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Learning from clinical placement experience : Analysing nursing students' final reflections in a digital storytelling activity

- Paliadelis, Penny, Wood, Pamela

Authors: Paliadelis, Penny , Wood, Pamela
Date: 2016
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Nurse Education in Practice Vol. 20, no. (2016), p. 39-44
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Description: This paper reports on the learning potential of a reflective activity undertaken by final year nursing students, in which they were asked to recount two meaningful events that occurred during their clinical placements over the duration of their 3-year nursing degree program and reflect on how these events contributed to their learning to become beginning level Registered Nurses (RNs). This descriptive qualitative study gathered narratives from 92 students as individual postings in an online forum created within the University's learning management system. An analysis of the students' reflections are the focus of this paper particularly in relation to the value of reflecting on the identified events. Four themes emerged that clearly highlight the way in which these students interpreted and learned from both positive and negative clinical experiences, their strong desire to fit into their new role and their ability to re-imagine how they might respond to clinical events when they become Registered Nurses. The findings of this study may contribute to developing nursing curricula that better prepares final year students for the realities of practice. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.

Nursing students’ attitude and preparedness for nurse prescribing and its relationship with self-efficacy

- Haririan, Hamidreza, Rahmani, Azad, Porter, Joanne, Heidarzadeh, Mehdi, Azadi, Arman

Authors: Haririan, Hamidreza , Rahmani, Azad , Porter, Joanne , Heidarzadeh, Mehdi , Azadi, Arman
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Nurse Education in Practice Vol. 54, no. (2021), p.
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Description: Aim: The number of countries where nurses are allowed to prescribe has increased over the past two decades. Nursing students’ self-efficacy has the main impact on their clinical and cognitive skills. The aim of this study is to determine nursing students’ attitudes and preparedness for nurse prescribing and its relationship with their perceived self-efficacy. Design: The descriptive-correlational study Methods: This study was conducted at five Nursing and Midwifery schools of Tabriz, Ardebil, Ilam, Ramsar, and Mashhad, Iran from March to July 2018. Through random sampling 250 undergraduate nursing students from the different geographical areas of Iran were selected. The research tool consisted of three parts including demographic information, nurse prescribing questionnaire, and a questionnaire on self-efficacy in patient care. Results: Nursing students had a positive attitudes and relatively high levels of preparedness for nurse prescribing. However, near to half of the participants (48.4%) mentioned that they have not good knowledge of pharmacology. Also there was a significant positive correlation between the students’ self-efficacy and their attitudes and preparedness to nurse prescribing (p < 0.001, rs= 0.467;p = 0.00, rs= 0.633). Conclusions: Given the nursing students’ positive attitude to and their preparedness for nurse prescribing, it is possible to make them more prepared for this new role by increasing their pharmacological knowledge and improving their accountability, management, and leadership skills. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. **Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Joanne Porter” is provided in this record**

The nominal group technique : generating consensus in nursing research

- Cooper, Simon J., Cant, Robyn, Luders, Elise, Waters, Donna, Henderson, Amanda, Hood, Kerry, Reid-Searl, Kerry, Ryan, Colleen, Tower, Marion, Willetts, Georgina

Authors: Cooper, Simon J. , Cant, Robyn , Luders, Elise , Waters, Donna , Henderson, Amanda , Hood, Kerry , Reid-Searl, Kerry , Ryan, Colleen , Tower, Marion , Willetts, Georgina
Date: 2020
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Relation: Journal of Nursing Education Vol. 59, no. 2 (Feb 2020), p. 65-+
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Description: The purpose of this article is to describe the Nominal Group Technique and its application as a consensus-generating approach in nursing research. The approach incorporates face-to-face meetings to explore opinions, generate ideas, and determine priorities. The nominal group technique process, which is based on a study designed to develop a nursing student clinical placement (clinical practicum) evaluation tool, is described. Advantages of the approach include creative face-to-face discussions with minimal resource demands. The nominal group technique is beneficial and can be used to achieve consensus in nursing research, but a lack of anonymity may preclude the process in some investigations.

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