The purpose of this study was to examine baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of their own and peers' online participation. The population included baccalaureate nursing students who have been or were recently involved in a computer-conferencing nursing course. Volunteer nursing students (n = 55) from three Canadian universities completed a Web-based ...

To describe individual temperament and character trait profiles associated with nurses and nursing students in a large regional health district and university in Australia. Identification of personality characteristics have been undertaken in most professions; however there is little extant literature on nurses which looks at specific aspects of temperament and ...

Canadian Licensed Practical Nurses continuing their education in an online Bachelor of Nursing program face unique barriers as they transition towards a new and more complex nursing role. This qualitative descriptive study explored Post Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Nursing (Post LPN to BN) students' perceptions of their experiences ...

The psychological well-being of nursing students is a very important component in the training and development of future nurses. While previous studies have explored different aspects of nursing students' mental and psychological health in various countries, they have given little attention to comparing nursing students with their non-nursing student peers. ...

The aim of this study is to investigate student nurses' perception, knowledge and awareness of elder abuse. It is evidential that elder abuse tends to be unrecognized and is often hidden from public awareness. Nurses who work with older people are expected to be knowledgeable of the causes and detection ...

Hazard and near-miss reporting has been integrated into the curriculum for postbaccalaureate bachelor of science in nursing/master of science in nursing degree students at our institution through a Web-based reporting system since 2006. The system is used during their 25-week clinical rotations of 2 days per week in community, medical-surgical, ...

This paper reports the findings of part of a larger study that explored the empowerment of nursing students in clinical practice. The focus here is on the phenomenon of 'voice' and the extent to which nursing students are able to exercise voice during their clinical practice experiences. There is evidence ...

First clinical exposures are stressful situations for nursing students, especially, when practicing on the labour ward. The purpose of this study was to develop intrapartum nursing care web-based learning to facilitate students' acquisition of conceptual knowledge and performance skills. This web-based learning unit integrated the 5E-model and information technology with ...

Aboriginal nursing students face numerous challenges in North American nursing educational programs, as reflected in the relatively high attrition rate of these students. In this paper, the authors argue that nurse educators need to create more culturally relevant curriculum and instructional approaches for Aboriginal students. Such approaches would help nursing ...

Complementary therapies are making a significant and cost effective contribution to the health of the community, especially in relation to chronic disease management and prevention of disease. Because of the increased use of complementary therapies, nurses, and other health professionals need to be familiar with specific practices so that they ...

The judicious selection of nursing school applicants is important, and universities are increasingly incorporating non-academic criteria into their admission processes. We undertook a retrospective, correlational study of the predictive utility of an admissions process for nursing students' "in-program" success. The sample consisted of all 249 students admitted to a Canadian ...

Understanding the experience of students learning the clinical nurse leader (CNL) role can be useful for faculty, preceptors, staff nurses, and interdisciplinary team members who guide them. This article analyzes the experience of four direct-entry master's students in the first cohort to complete the CNL curriculum and to sit for ...

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) were first used by the public in the early 1990 s. Initially used as a device to manage personal information, these devices quickly evolved. Currently, PDAs are capable of storing and exchanging large amounts of information, which truly make them handheld computers. As such, they have ...

Research has shown that nursing personnel are exposed to the serious risk of contracting bloodborne diseases from needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs). Only a few studies have examined the problem among nursing students. In Hong Kong, there is an equal lack of research in this area. A review of accident ...

Math proficiency is a prerequisite to the performance of many nursing functions, including medication calculations, but many nursing students have difficulty performing this basic clinical skill. Research has demonstrated that math aptitude alone does not fully explain student outcomes on medication calculation assessments (MCAs), and contextual factors associated with reading ...

The purpose of this article was to describe the process of how The University of Toledo College of Nursing developed the comprehensive examination as one capstone option to fulfill the requirements of a master's of science in nursing degree. Based on Keating's frame factors model, a review of existing literature, ...

Complex simulations can facilitate students' synthesis of knowledge. Simulations of cognitively impaired elders provide nursing students the opportunity to use critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills in complex patient care situations. The authors report their experiences in designing, implementing, and evaluating a simulation on cognitive problems in elders using actors. ...

