An exploratory account of the register of nursing textbooks

Abstract Given the pressing issues that affect nursing education (e.g. higher attrition and plagiarism rates), this study aims to obtain initial insight on whether nursing textbooks meet the demands of their context of situation. These demands could be listed as: construing biomedical knowledge, establishing a pattern of evidence-based nursing practice and promoting the values of person-centred care. For this analysis, I draw on aspects of parameters of context developed by Hasan (2004), Butt (2004) and Matthiessen (2015), and relate them to their semantic and lexicogrammatical realisation across different metafunctions using corpus-based techniques and detailed manual analysis of short extracts. The results may suggest that nursing textbooks may be meeting the demands of nursing as a research-based discipline but failing to model empathetic communication.

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Critical Review III to Standardize the Textbooks of Fundamentals of Nursing: Nutrition, Urinary and Bowel Elimination Needs

Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing ◽

10.7739/jkafn.2021.28.1.105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 105-120

Author(s):

Sun-Mi Yu ◽

Dongwon Choi ◽

Hye Sun Jeong ◽

Kyeong-Yae Sohng

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Tube Placement ◽

Hospital Nurses ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Number Range ◽

Clinical Nursing ◽

Nursing Textbooks ◽

Catheter Size ◽

Nasogastric Tube Placement

Purpose: To identify the discrepancies in the textbook of fundamentals of nursing in nutrition and elimination needs in terms of number, range, definition and etc.Methods: The 10 textbooks which are the most frequently used were selected and reviewed. After then compared it with the protocols of essential nursing skills of Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education and evidence-based clinical nursing practice guidelines of Korean Hospital Nurses’ Association.Results: The most significant discrepancies in nutrition domain were criteria of obesity, confirmation of nasogastric tube placement. In elimination domain, there were several mixed or miss uses of French and number unit in catheter size. And appropriate catheter size for urinary catheterization and enema is different to books and guidelines.Conclusion: In order to conduct an effective resource in education of nursing, textbooks need to be revised constantly and contain the recent researches and guidelines.

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Evidence-based care: an innovation to improve nursing practice globally

Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences ◽

10.4314/gjpas.v21i1.10 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 81-85

Author(s):

II Akpabio ◽

EU Duke

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Reflective Practice ◽

Nurse Educators ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Research Findings ◽

Evidence Based Care ◽

Evidence Based Nursing ◽

Care Nursing

Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) permits the highest quality of care in meeting the multifaceted needs of clients using the best available evidence from research findings, expert ideas from specialists in the various health care sectors and feedback from clients. However, in many instances, various challenges need to be addressed to enhance utilization of the best available evidence in nursing practice. This paper focused on ways of identifying the acceptable evidence and where they could be found; methods of implementing EBN; and appropriate measures of supporting EBN practice. For improved practice, it is recommended that nursing education should increasingly focus on development of skills for critical thinking and reflective practice as well as promotion of mentorship among nurse educators and nurse clinicians in regards to implementation of available and acceptable evidence.KEYWORDS: Evidence-based-care; Nursing; Practice.

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Teaching evidence-based nursing practice to student nurses in developing countries: strategies for novice nurse educators

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship ◽

10.1515/ijnes-2019-0042 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Samson Wakibi ◽

Linda Ferguson ◽

Lois Berry ◽

Don Leidl ◽

Sara Belton

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Nurse Educators ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Student Nurses ◽

Small Scale ◽

Evidence Based ◽

African Countries ◽

Discussion Paper ◽

Novice Nurse ◽

Evidence Based Nursing

AbstractIntroductionGlobally, Evidence based nursing practice (EBNP) is becoming an expected norm for nursing practice. The small-scale activities surrounding this practice in African countries indicate a need for better approaches to enhance EBNP. One of these approaches is strengthening nursing education through EBNP education.ObjectivesThe purpose of this paper is to provide strategies to African novice nurse educators to teach EBNP, with the ultimate goal of promoting it in clinical settings when the student nurses enter professional practice.MethodsThis is a discussion paper based on the results of a systematic review.ResultsIn this paper, the authors create an understanding of EBNP, describe the state of nursing education in Africa, and propose the EBNP content to be taught as well as how to teach it.ConclusionsEmphasis is on educational strategies that create student engagement, promote critical thinking, unite clinical and classroom settings, and are cost-effective within the context of Africa.

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