scholarly journals Nurse Preceptors’ Experiences of an Online Strength-Based Nursing Course in Clinical Teaching

2022 ◽  
pp. 084456212110734
Author(s):  
A. Arnaert ◽  
M. Di Feo ◽  
M. Wagner ◽  
G. Primeau ◽  
T. Aubé ◽  
...  

Background: Online educational programs for nurse preceptors have been created based on various theoretical frameworks; however, no programs using a Strengths-Based Nursing (SBN) approach could be located. Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study explored the nurse preceptors’ experiences in using a SBN approach to provide clinical teaching to nursing students after completing an online SBN clinical teaching course. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six nurses. Data was thematically analyzed. Findings: Although their levels of familiarity with SBN varied, all preceptors acknowledged that using a SBN approach in clinical teaching benefits both students and educators. They reported that it empowered students and that it allowed them to discover their strengths. Getting to know their students helped the preceptors provide tailored learning experiences and feedback. Using the SBN approach simultaneously enhanced the preceptors’ self-confidence and created opportunities for shared learning. Conclusion: Using a strengths’ approach offers nurse preceptors a powerful tool to facilitate student learning and skills development in clinical practice.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Loyce Luhanga

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions and experiences of nursing faculty, clinical instructors (CIs) and nursing students within the traditional faculty supervised model of clinical teaching. This article presents findings that explored the strengths and limitations of the traditional model in relation to student learning from the nursing students’ perspectives.Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Qualitative data were gathered through individual semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results and conclusions: Seven nursing students participated. Students perceived their experiences with the traditional model positively but noted that their learning experiences were dependent on CIs and the clinical settings. Strengths of the model included peer learning/support and support for novice students. Limitations of the model included high instructor-to-student ratios, missed learning opportunities while waiting for CI, and concerns with the evaluation process. Recommendations for improving the quality of clinical experiences are presented.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Toqa Jameel Busubaia ◽  
Catherine S. O’Neill

Background: Different models of teaching and learning are used to produce competent skilled clinical nurses. Some are traditional clinical teaching methods while others are grounded in preceptorship principles of mentoring. Knowledge regarding student nurses’ experiences of preceptorship and its meaning for them can enhance the understanding of stakeholders in academia and practice to the needs of senior nursing students’ and can offer them guidance to construct a more efficient approach to clinical teaching.Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the lived experiences of senior student nurses of preceptorship, while on clinical placements , with the objectives of describing their experiences and their relations with preceptors and also to illustrate the factors that facilitated or hindered the clinical learning process.Methods: A phenomenological hermeneutical inquiry was utilized. Data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with ten purposively chosen senior nursing students. Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used as a framework for data analysis.Results: Students’ lived experiences of preceptorship were mainly positive. Three main themes were identified: (1) Role Model Identification; (2) Team Integration; (3) Interpersonal Professional and Structural Challenges. The findings showed that preceptor relationships shaped the acquisition of skills and knowledge of student nurses’ during their clinical placements.Conclusions: The findings illustrate the importance of collaboration between the academy and practice in providing support for student nurses and their preceptors. In addition, careful selection, comprehensive training and rewards for preceptors can enhance and facilitate student nurses’ learning.


2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Yukari Takahashi Onishi ◽  
Circéa Amália Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Cristina Ferreira Carlos Rodrigues da Silva ◽  
Regina Issuzu Hirooka de Borba

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand technical nursing students' meaning of interacting with family members of hospitalized children. Method: Symbolic Interactionism was used as the theoretical framework and Qualitative Content Analysis was the methodological procedure. A total of eight graduates from an institution situated in the city of Osasco, Sao Paulo state, participated in this study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Results: A total of five representative themes were revealed: Dealing with difficult situations with family members; Perceiving oneself to be unprepared to interact with family members; Family members being a helpful tool; Developing strategies to obtain a good interaction with family members; and Teachers being facilitators of the interaction with family members. Final considerations: To be acquainted with this experience has led to the understanding of the need to include the theme of family care in the curriculum of the Technical Nursing Course. Additionally, the present study contributed to reflections on the importance of such knowledge for this population and to the development of future studies, as this theme has been scarcely explored in the literature.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1513
Author(s):  
Gylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz CRUZ ◽  
Manuel Carlos Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves ◽  
João Luís Alves Apostolo