There is no co-ordinated focus on liabilities arising from nurses' medical interventions in terms of occupational, administrative, civil legal and criminal activities. However, the Turkish Criminal Code, the Turkish Medical Ethics Code of Practice, and guidelines for patients' rights offer some framework for the relevant ethical principles and responsibilities of ...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of simulation in preparing senior nursing students for their first home visit and to determine comfort and confidence levels of these students as they prepare for their first home visits. This exploratory study used a convenience sample of public health ...

Reverse case study is a collaborative, innovative, active learning strategy that nurse educators can use in the classroom. Groups of students develop a case study and a care plan from a list of medications and a short two- to three-sentence scenario. The students apply the nursing process to thoroughly develop ...

The purpose of this manuscript is to illustrate the challenges faced by nurses who abuse substances and to promote international dialogue about what practitioners, administrators, health care providers and students can do when they suspect someone in the profession is abusing substances, or they may themselves be suffering from addiction. ...

Clinical education is an indispensible part of the nursing education. Clinical nurses play an important role in this teaching learning process. The quality and quantity of student-nurse interactions in the clinical area can either facilitate or hamper students' learning. The rationale of this research was to probe into staff nurses' ...

This paper illustrates the role of psychodynamic small group work in integrating theory and practice for nursing students. Psychodynamic work with individual patients and small staff groups is established in some areas of medical and nursing practice although not widely used in general nursing. Clinical material which was brought to ...

This paper reports on two studies that examined why students withdrew from a Bachelor of Nursing degree. With the aim of recruiting undergraduate candidates who are the most likely to complete the degree and pursue a nursing career, the University of Adelaide requires high matriculation scores and satisfactory performance in ...

The aim of this study was to compare Korean and Chinese nursing students with respect to their nursing curricula and educational outcomes including critical thinking, professionalism, leadership, communication skills, and nursing practice skills. Data were collected from 762 nursing college students (355 in Korea and 407 in China) using the ...

Although there is extant research on the homeless, less is available suggesting an innovative community partnership such as Project HOPE. This partnership provided baccalaureate nursing students with greater understanding of underserved populations and health care delivery systems, and encouraged their future work with marginalized populations upon graduation. Students collected descriptive ...

A group of senior baccalaureate nursing students have been working with elderly and disabled residents in public housing as part of a Wellness Program for more than 5 years. This placement is an alternative to traditional Visiting Nurse Association placements, and encourages students to expand outreach and develop interventions for ...

The ideal clinical experience fosters development of psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills while affording initial socialization into the profession. It is expected that during these experiences, nursing students will encounter illustrative exemplars of caring and professional values. The primary stressors during initial clinical experiences arise from issues related to performance ...

High-fidelity simulation is a useful mechanism to aid progression, development and skill acquisition in nurse education. However, nurse lecturers are daunted by sophisticated simulation technology. This paper presents a new method of introducing human patient simulation to students and educators, whilst seeking to demystify the roles, responsibilities and underpinning pedagogy. ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) play a vital role in the primary healthcare systems in several countries. However, the NP system has either only recently been established or has yet to be set up in many Asian countries. The Joint International Programme for Nurse Practitioners (JIPNP), developed by a university in South ...

Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 151-159 Iranian nursing students' comprehension and experiences regarding evaluation process: a thematic analysis study In this study, a qualitative design based on a thematic analysis approach was employed to explore the comprehension and experiences of Iranian nursing students regarding evaluation process in both classroom ...

To evaluate graduating students' pharmacological knowledge and calculation skills and describe their self-rated readiness to safe medication care in practice on two nurse educational levels. Additionally, the study describes some characteristics of pharmacology in nurse education in Flanders, Belgium. Thirty-eight nursing schools (bachelor's degree in nursing [N=18] and diploma in ...

To evaluate the empathic skills and the empathetic tendency of nursing students throughout their years of undergraduate education. Empathy is a major component of the relationships between patients and nurses, and is an observable and teachable skill that nurses are claimed to possess. A cross-sectional study was designed to determine ...

