Using action research to build mentor capacity to improve orientation and quality of nursing students’ aged care placements: what to do when the phone rings

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 1893-1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J Lea ◽  
Sharon Andrews ◽  
Megan Stronach ◽  
Annette Marlow ◽  
Andrew L Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Building Scholarship Capacity and Transforming Nurse Educators' Practice through Institutional Ethnography

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Malinsky ◽  
Ruth DuBois ◽  
Diane Jacquest
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Schools Of Nursing ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Institutional ethnography can be viewed as a method of inquiry for nurse educators to build scholarship capacity and advance the quality of nursing practice. Within a framework of the Boyer (1990) model and the domains of academic scholarship in nursing described by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2006), we discuss how a team of nurse educators participated as co-researchers in an institutional ethnographic study to examine the routine work of evaluating nursing students and discovered a contradiction between what was actually happening and what we value as nurse educators. The discovery, teaching, application, and integration dimensions of scholarship are examined for links to our emerging insights from the research and ramifications for our teaching practices. The article illuminates the expertise that developed and the transformations that happened as results of a collaborative institutional ethnography.

scholarly journals School Life Experience of Male Nursing Students Reinstated at School after Military Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-325
Author(s):  
Kyoung A Nam ◽  
Kyeong Hwa Kang ◽  
Seongmi Moon
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
School Life ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Purpose: This study aimed to explore and describe the school life experience of male nursing students reinstated at school after military service. Methods: The participants in the current study were 20 male nursing students from three universities. The data were collected in focus group interviews, and an inductive content analysis was performed on the data obtained from six focus groups. Results: The content relating to the school experience of the participants was categorized into four themes: making a new start, facing challenges, trying to find one's place, and confusion about one's professional identity. Conclusion: Nursing education in Korea needs to be reconsidered, as it adheres to a gender-stereotyped identity. This study provides implications for improving the content and quality of nursing education.

scholarly journals Measuring the quality of nursing clinical placements. Development of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET): A mixed methods co-design project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Cooper ◽  
Robyn Cant ◽  
Donna Waters ◽  
Elise Luders ◽  
Amanda Henderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Global Satisfaction ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Nursing Clinical ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Abstract Background: The quality of nursing clinical placements has been found to vary. Placement evaluation tools for nursing students are available but lack contemporary reviews of clinical settings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a feasible, valid and reliable clinical placement evaluation tool applicable to nursing student placements in Australia.Methods: An exploratory mixed methods co-design project. Phase 1 included a literature review; expert rating of potential question items and Nominal Group Technique meetings with a range of stakeholders for item development. Phase 2 included on-line pilot testing of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) with 1,263 nursing students, across all year levels at six Australian Universities and one further education college in 2019-20, to confirm validity, reliability and feasibility. Results: The PET included 19-items (rated on a 5-point agreement scale) and one global satisfaction rating (a 10-point scale). Placements were generally positively rated. The total scale score (19 items) revealed a median student rating of 81 points from a maximum of 95 and a median global satisfaction rating of 9/10. Criterion validity was confirmed by item correlation: Intra-class Correlation Co-efficient ICC = .709; scale total to global score r = .722; and items to total score ranging from .609 to .832. Strong concurrent validity was demonstrated with the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision Scale (r= .834). Internal reliability was identified and confirmed in two subscale factors: Clinical Environment (Cronbach’s alpha = .94) and Learning Support (alpha = .96). Based on the short time taken to complete the survey (median 3.5 minutes) and students’ comments, the tool was deemed applicable and feasible. Conclusions: The PET was found to be valid, reliable and feasible. Use of the tool as a quality assurance measure is likely to improve education and practice in clinical environments. Further international evaluation of the instrument is required to fully determine its psychometric properties.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Sleep Quality of Nursing Students in Bali During Pandemic Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Putu Intan Daryaswanti ◽  
Ni Made Diah Pusparini Pendet ◽  
Ni Putu Eka Febianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Introduction: Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) has spread to 34 provinces in Indonesia. Indonesia first confirmed the case of COVID-19 in March 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the teaching and learning process shifted to distance teaching. This activity-limiting measure in response to curbing the spread of COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented change in human behavior around the world. One of the changes in human behavior is sleep. Sleep is a physiological process that is highly dependent on the environment and social and varies greatly with stress levels. This study aimed to know the characteristics of sleep quality of nursing students during pandemic Covid-19 in Bali. Methods: This study is a descriptive study using univariate analysis. The population in this study is approximately 1,500 nursing students. Sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling with 422 sample. Data collection tools in the form of questionnaires that are used is a sleep quality questionnaire from the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: The results show that most of the nursing students’ age ranged from 15-25 (94.1%), female (79.1%) and currently undergoing Bachelor of Nursing education (68%) and students of Nursing in Bali mostly have poor sleep quality (97.4%). Conclusion: Students of Nursing reported to have poor sleep quality over the last month.