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the methodology and strategies of the educational plan of the clinical teaching of Nursing Fundamentals in the community that, through the study of health determinants with elderly people, has the goal of training the skills and abilities of undergraduate students in Nursing. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive, experience-type study developed with Nursing students. The results are presented in figures. Results: the students were led to develop the competencies defined by the different capacities and criteria experienced by the students, in this clinical teaching, during the suggested learning experiences, as well as others that were implemented. Conclusion: the Nursing student was allowed to integrate nursing activities shared between teams and subteams, to build their own knowledge and to add technical and scientific quality to their training. It has become the study of health determinants with older people key to the training of students' undergraduate nursing course. Through this experience, it is possible to offer, based on the perspective of the European continent, a new dimension of learning in the clinical teaching of the Nursing Degree to other continents. Descriptors: Clinical Teaching; Fundamentals of Nursing; Community; Skills; Student; Elderly. RESUMOObjetivo: descrever a metodologia e as estratégias do plano educacional do ensino clínico de Fundamentos de Enfermagem na comunidade que, por meio do estudo de determinantes de saúde com pessoas idosas, tem como meta a formação de competências e capacidades dos estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, do tipo relato de experiência, desenvolvido com estudantes de Enfermagem. Apresentam-se os resultados em forma de figuras. Resultados: conduziu-se os estudantes a desenvolver as competências definidas pelas diferentes capacidades e critérios vivenciados pelos estudantes, neste ensino clínico, durante as experiências de aprendizagem sugeridas, assim como outras que foram implementadas. Conclusão: permitiu-se, ao estudante de Enfermagem, pela integração de atividades de Enfermagem compartilhadas entre equipes e subequipes, construir seu próprio conhecimento e acrescentar qualidade técnica e científica à sua formação. Tornou-se o estudo de determinantes de saúde com pessoas idosas fundamental para a formação de competências dos estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Pode-se disponibilizar, por esta experiência, com propostas baseadas no olhar do continente europeu, uma nova dimensão de aprendizagem no ensino clínico da Licenciatura de Enfermagem para outros continentes. Descritores: Ensino Clínico; Fundamentos de Enfermagem; Comunidade; Competências; Estudante; Idoso. RESUMEN Objetivo: describir la metodología y las estrategias del plan educativo de la enseñanza clínica de Fundamentos de Enfermería en la comunidad que, a través del estudio de determinantes de salud con personas mayores, tiene como meta la formación de competencias y capacidades de los estudiantes del curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, del tipo relato de experiencia, desarrollado con estudiantes de Enfermería. Se presentan los resultados en forma de figuras. Resultados: se llevó a los estudiantes a desarrollar las competencias definidas por las diferentes capacidades y criterios vivenciados por los estudiantes, en esta enseñanza clínica, durante las experiencias de aprendizaje sugeridas, así como otras que se implementaron. Conclusión: se permitió al estudiante de Enfermería, por la integración de actividades de Enfermería compartidas entre equipos y subequipos, construir su propio conocimiento y añadir calidad técnica y científica a su formación. Se ha convertido el estudio de determinantes de salud con personas de edad avanzada para la formación de competencias de los estudiantes del curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería. Se puede disponer, por esta experiencia, con propuestas basadas en la mirada del continente europeo, una nueva dimensión de aprendizaje en la enseñanza clínica de la Licenciatura de Enfermería para otros continentes. Descritores: Enseñanza Primaria; Fundamentos de Enfermeíra; Comunidad; Habilidades: Estudiante; Ancianos.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Marília Moreira Torres Gadelha ◽  
Isaura Carolina Brandão Bezerra ◽  
Jéssica Mayara Almeida Silva ◽  
