scholarly journals Nursing Students on the Frontline: Impact and Personal and Professional Gains of Joining the Health Care Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandra Martin-Delgado ◽  
Blanca Goni-Fuste ◽  
Cristina Alfonso-Arias ◽  
MªAngeles de Juan ◽  
Laia Wennberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Care Workforce

scholarly journals Nursing Students’ Willingness and Confidence to Volunteer in a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110446
Author(s):  
Hassan Al Gharash ◽  
Morgan Smith ◽  
Lynette Cusack
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Care Organizations ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Introduction The current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may result in shortages of health care workers in some areas of the health care system. With adequate support, nursing students could potentially play a role in easing health worker shortages. Objective To describe and explore nursing students’ willingness and confidence to contribute to the health care workforce during a pandemic. Methods A mixed-methods descriptive survey design was used to explore the perspectives of second-year nursing students at an Australian University. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data were analyzed using directed content analysis. Results A total of 280 nursing students were invited to complete the survey with a response rate of 32%. The majority of the participants showed moderate to high levels of willingness to volunteer in a pandemic. Of the participants, 50% reported slight confidence that their knowledge and skills would assist them during their volunteering. Reasons that influenced students’ willingness to volunteer included perception of lack of personal protective equipment, need for incentives, fear of transmitting infection to family members, barriers to volunteering, inadequate knowledge and skills to handle a pandemic situation, study and clinical placement arrangements, and disease hazardousness. Conclusion Most nursing students have a level of willingness to volunteer but low confidence that their knowledge and skills would assist them while volunteering in pandemic situations. Universities and health care organizations can benefit from these findings by developing strategies to increase students’ willingness to volunteer, as well as their confidence in their knowledge and skills.

Advancing Soft Skills: Leadership Seminars for Clinical Nurse Leader Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Bertram ◽  
Kris L’Ecuyer ◽  
Bobbi Shatto ◽  
Samantha Marquard ◽  
Kathleen Carril
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Clinical Nurse ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Nurse Leader ◽  
Midwestern University

This article describes a seminar course designed for a cohort of nursing students in a medium-sized, private Midwestern university. The purpose of the course was to help students develop the nonacademic skills that are important for successful completion of nursing school and entry into the health care workforce. The rationale for developing the course and the sample curriculum are presented, along with implications for future inquiry.

Advocacy Through Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Perry ◽  
Jan Emory
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Political Advocacy ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Nursing Organizations

Nurses are one of the largest groups of policy stakeholders in the health-care workforce, yet their influence on policy is not necessarily commensurate with their numbers. Since 2011, grassroots action coalitions have emerged to advance the profession’s impact on health-care policy. In one state, a partnership among professional nursing organizations, policy stakeholders, and academics resulted in educational presentations focused on political advocacy knowledge and skills. The goal of this project was to bring awareness to nurses and nursing students about their potential contributions to the political and advocacy processes that shape health policy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of focused educational presentations in correcting misconceptions, increasing awareness, and providing clarification of the roles of advanced practice registered nurses, and identifying related policy implications. This quasi-experiment used a retrospective pre–post intervention self-evaluation tool administered immediately following an educational presentation. The sample ( N = 137) consisted of baccalaureate nursing students and licensed nurses. The results showed ( p < .001) that education could have a significant improvement in political advocacy participation.

scholarly journals Preparing the Health Care Workforce Through Apprenticeship

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
Patricia H. Goble
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workforce

scholarly journals Starting an Older Adult Lecture for First Semester Nursing Students With a Truth or Myth Game

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 14-14
Author(s):  
Lynn Brown ◽  
Pao-feng Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
New Information

Abstract False ideas about the physical and psychosocial characteristics of older adults exist in America. It is especially important that nurses are not susceptible to myths and stereotypes as these myths can affect the quality of patient care. For example, some people stereotype older adults as forgetful, disabled, ill, and unable to understand new information. Misconceptions and negative stereotypes are also present in first year nursing students. It is vital that students assess their own attitudes about older adults to form positive attitudes and gain knowledge about aging and health care needs. To achieve this goal, the older adult lecture in a first semester theory and fundamental course begins with a PowerPoint slide presentation asking students to distinguish truths and myths. The truth or myth topics include a) developmental tasks; b) common physiological changes; c) a comparison of delirium, dementia, and depression; and d) addressing health concerns of older adults. Active discussion follows the activity. Seventy to ninety percent of students correctly answered nine of ten questions related to older adult content on the final exam. Considering the increasing number of older adults in the health care setting, nurse educators must dismantle negative stereotypes with creative teaching strategies.

scholarly journals The Changing Meaning of a Health Care Workforce

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 1795-1797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel D. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workforce
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