissance phase of a participatory action research project through practice development principles and methods. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 22, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Kelly Marriott-Statham, Maria Mackay, Ngaire Brennan, Jacinta Mackay Tags: Clinical education Source Type: research
The value of the doctorate dissertation seminar to personal development
In an effort to develop stage of knowledge and increase the critical way of thinking of PhD students, dissertation seminar course has been designed in postgraduate studies as a regularly meeting, which aims to give the PhD students a chance to obtain diverse feedback on their dissertation texts and to train them to evaluate scientific texts (Yliopisto). (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 21, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Joko Gunawan Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
Embracing diversity and transcultural society through community health practicum among college nursing students
Based on 2015 annual report of foreign spouse populations were above 507,266 people in Taiwan. Most of them (68%) came from Mainland China, 29% from south-east Asia. 92% of foreign spouses were female (2015). Therefore, a challenge arises for nursing students to provide care to clients with multiple cultural variations in Taiwan. The study objectives were to explore the related factors of cultural care competence and estimate the effects of a short-term reinforced cultural course. The study used a quasi-experimental design. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 19, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Luna Chang, Shu-Chuan Chen, Shu-Ling Hung Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Intertwining of caring and learning in care practices supported by a didactic approach
This paper highlights how caring and learning interact and become an intertwined phenomenon. The analysis of the research findings from two studies, in which the interaction between caring and learning in two educational units was investigated, has been guided by a Reflective Lifeworld Research approach grounded in a lifeworld-oriented phenomenology. The analysis procedure was concluded in a synthesis of the interaction between caring and learning in a Dedicated Educational Unit (DEU) and a didactic method inspired by a lifeworld educational perspective has been developed. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 18, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaretha Ekebergh, Niklas Andersson, Camilla Eskilsson Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Virtual gaming simulation of a mental health assessment: A usability study
Providing safe and realistic virtual simulations could be an effective way to facilitate the transition from the classroom to clinical practice. As nursing programs begin to include virtual simulations as a learning strategy; it is critical to first assess the technology for ease of use and usefulness.A virtual gaming simulation was developed, and a usability study was conducted to assess its ease of use and usefulness for students and faculty. The Technology Acceptance Model provided the framework for the study, which included expert review and testing by nursing faculty and nursing students. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 18, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret Verkuyl, Daria Romaniuk, Paula Mastrilli Tags: Original research Source Type: research
The associations between peer caring behaviors and social support to nurse students' caring perceptions
Caring is seen as an essential part of nursing and as a desirable competency expected of nursing students. Yet, students have difficulties in understanding the meaning and practice of caring relationships. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between perceived social support and peer caring behaviors to nurse students' caring perceptions.A cross-sectional study was conducted among first and fourth-year nursing students (n = 246) attending a Baccalaureate nursing education program at a major university in Israel. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 18, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Sigalit Warshawski, Michal Itzhaki, Sivia Barnoy Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Development and psychometric pilot-testing of a questionnaire for the evaluation of satisfaction with continuing education in infection control nurses
The objective is to describe the development and psychometric testing of the 'affective - behavioral - cognitive - satisfaction questionnaire' (ABC-SAT) for assessing participants' satisfaction with a continuing education program for nurses in infection control. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 17, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Michael Meng, Daniel Peter, Frauke Mattner, Christoph Igel, Christiane Kugler Tags: Original research Source Type: research
The scale on community care perceptions (scope) for nursing students: A development and psychometric validation study
The aim of this study was to develop a valid instrument to measure student nurses' perceptions of community care (SCOPE). DeVellis' staged model for instrument development and validation was used. Scale construction of SCOPE was based on existing literature. Evaluation of its psychometric properties included exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis. After pilot-testing, 1062 bachelor nursing students from six institutions in the Netherlands (response rate 81%) took part in the study. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 10, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Margriet van Iersel, Rien de Vos, Corine Latour, Paul A. Kirschner, Wilma Scholte op Reimer Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Discovering mental models and frames in learning of nursing ethics through simulations
The acquisition of ethical competence is necessary in nursing. The aims of the study were to analyse students' perceptions of the process of learning ethics through simulations and to describe the underlying frames that inform the decision making process of nursing students. A qualitative study based on the analysis of simulated experiences and debriefings of six simulated scenarios with ethical content in three different groups of fourth-year nursing students (n = 30), was performed. The simulated situations were designed to contain ethical dilemmas. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 10, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: J.L. D íaz Agea, M.R. Martín Robles, D. Jiménez Rodríguez, I. Morales Moreno, I. Viedma, C. Leal Costa Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Balancing the seen and unseen: Nurse educator as role model for critical thinking
Critical thinking is an important indicator of student learning and is an essential outcome of baccalaureate nursing education. The role of nurse educators in the development of students' critical thinking has been overlooked despite the importance of their actions to facilitate critical thinking in nursing education. We used a constructivist grounded theory approach within a larger mixed methods triangulation study to explore how nurse educators revealed their critical thinking in practice. From the grounded theory approach, a model emerged from our research, outlining the important aspects of nurse educators' critical th...
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Christy Raymond-Seniuk, Joanne Profetto-McGrath, Florence Myrick, William B. Strean Tags: Original research Source Type: research
The evaluation of an early graduate educational intervention
Literature points to a gap which exists in the preparedness of new nursing/midwifery graduates for clinical practice. In Ireland, a two year programme was established in 2013 for all new graduates employed by the public health system. This paper provides a report on the evaluation of the programme which aimed to gauge the impact of the programme on student experience, stakeholder opinion and on health service delivery. A mixed methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, was utilised. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Tom O'Connor, Zena Moore, Chanel Watson, Niamh Rohan, Bridget Murray, Marie Burke Ann, Maryam Husain, Declan Patton, Michael Shannon, Mary Wynne, Ina Crowley Source Type: research
Men are from Mars: The challenges of communicating as a male nursing student
Male-female communication within nursing is often fraught with difficulties especially for male nurses as the try and assimilate themselves into a female dominated profession. It is clear that men and women possess different communication styles. Men tend to be forthright and to the point. Women on the other hand often view the world as a network of connections, as a negotiation for closeness and support and therefore centred on maintaining solidarity. The aim of this study was to explore the lived-experience of a group of male nursing students using Colaizzi's seven step data analysis within the phenomenological empirical...
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Martin Christensen, Anthony Welch, Jennie Barr Tags: Original research Source Type: research
Reforming the undergraduate nursing clinical curriculum through clinical immersion a literature review
Clinical immersion is a method used by various academic programs to narrow the theory-to-practice gap and assist students to transition from school to a new work environment. In the clinical immersion model, students embark upon a concentrated and intensive clinical experience, typically at the end of a semester or program. This literature review explored the various methods by which programs carry out the immersion clinical experience model and if the experience improved students ’ readiness for entry level positions. (Source: Nurse Education in Practice)
Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Susan M. Fowler, Mary C. Knowlton, Amy W. Putnam Tags: Review Source Type: research
