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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Hulya Firat Kilic, Seda Cevheroglu
Summary: This study evaluates the patient safety competencies in nursing students. The results show that nursing students have satisfactory knowledge, skills, and attitudes towards patient safety. Scores on patient safety competency increase with age and year level.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2023)
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Nursing
Julie Perry, S. Cole Powers, Brittany Haskell, Carrie Plummer
Summary: This study utilized a standardized patient-facilitated home visit simulation to teach nursing students the skills of conducting a best possible medication history and effective patient communication, and achieved positive outcomes.
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Leena Salminen, Minna Tuukkanen, Katharina Clever, Pilar Fuster, Mary Kelly, Viktorija Kiele, Sanna Koskinen, Herdis Sveinsdottir, Eliisa Loyttyniemi, Helena Leino-Kilpi
Summary: A study found that graduating nurse students generally rated the competence of nurse educators as high, with students from Germany and Finland being more critical. Additionally, graduating nurse students rated their own professional competence as good overall. There seems to be alignment between students' evaluations of educators' competence and their own competence.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2021)
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Nursing
Melissa J. Blome, Michelle L. Johnson, Mark A. Jones, Marilyn S. Moore, Mark F. Beck
Summary: This study investigated the sleep patterns of nursing students and found that many students experienced poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, and maladaptive sleep hygiene. The main reason for sleep disturbance was identified as technology use into the night. It is suggested that sleep health content should be included in nursing curriculum to help students achieve optimal daytime functioning.
JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION
(2021)
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Nursing
Melissa Blome, Michelle Johnson, Mark Beck, Mark Jones
Summary: This study investigated sleep among prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students and found that college classes were the most frequent reason for sleep loss. Obligations of work, family, activity with friends, and classes significantly predicted sleep quality.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura Visiers-Jimenez, Liisa Kuokkanen, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Eliisa Loyttyniemi, Riitta Turjamaa, Anna Brugnolli, Filomena Gaspar, Jana Nemcova, Alvisa Palese, Marilia Rua, Renata Zelenikova, Satu Kajander-Unkuri
Summary: This study describes and analyzes the level of empowerment among graduating nursing students in six European countries and potential related factors. The results suggest that empowerment needs to be enhanced during nursing education, which can contribute to higher academic achievements and overall competence.
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Thomas Caputo, Jennifer Gunberg Ross
Summary: Research suggests that male nursing students generally have negative experiences during their prelicensure education, including external reactions to their choice of nursing, lack of male role models, extensive physical tasks in clinical settings, exclusion in obstetrics experiences, and gendered descriptions of nurses in the educational environment. However, fostering new relationships is identified as a positive experience during prelicensure education.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2023)
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Nursing
Jennifer Emilie Mannino, Mary Lane, Victoria Siegel, Jean Marie Osborne, Susan O'Hara
Summary: This educational initiative aims to cultivate nursing students with the necessary knowledge and skills to deliver safe and effective patient-centered care during their first clinical practice, promoting critical thinking and clinical judgment in a complex healthcare environment.
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Nursing
Ying Liu, Yupin Aungsuroch, Liyan Sha, Joko Gunawan, Dejian Zeng
Summary: The study developed evaluation indicators for quality and safety competencies of bachelor nursing students at graduation, achieving consensus among nursing experts. The indicators included six domains and 88 indicators, providing important guidance for nursing education.
JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
(2021)
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Nursing
Katie L. McDermott, Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst
Summary: This study aims to define the concept of foundational competence and its application in the educational program of nursing students, providing guidance for pedagogical and assessment practices.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Sharon T. Wilson, Regina W. Urban, Jessica G. Smith
Summary: The aim of this study was to describe online prelicensure nursing students' experiences of incivility during COVID-19. Data were collected from September to October 2020 from nursing students and faculty. Thirteen themes were identified, including experiencing incivility, causes and consequences of incivility, the pandemic and academic incivility, and promoting civility in the academic setting. The study highlights the need for training in coping strategies to foster academic civility during virtual educational experiences.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2023)
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Nursing
Imane Elonen, Leena Salminen, Indre Brasaite-Abrome, Pilar Fuster, Pia Kukkonen, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Eliisa Loyttyniemi, Brendan Noonan, Juliane Stubner, Margret H. Svavarsdottir, Hrund Thorsteinsson, Sanna Koskinen
Summary: This study evaluates the medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students in six European countries and finds that students can perform simple calculations but face difficulties with more complex calculations. There is a discrepancy between the evaluations of patients and nurse managers, indicating the need for further research to improve medication calculation skills of nursing students entering clinical practice.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2022)
Article
Ethics
Sanna Koskinen, Elina Pajakoski, Pilar Fuster, Brynja Ingadottir, Eliisa Loyttyniemi, Olivia Numminen, Leena Salminen, P. Anne Scott, Juliane Stubner, Marija Trus, Helena Leino-Kilpi
Summary: In graduating nursing students from six European countries, moral courage was found to be relatively high with variations between countries and populations. Factors such as professional competence were associated with higher levels of moral courage. Further research is needed to explore the differences and associations between moral courage and ethics education.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Gizell Green, Lani Ofri, Riki Tesler
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of a simulation of fundamental nursing practices on nursing students' competencies and learning satisfaction. It found that the simulation had a significant effect on nursing competencies and learning satisfaction, with the legal/ethical practice competency being a predictor of learning satisfaction. The study suggests the implementation of a pedagogical structure of simulations of fundamental nursing practices in other nursing education areas.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Rizal Angelo N. Grande, Daniel Joseph E. Berdida, Tantut Susanto, Anwar Khan, Wanpen Waelveerakup, Zahrah Saad
Summary: This study aims to investigate the nursing and professional competencies of graduating nursing students and the predictors of these competencies. The findings showed that nursing students exhibited high professional competence in value-based nursing care and critical thinking and reasoning. The country of residence, GPA, and preferred nursing major were significant predictors of nursing competency and professional competence among graduating nursing students.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2022)
