Association between cultural intelligence and cultural sensitivity in nursing students: A cross-sectional descriptive study

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease caused by novel coronavirus and hence this pandemic has a great impact on the education system. Nursing students as part of the health team should know the coronavirus like other communicable diseases. Methods: A quantitative approach and cross-sectional survey research design used to assess the knowledge of Coronavirus among 145 nursing students of district Sirmaur selected through the convenient sampling technique. An online self-structured questionnaire used as a tool for data collection. Descriptive data analysis was done with SPSS (version 23).Results: The result of the study revealed that only 31.7% of students had good knowledge about COVID-19, and 68.3% had average knowledge. Conclusions: There is a need for intervention such as educational programs or pieces of training to educate about the pandemic and its prevention practices to undergraduate students to make our society more secure.

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Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills On The Performance of Clinical Nursing Practices

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship ◽

10.1515/ijnes-2019-0064 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Judit Sánchez Expósito ◽

Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez ◽

José Luis Díaz Agea ◽

María Dolores Carrillo Izquierdo ◽

Cesar Leal Costa

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Linear Regression ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Clinical Practices ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Potential Predictor ◽

Emotional Skills ◽

Clinical Nursing

AbstractAimTo analyze the Socio-emotional (SE) skills of the students in the Nursing Degree, and their relationship with their clinical practice in hospital centers.MethodsCross-sectional descriptive study of a sample of 91 nursing students. SE skills were analyzed through self-administered questionnaires, and the clinical practices through the instrument “Clinical Practices Evaluation Notebook”.FindingsThe students obtained medium and high scores in the SE skills and in the clinical practices. Most of the SE skills had a positive and statistically significant relationship (p < 0.05) between them. A relationship was observed between SE skills with performance in clinical practices, through a multiple linear regression.DiscussionIt is suggested that the development of the SE skills of the nursing students within the Nursing degree curriculum has an influence on their performance during their clinical practices.ConclusionThe SE skills are a potential predictor of the performance of the nursing students in clinical practices.

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Antidepressants: knowledge and use among nursing students

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692010000300018 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 421-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Plínio Tadeu Istilli ◽

Adriana Inocenti Miasso ◽

Cláudia Maria Padovan ◽

José Alexandre Crippa ◽

Carlos Renato Tirapelli

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Antidepressant Treatment ◽

Antidepressant Medication ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

The State ◽

Antidepressant Therapy ◽

Nursing School ◽

Therapeutic Effects ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Antidepressant Medications

This study examined the knowledge of nursing students in regard to using antidepressant medication and proposes actions such that nurses contribute to a safe and effective antidepressant therapy. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in a public nursing school in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, between March and November 2008. Fifty-two (19%) out of the 273 participants were using or had used antidepressants. Instruction concerning the use of antidepressants was provided by physicians. Even after receiving instruction concerning the antidepressant treatment before its administration, the majority of users (cII1=0.07, p> 0.05) still had doubts about its use. Fluoxetine was the most prevalent antidepressant. Actions to improve knowledge concerning the use of antidepressant medications, their side and therapeutic effects, seem to be necessary and relevant.

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Learning by playing: A cross-sectional descriptive study of nursing students' experiences of learning clinical reasoning

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2016.06.009 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 22-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Jaana-Maija Koivisto ◽

Jari Multisilta ◽

Hannele Niemi ◽

Jouko Katajisto ◽

Elina Eriksson

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Clinical Reasoning ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies in nursing students: a cross-sectional correlational descriptive study

10.21203/rs.2.10722/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽

Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽

Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽

Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽

Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Cognitive Restructuring ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

And Coping

Abstract Background: Although nursing students generally have lesser responsibility in the care of patients compared to professional nurses, clinical training is recognized as being a stressful experience for many students. The study objective was to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress and coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71+ 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Most students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean PSS score of 22.78 (±8.54). Veteran nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the Coping Behavior Inventory: problem solving, self-criticism, wishful thinking, social support, cognitive restructuring and social withdrawal. In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs that could help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

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Anxiety, Perceived Stress And Coping Strategies In Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional, Correlational, Descriptive Study

10.21203/rs.2.10722/v4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

María Dolores Onieva-Zafra ◽

Juan José Fernández-Muñoz ◽

Elia Fernández-Martínez ◽

Francisco José García-Sánchez ◽

Ana Abreu-Sánchez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Cognitive Restructuring ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stress Scale

