Undergraduate nursing students' strategies for coping with their first clinical placement: Descriptive survey study
Clinical placement is an essential component in academic nursing programs to provide nursing students with an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. The first clinical placement can be an extremely stressful experience for some nursing students, which may affect their decision to be a nurse. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 15, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Yousef Alshahrani, Lynette Cusack, Philippa Rasmussen Source Type: research
Advancing scholarly writing of baccalaureate nursing students using the knowledge, skills, and attitude self-assessment for writing development
Baccalaureate nursing students often demonstrate basic oral and written communication skills and have varying levels of skill with scholarly writing. Current instructional approaches may not fully prepare students for scholarly writing expectations. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 15, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Teresa Shellenbarger, Elizabeth A. Gazza, Diane F. Hunker Source Type: research
Comparison of undergraduate educational environment in medical and nursing program using the DREEM tool
Educational environment (EE) in a health educational institute can bring about an enduring impact on the students' motivation, knowledge, critical thinking along with their social life. Therefore, identifying strengths and the need for change in the education environment is vital for the enhancement of the students' learning. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 9, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Salima Farooq, Rehana Rehman, Mehwish Hussain, Jacqueline Maria Dias Source Type: research
Intellectual disability content within pre-registration nursing curriculum: How is it taught?
Despite experiencing higher rates of physical and mental health conditions compared with the general population, people with intellectual disability face inequitable access to healthcare services. Improving education of healthcare professionals is one way to reduce these inequalities. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 7, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Julian N. Trollor, Claire Eagleson, Beth Turner, Carmela Salomon, Andrew Cashin, Teresa Iacono, Linda Goddard, Nicholas Lennox Source Type: research
Designing for online computer-based clinical simulations: Evaluation of instructional approaches
Online computer-based simulations are becoming more widespread in nursing education. Therefore, an understanding of when and how to implement the variety of instructional strategies related to these simulations is fundamental. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 6, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Ilana Dubovi Source Type: research
Increasing nursing capacity in genomics: Overview of existing global genomics resources
Global genomic literacy of all health professions, including nurses, remains low despite an inundation of genomic information with established clinical and analytic validity and clinical utility. Genomic literacy and competency deficits contribute to lost opportunities to take advantage of the benefits that genomic information provides to improve health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and increase patient quality and safety. Nurses are essential to the integration of genomics into healthcare. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 6, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Kathleen A. Calzone, Maggie Kirk, Emma Tonkin, Laurie Badzek, Caroline Benjamin, Anna Middleton Source Type: research
Predictors for nurses and midwives' readiness towards self-directed learning: An integrated review
To systematically review the existing evidence on predictors for nurses and midwives' readiness towards Self-directed Learning (SDL). (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Karpagam Chakkaravarthy, Norzihan Ibrahim, Mardiah Mahmud, Munikumar Ramasamy Venkatasalu Tags: Review Source Type: research
Nursing students' knowledge, attitude and practices of infection prevention and control guidelines at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape: A cross sectional study
Nurses in sub-Saharan Africa are particularly at a higher risk of acquiring nosocomial infections, considering the increased prevalence of infectious diseases. It is therefore imperative that these nurses have a sound knowledge and understanding of infection prevention procedures. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Farzana Rahiman, Usuf Chikte, Gail D. Hughes Source Type: research
The use of assessment rubrics to enhance feedback in higher education: An integrative literature review
To explore the literature relating to the use of rubrics in Higher Education. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Andrea Cockett, Carole Jackson Tags: Review Source Type: research
The efficacy of simulation-based and peer-learning handover training for new graduate nurses
Nursing handovers are a crucial nursing practice for patient safety and continuity of nursing care. As a strategy to improve nursing handovers, it has been suggested that new graduate nurses receive training in how to conduct handovers. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Jung Hee Kim, Myung-Haeng Hur, Hyun-Young Kim Source Type: research
Unique experiences of direct entry BSN/BS-PhD nursing students: A Delphi study
Given the aging nursing education workforce and the persistent high demand for doctorally-prepared nursing faculty, there is a critical need to increase the number of nurses entering and completing PhD programs. To fill this need, accelerated PhD education pathways, such as the direct entry BSN/BS-PhD education pathway, have become popular. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Jiayun Xu, Lucine Francis, Jenny Dine, Teresa Hagan Thomas Source Type: research
The effect of mannequin fidelity on the achievement of learning outcomes for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare practitioners: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Simulation has demonstrated superiority over purely didactic instruction in multiple contexts, and educationalists have embraced this modality for enhancing access to clinical skills. However, there remains uncertainty if increasing the realism (fidelity) of simulation equipment heightens performance. To address this within nursing and allied health, this review examines if increasing equipment fidelity improves learning outcomes. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Rebecca J. Sherwood, Gary Francis Tags: Review Source Type: research
Exploring nursing students' experiences of a drop-in support-centre: A mixed-methods study
The increased use of blended learning approaches in undergraduate nursing programs has resulted in reduced on-campus contact with academic staff and other students. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Marian Martin, Lucie M. Ramjan, Bronwyn Everett, Paul Glew, Joan Lynch, Yenna Salamonson Source Type: research
The impact of burnout on doctorate nursing faculty's intent to leave their academic position: A descriptive survey research design
Despite the fact that the great demands placed on many nursing faculty put them at high risk for job burnout; there are limited studies exploring the relationship between burnout and leaving their academic positions. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Elizabeth Aquino, Young-Me Lee, Nadia Spawn, Jessica Bishop-Royse Source Type: research
A qualitative study of nurses' perceptions of a behavioural strategies e-learning program to reduce interruptions during medication administration
We sought to evaluate the perceptions of nurses of an e-learning educational program to encourage the use of behavioural strategies —blocking, engaging, mediating, multitasking, and preventing—to reduce the negative effects of interruptions during medication administration. (Source: Nurse Education Today)
Source: Nurse Education Today - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Maree Johnson, Tracy Levett-Jones, R. Langdon, Gabrielle Weidemann, Elizabeth Manias, Bronwyn Everett Source Type: research