Mayara Evangelista de Andrade ◽  
Marcelo Costa Fernandes ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the discourses of nursing students about educational technologies in the teaching-learning process. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive study. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 nursing students, from November 2016 to January 2017. The statements were analyzed through Discourse Analysis, presenting them by means of a you speak Results: educational technologies were perceived as innovative method in teaching, having the most preponderant element related to ludic practices, a situation in which games were the most relevant examples to stimulate the student's learning. It is promoted, through the application of educational games, through the teachers, a sensitizing environment, in which learning by playing reflects, in academics, innovative and challenging motivation to study. Conclusion: the use of educational technologies in academic formation to the initiative, as well as to the interaction between teachers, students and the university itself is linked. It is observed that the playful is a way to construct the learning, in an interactive and sensitive way, favoring the critical formation of the nurse. Descritores: Health Education; Educational Technology; Students, Nursing; Nursing; Models, Educational; Play Therapy. RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os discursos dos acadêmicos de Enfermagem sobre as tecnologias educativas no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Método: trata-se um estudo qualitativo, descritivo. Coletaram-se os dados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com 16 acadêmicos de Enfermagem, no período de novembro de 2016 a janeiro de 2017. Analisaram-se os depoimentos por meio da Análise de Discurso, apresentando-os por meio de recorte dos registros das falas. Resultados: perceberam-se as tecnologias educativas enquanto método inovador no ensino, tendo o elemento mais preponderante relacionado às práticas lúdicas, situação esta em que os jogos foram os exemplos mais relevantes para estimular o aprendizado do discente. Promove-se, pela aplicação dos jogos educativos, por meio dos docentes, ambiente sensibilizador, no qual o aprender brincando reflete, nos acadêmicos, motivação inovadora e desafiadora de estudar. Conclusão: atrela-se o uso das tecnologias educativas na formação acadêmica à inciativa, bem como à interação entre docentes, discentes e à própria universidade. Observa-se que o lúdico é um caminho para construir o aprendizado, de maneira interativa e sensível, favorecendo a formação crítica do enfermeiro. Descritores: Educação em Saúde; Tecnologia Educacional; Estudantes de Enfermagem; Enfermagem; Modelos Educacionais; Ludoterapia. RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar los discursos de los académicos de Enfermería sobre las tecnologías educativas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo. Se recogen los datos por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas, con 16 académicos de Enfermería, en el período de noviembre de 2016 a enero de 2017. Se analizaron los testimonios por medio del Análisis de Discurso, presentándolos por medio de recorte de los registros de las conversaciones. Resultados: se percibió las tecnologías educativas como método innovador en la enseñanza, teniendo el elemento más preponderante relacionado a las prácticas lúdicas, situación en que los juegos fueron los ejemplos más relevantes para estimular el aprendizaje del alumnado. Se promueve, por la aplicación de los juegos educativos, por medio de los docentes, ambiente sensibilizador, en el cual el aprender jugando refleja, en los académicos, motivación innovadora y desafiante de estudiar. Conclusión: se atreve el uso de las tecnologías educativas en la formación académica a la iniciativa, así como a la interacción entre docentes, discentes y la propia universidad. Se observa que el lúdico es un camino para construir el aprendizaje, de manera interactiva y sensible, favoreciendo la formación crítica del enfermero. Descritores: Educación en Salud; Tecnología Educacional; Estudiantes de Enfermería; Enfermería; Modelos Educacionales; Ludoterapia. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2357
Author(s):  
Serena Bianchi ◽  
Sara Bernardi ◽  
Enrico Perilli ◽  
Claudia Cipollone ◽  
Jasmine Di Biasi ◽  
...  

