Nominal Group Process as an Instructional Method with Novice Community Health Nursing Students

Background: Nurses exposed to community health nursing commonly encounter situations that can be morally distressing. However, most research on moral distress has focused on acute care settings and very little research has explored moral distress in a community health nursing setting especially among nursing students. Aim: To explore the moral distress experiences encountered by undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students in community health nursing. Research design: A descriptive qualitative design was employed to explore the community health nursing experiences of the nursing students that led them to have moral distress. Participants and research context: The study included 14 senior nursing students who had their course in Community Health Nursing in their sophomore year and stayed in the partner communities in their junior year for 6 and 3 weeks during their senior year. Ethical considerations: Institutional review board approval was sought prior to the conduct of the study. Self-determination was assured and anonymity and confidentiality were guaranteed to all participants. Findings: Nursing students are vulnerable and likely to experience moral distress when faced with ethical dilemmas. They encounter numerous situations which make them question their own values and ideals and those of that around them. Findings of the study surfaced three central themes which included moral distress emanating from the unprofessional behavior of some healthcare workers, the resulting sense of powerlessness, and the differing values and mindsets of the people they serve in the community. Conclusion: This study provides educators a glimpse of the morally distressing situations that often occurs in the community setting. It suggests the importance of raising awareness and understanding of these situations to assist nursing students to prepare themselves to the “real world,” where the ideals they have will be constantly challenged and tested.

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Using a mixed method to develop consensus-based aims, contents, intended learning outcomes, teaching, and evaluation methods for a course on epilepsy for postgraduate or continuing education in community health nursing programs

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-021-03001-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ramzi Shawahna

Keyword(s):

Continuing Education ◽

Community Health ◽

Learning Outcomes ◽

Evaluation Methods ◽

Nursing Programs ◽

Nominal Group ◽

Community Health Nursing ◽

Health Nursing ◽

Intended Learning Outcomes ◽

Patients With Epilepsy

Abstract Background Knowledge deficits with regard to epilepsy have been reported among healthcare professionals. This study was conducted to develop consensus-based aims, contents, intended learning outcomes, teaching, and evaluation methods for a course on epilepsy for postgraduate or continuing education in community health nursing programs. Methods A mixed method which combined a thorough search of literature, the nominal group technique, the Delphi technique, and survey of students’ agreement was used. The databases MEDLINE/PUBMED, EMBASE, COCHRANE, CInAHL/EBESCO, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Google Books, and Amazon were searched to identify potential aims, topics/contents, intended learning outcomes, teaching, and evaluation methods. Discussions and deliberations in serial meetings based on the nominal group technique were attended by educators/academicians (n = 12), neurologists (n = 2), practicing nurses (n = 5), pharmacists (n = 2), patients with epilepsy (n = 2), and students in postgraduate and continuing education programs (n = 7) to supplement and refine the data collected from the literature. The qualitative data were analyzed using RQDA tool for R. The Delphi technique was used among educators/academicians (n = 15), neurologists (n = 2), practicing nurses (n = 5), pharmacists (n = 2), patients with epilepsy (n = 3), and students in postgraduate and continuing education programs (n = 8) to achieve formal consensus. Results Consensus was achieved on 6 aims, 16 intended learning outcomes, and 27 topics in the course. Of the topics, 13 were relevant to nature of epilepsy and seizures, 2 were relevant to the impact of epilepsy and seizures on different life aspects of patients with epilepsy, 4 were relevant to advocating for the patients and supporting their choices, 5 were relevant to educating patients and their caregivers, and 3 were relevant to assessments and services. Conclusion Consensus-based aims, topics/contents, intended learning outcomes, teaching, and evaluation methods of a course on epilepsy for postgraduate or continuing education in community health nursing programs were developed. Consensus-based courses could bridge knowledge gaps and improve educating community health nursing programs on epilepsy. Further studies are needed to determine if such consensus-based courses could promote care of patients with epilepsy.

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Pengembangan Desain Perencanaan Sistem Informasi Geografis sebagai Alternatif Pembelajaran dalam Keperawatan Kesehatan Komunitas

Holistic Nursing and Health Science ◽

10.14710/hnhs.2.1.2019.22-30 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 22-30

Author(s):

Nur Setiawati Dewi ◽

Artika Nurrahima ◽

Panji Wisnu Wirawan

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Community Health ◽

Learning Process ◽

Nursing Student ◽

Research Process ◽

Technology Application ◽

Community Health Nursing ◽

Data Assessment ◽

Health Nursing ◽

Nursing Course

Introduction: The learning process of nursing students faced complexity problems, particularly in community health nursing course. There is no latest information technology application that addresses are impacted to the educational problems of undergraduate and professional nursing program. An unclearly visualization of the data assessment of community nursing care provide distresses for lecturer and nursing student. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide a detail visualization that related to health problems in the community. This study aims to provide a visualization about the development of GIS that may become an alternative learning for nursing students.Methods: This article describes the part of action research process. Five nursing students and two lecturers of community health nursing were recruited. The data collection was conducted by interview and observation for data assessment in the first step of development of GIS application.Results: There were four steps of making of GIS application, which is divided into four steps, including need analyzing, application design planning, the diagram of data flow, and application description.Conclusion: The GIS has benefit for learning process, some policies are necessary to mediate the development and application of GIS for nursing students in community health nursing course.

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Challenges of Information and Communication Technology Utilization Among Undergraduate Community Health Nursing Students in Tanta University, Egypt

American Journal of Nursing Science ◽

10.11648/j.ajns.20170603.26 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 274 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Umar Lawal Bello

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Community Health ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Technology Utilization ◽

Community Health Nursing ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Health Nursing

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Teaching methods in community health nursing clerkships: experiences of healthcare staff in Iran

Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions ◽

10.3352/jeehp.2014.11.25 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Eshagh Ildarabadi ◽

Hossein Karimi-Moonaghi ◽

Abbas Heydari ◽

Ali Taghipour ◽

Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Community Health ◽

Teaching Methods ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Healthcare Staff ◽

Main Category ◽

Community Health Nursing ◽

Lecture Demonstration ◽

Health Nursing

Purpose: Healthcare staff educate nursing students during their clerkships at community health nursing programs. Their teaching methods play an important role in nursing students’ acquisition of competencies; however, these methods have not been studied thoroughly. Thus, this study aims to describe, interpret, and understand the experiences of healthcare staff’s teaching methods in clerkships at a community health nursing program. Methods: This study was conducted using purposeful sampling and semi-structured interviews with 13 members of the staff of three urban healthcare centers in Iran. The data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis. Results: Multiplicity of teaching was identified as the main category of teaching method, and the five subcategories were teaching through lecture, demonstration, doing, visits and field trips, and readiness. The most common method used by the healthcare staff was lecturing. Conclusion: The healthcare staff used multiple methods to teach students in the nursing clerkship of the community health program, which was the strength of the course. However, they should be familiar with, and utilize additional methods, such as discussion rather than lecture.

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