A self regulating profession, such as nursing, has to have in place systems which deal with practitioners considered unfit to practise. In addition, students studying to enter the profession may also be subject to systems to address concerns about their professional suitability. While the NMC have left it up to ...

The transition from student to qualified nurse is widely acknowledged to entail a difficult period of adjustment, involving significant personal and professional challenges. Kramer [1974. Reality Shock - Why Nurses Leave Nursing. Mosby, St. Louis] originally described this as a "reality shock" due to the dissonance experienced between the expectations ...

This paper presents a series of findings generated during a larger study which aimed to develop a theoretical understanding of the reasons why nursing students voluntarily leave pre-registration nursing programmes. In this study, significant incongruence was found to exist between student expectations of pre-registration nursing programmes and the reality of ...

Even though the central position of the client has been recognized in psychiatric nursing education, the client is seldom formally involved in the feedback provided to students during practical training. This research paper focuses on three questions: (1) What conditions support the gathering of meaningful client feedback to enhance the ...

This paper is a report of a study of the relationship between nurses' clinical experience and calibration of their self-confidence and judgement accuracy for critical event risk assessment judgements. Miscalibration (i.e. under-confidence or over-confidence of confidence levels) has an important impact on the quality of nursing care. Despite this, little ...

Cultural differences are known to be pronounced in Turkey, and some difficulties are encountered in patient care. Cultural sufficiency in providing health care to the patients is of great importance in satisfactory care delivery. To determine the cultural diversity that the students experienced between the patients and themselves while providing ...

This research examines the ways Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli nursing students, who study together in one group in an academic school of nursing situated in northern Israel, perceive each other and the relationships among them. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students. The cohort consists of 46 students, ...

Viral hepatitis infections are major health problems, which are especially prevalent in developing countries. In particular, health care workers are at high risk for contracting viral hepatitis. Therefore, preventive measures to minimize occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens are needed to protect both health care workers and nursing students. To ...

Approximately one-third of new graduates will quit their jobs in the first year. When nurses leave, vacant positions result in increased overtime for the remaining staff, which eventually results in burnout. Burnout leads to even more turnover. This article describes how the staff transformed a neurosurgical intensive care unit and ...

The clinical teaching associate (CTA) model in which a staff nurse worked with a faculty member in the teaching of undergraduate nursing students was implemented in an acute care pediatric setting. The CTA model fostered learning outcomes by increasing opportunities for students to practice skills and by fostering positive relationships ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical supervision and professional development of student nurses during their undergraduate education. Nursing education has undergone radical changes as a result of improvements in the academic-based clinical education required for the Bachelor's degree. The sample consisted of student nurses (n ...

The aims and objectives of this paper are to illuminate and discuss the experiences and perceptions of nursing students and supervising nurses regarding the students' learning of person- centred care of patients with Alzheimer's disease in a teaching nursing home. This information is then used to develop recommendations as to ...

Sustained improvement in pain management depends on new nurses entering the healthcare system with strong practice knowledge and competent clinical judgment. The recent call to revamp nursing education to meet practice realities recommended integrating classroom and clinical teaching using a variety of pedagogies to develop students' clinical judgment skills. Understanding ...

Factors that restrict or support academic achievement are a major concern for nurse educators. The authors examined selected academic and nonacademic factors, including the Kolb Learning Styles Inventory III, that affected the ability of prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students in acquiring pharmacology knowledge. This study used a comparative descriptive design to ...

To explore what situations students focus on during group supervision sessions, and what this supervision meant to nursing students during their clinical placements. Knowledge about clinical supervision of nursing students in groups is scarce concerning what situations the students bring to the sessions. Open-ended questionnaires were filled out by students ...

Although the concepts of infection control are taught in depth in the classroom environment, they are often disregarded in the clinical setting. Recognizing this problem, we as nursing educators proposed the use of nursing students in compliance initiatives. The suggestion received an unexpected enthusiastic response from the infection control department ...

The aim of this integrative review is to describe staff nurses' experience when functioning as a preceptor or mentor for student nurses. The preceptor's role is to guide students from the theory of nursing to the application of nursing theory, teaching clinical skills and clinical thinking. Relatively few research studies ...