The disciplines of biosciences included in the curricula of a nursing degree represent a daunting but crucial type of knowledge that a well-prepared nurse should acquire. Given the importance and the objective difficulties of these courses, nursing students experience anxiety, especially for the anatomy course. This anxiety and the related rate of exam failures lead professors to analyze their teaching approach, by diversifying the lecturing methods. The aim of our study was to test the use of a virtual dissection table (DT) during the anatomy lectures of a nursing course, evaluating the anxiety level before the exam and evaluating the exam score. The feedback of the evaluated student population was positive overall. The integration of the DT in anatomy lectures improved the learning performance and mostly enhanced the self-confidence of the first year nursing students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Julien Feti Kisiata ◽  
Hatice Şen

Theory and practice are two important components of nursing education. When knowledge acquired in theory translates into practice, effective learning takes place in nursing education. However, research shows that there is a gap between theory and practice. This study was conducted to find out if there is a connection between theories taught in the classroom and the practice of nursing. Qualitative phenomenological design and one-on-one semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data in this study. Four main themes were identified in the study: "Nursing education, theory-practice gap in nursing education if any, reasons for the theory-practice gap in nursing education and suggestions for bridging the theory-practice gap in nursing education ". Twelve out of sixteen students, or seventy-five percent, explained that there was no balance between theory and practice in nursing education. This imbalance explains the notion of a gap between theory and practice in nursing education. Students showed the complexity of the theoretical teaching environment compared to the clinical learning environment. Indeed, these environments have an impact on the learning experience of nursing students. To bridge this gap, many students suggested balancing theory and practice, supporting them more with clinical teaching, and the desirability of solving the language barrier issue between students, theory teachers and others clinical professors. As a result of this study on the gap between theory and practice in nursing education, the qualitative design used in this paper provided new and rich data on the quality of education, the reasons and the solution regarding the Gaps in theory and practice in nursing education at the University of the Near East in North Cyprus. The results of this study would contribute to the revision of the nursing education program of this university. This is the first study in the Republic of Northern Cyprus to examine the gap between theory and practice.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Laranjeira ◽  
Ana Querido ◽  
Catarina Afonso

This study aim to explore the experiences of nursing final-year students on the care of the person in a palliative situation and their family using the role-playing technique. Qualitative, descriptive research developed in October 2020 with 30 third-year nursing students from a palliative care nursing course, in Portugal. Individual debriefing reflections and thematic analysis of the information were conducted. Two main themes emerged: 1) facilitators; and 2) barriers of role-playing in a simulated palliative care context. We concluded that type of simulation allows students to deal with complex palliative care situations from an individual and realistic perspective.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarete Maria de Lima ◽  
Mayara Leal Machado ◽  
Roberta Costa ◽  
Bruna Canever ◽  
Juliana Coelho Pina ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective: To understand how the participation of nursing students with a group of pregnant women and couples contributes to their training and professional practice. Method: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. Data were collected using individual and semi-structured interviews held in 2017 with nursing students holding scholarships for extension work and working with a group of pregnant women and couples, implemented in a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The interviews were recorded and analyzed using Minayo's operational proposal. Results: The analysis revealed the reasons nursing students applied for a position in the extension project; the perceptions they held of the group of pregnant women; and how their experience with this extension project contributed to their academic and professional lives. Conclusion: The extension project positively impacts the lives of students, assisting both with curricular subjects and after graduation.


BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Soroush ◽  
Bahare Andaieshgar ◽  
Afsoon Vahdat ◽  
Alireza Khatony

Abstract Background Clinical instructors have an important role in advancing nursing students to achieve the program objectives. Nursing student perceptions about the characteristics of an effective clinical instructors may help programs improve clinical instruction. As such, the purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics perceived by students to define an effective clinical instructor. Methods In this qualitative descriptive study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students. The sample was purposefully selected. MAXQDA software was used for the content analysis. The codes were organized into subcategories and consolidated into categories. Results Data saturation was reached with twelve participants, including seven women and five men, between 21 and 36 years of age. General and special characteristics were the two main categories that emerged from the data. These categories were defined by nine subcategories including internal motivation, professional acceptability, clinical competency, teaching skill, clinical experience, values, being a faculty member, appropriate appearance, and communication skills. Conclusions Effective clinical instructors have a specific characteristics identified by student. The most important characteristics of effective clinical instructors were related to communication and teaching skills, internal motivation, and professional appearance. More research is necessary to determine the relationship between the characteristics, instructor competency, and student learning outcomes.


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