scholarly journals Measuring the quality of nursing clinical placements. Development of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET): A mixed methods co-design project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Cooper ◽  
Robyn Cant ◽  
Donna Waters ◽  
Elise Luders ◽  
Amanda Henderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Global Satisfaction ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Nursing Clinical ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Abstract Background: The quality of nursing clinical placements has been found to vary. Placement evaluation tools for nursing students are available but lack contemporary reviews of clinical settings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a feasible, valid and reliable clinical placement evaluation tool applicable to nursing student placements in Australia.Methods: An exploratory mixed methods co-design project. Phase 1 included a literature review; expert rating of potential question items and Nominal Group Technique meetings with a range of stakeholders for item development. Phase 2 included on-line pilot testing of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET) with 1,263 nursing students, across all year levels at six Australian Universities and one further education college in 2019-20, to confirm validity, reliability and feasibility.Results: The PET included 19-items (rated on a 5-point agreement scale) and one global satisfaction rating (a 10-point scale). Placements were generally positively rated. The total scale score (19 items) revealed a median student rating of 81 points from a maximum of 95 and a median global satisfaction rating of 9/10. Criterion validity was confirmed by item correlation: Intra-class Correlation Co-efficient ICC = .709; scale total to global score r = .722; and items to total score ranging from .609 to .832. Strong concurrent validity was demonstrated with the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision Scale (r= .834). Internal reliability was identified and confirmed in two subscale factors: Clinical Environment (Cronbach’s alpha = .94) and Learning Support (alpha = .96). Based on the short time taken to complete the survey (median 3.5 minutes) and students’ comments, the tool was deemed applicable and feasible.Conclusions: The PET was found to be valid, reliable and feasible. Use of the tool as a quality assurance measure is likely to improve education and practice in clinical environments. Further international evaluation of the instrument is required to fully determine its psychometric properties.

scholarly journals Improving the quality of nursing students' clinical placements in nursing homes: An evaluation study

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 722-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grethe Brynildsen ◽  
Ida Torunn Bjørk ◽  
Karin Berntsen ◽  
Margrete Hestetun
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

scholarly journals Enhancing the quality of nursing care in methadone substitute clinics using action research: a process evaluation

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christien Loth ◽  
Gerard M. Schippers ◽  
Harm't Hart ◽  
Goof van de Wijngaart
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

scholarly journals Use of the step-up action research model to improve trauma-related nursing educational practice

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ielse Seale ◽  
Johanna C. De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Mass Casualty Incident ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Emergency Training

Background: A lack of authentic learning opportunities influence the quality of emergency training of nursing students. The purpose of this article is to describe how the step-up action research model was used to improve the quality of trauma-related educational practice of undergraduate nursing students.Objectives: To reduce deaths caused by trauma, healthcare workers should be competent to provide emergency care and collaborate effectively with one another.Method: A simulated mass casualty incident, structured to support the integration of theory into practice, became a more rigorous action research activity which focused on the quality improvement of the mass casualty incident.Results: The results indicated improved student learning; partnership appreciation; improved student coping mechanisms, and increased student exposure. Quality emergency training thus results in better real-life collaboration in emergency contexts.Conclusion: The step-up action research model proved to be a collaborative and flexible process. To improve the quality and rigour of educational programmes it is therefore recommended that the step-up action research model be routinely used in the execution of educational practices.

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