Abstract Background: For many nursing students, clinical training represents a stressful experience. The levels of stress and anxiety may vary during students’ educational training, depending on their ability to adopt behavioral strategies for coping with stress, and other factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety, perceived stress, and the coping strategies used by nursing students during their clinical training. Methods: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. The sample consisted of 190 nursing students enrolled in the Nursing Faculty of Ciudad Real University in Spain. Participants provided data on background characteristics and completed the following instruments: the Perceived Stress Scale; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Coping Behavior Inventory. Relationships between scores were examined using Spearman’s rho. Results: The mean age of participants was 20.71± 3.89 years (range 18-46 years). Approximately half of the students (47.92%) indicated a moderate level of stress with a mean Perceived Stress Scale score of 22.78 (±8.54). Senior nursing students perceived higher levels of stress than novice students. The results showed a significant correlation for perceived stress and state anxiety (r= 0.463, p<.000) and also for trait anxiety (r=0.718, p<.000). There was also a significant relationship between the total amount of perceived stress and the following domains of the coping behavior inventory: problem solving (r =-.452, p<.01), self-criticism (r =.408 p<.01), wishful thinking (r =.459, p<.01), social support(r =-.220, p<.01), cognitive restructuring (r =-.375, p<.01), and social withdrawal (r =.388, p<.01). In the current study, the coping strategy most frequently used by students was problem-solving, followed by social support and cognitive restructuring. Conclusions: Nursing students in our study presented a moderate level of stress, in addition there was a significant correlation with anxiety. Nursing teachers and clinical preceptors/mentors should be encouraged to develop programs to help prepare nursing students to cope with the challenges they are about to face during their clinical placements.

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A Research Brief: The Current State of Quality Clinical Placement in Nursing Practicums

International Journal of Studies in Nursing ◽

10.20849/ijsn.v1i1.100 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 56

Author(s):

Esther O. Park ◽

Gloria Y. Nam

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Clinical Experience ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Clinical Placement ◽

Future Research ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Current State

Purpose: The study was conducted to investigate students’ perceptions on their clinical experience and the quality clinical placement. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. One hundred and thirteen junior or senior nursing students participated in this study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: Majority nursing students expressed un-satisfaction (57.52%) with the required hours of practicums. They experienced different quality of clinical placement between the cities. Direct nursing skills they practice were limited to doing chores (67.1%), charting (14.47%), providing education to patients and families (10.53%), giving medication (7.89%). 49.56% of the students did not satisfy with what they have received shift schedule which was given from hospitals. Conclusion: Simulation and scenario-centered education should be considered in Asian countries as one of replacement of clinical hours on-site. Future research warrants testing and clarifying the most appropriate clinical hours to the nursing undergraduates for their quality clinical placement.

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Evaluation of the Clinical Learning Experience of Nursing Students: a Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship ◽

10.1515/ijnes-2017-0053 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elena Gurková ◽

Katarína Žiaková

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Learning Environment ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Clinical Learning ◽

Clinical Environment ◽

Clinical Learning Environment ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Eastern European Countries

AbstractThe purpose of the cross-sectional descriptive study was to explore and compare the students’ experiences of the clinical environment and supervision in Slovakia. Students’ clinical learning experience were measured by the valid and reliable clinical learning instrument. A higher frequency of successful supervisory experience was found in the universities which provided accredited mentor preparation programmes or courses and individualised supervisory approaches. Frequency of supervision meetings, the occupational title of a supervisor and mainly the supervision model have an association with students ‘perceptions of different domains of clinical learning environment. The duration of the placement was not related to students’ experience and perceptions of the learning environment. Slovak students reported higher score regarding the quality of nursing care or ward culture than in the supervisory relationships between students, clinical and school staff. Further studies in this field, extended to different Eastern European countries and clinical settings, may help us to understand factors affecting workplace training.

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Investigating the Causes of Medication Errors and Strategies to Prevention of Them from Nurses and Nursing Student Viewpoint

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p220 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 220 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Enam Alhagh Charkhat Gorgich ◽

Sanam Barfroshan ◽

Gholamreza Ghoreishi ◽

Maryam Yaghoobi

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Medication Errors ◽

Nursing Student ◽

Nurse Managers ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Work Pressure ◽

Common Causes ◽

The Mean

INTRODUCTION & AIM: Medication errors as a serious problem in world and one of the most common medical errors that threaten patient safety and may lead to even death of them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of medication errors and strategies to prevention of them from nurses and nursing student viewpoint.MATERIALS & METHODS: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 327 nursing staff of khatam-al-anbia hospital and 62 intern nursing students in nursing and midwifery school of Zahedan, Iran, enrolled through the availability sampling in 2015. The data were collected by the valid and reliable questionnaire. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, T-test and ANOVA were applied by use of SPSS16 software.FINDINGS: The results showed that the most common causes of medications errors in nursing were tiredness due increased workload (97.8%), and in nursing students were drug calculation, (77.4%). The most important way for prevention in nurses and nursing student opinion, was reducing the work pressure by increasing the personnel, proportional to the number and condition of patients and also creating a unit as medication calculation. Also there was a significant relationship between the type of ward and the mean of medication errors in two groups.CONCLUSION: Based on the results it is recommended that nurse-managers resolve the human resources problem, provide workshops and in-service education about preparing medications, side-effects of drugs and pharmacological knowledge. Using electronic medications cards is a measure which reduces medications errors.

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