Ethical Problems Observed By Student Nurses

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fethiye Erdil ◽  
Fatoş Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Ethical Care ◽  
Unethical Behaviors

This descriptive study was conducted to determine nursing students’ observation of ethical problems encountered in their clinical practice. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 153 volunteer nursing students at a university-based nursing school in Ankara, Turkey. The students reported that some patients are either physically or psychologically mistreated by doctors and nurses; they were not given appropriate information; they were subjected to discrimination according to their socio-economic situation; and their privacy was ignored. The findings reveal that nurses’ own unethical behaviors contribute to a rise in ethical problems. It is argued that nurses should internalize their professional and ethical roles in order to provide safe and ethical care and be good role models for students.

Ethical problems in practice as experienced by Malawian student nurses

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Merethe Solum ◽  
Veronica Mary Maluwa ◽  
Elisabeth Severinsson
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
Moral Awareness ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Course Of Action

Student nurses are confronted by many ethical challenges in clinical practice. The aim of the study was to explore Malawian students’ experiences of ethical problems during their clinical placement. A phenomenological hermeneutic design comprising interviews and qualitative content analysis was used. Ten students were interviewed. Three main themes emerged: 1) Conflict between patient rights and the guardians’ presence in the hospital; 2) Conflict between violation of professional values and patient rights caused by unethical behaviour; and 3) Conflict between moral awareness and the ideal course of action. The students had difficulties ensuring patient rights and acting in accordance with western norms and values which are not always appropriate in the Malawian context. The students require role models who demonstrate professional attitudes towards patients’ rights and values. There is a need to create pedagogical strategies in which a caring attitude and ethical reflection can be learned and cultivated in clinical practice.

The impact of clinical encounters on student nurses’ ethical caring

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 838-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgith Pedersen ◽  
Kerstin Sivonen
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Ethical Care ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ethical Caring

The aim of this study was to get a deeper understanding of student nurses’ experiences of personal caring ethics by reflection on caring encounters with patients in clinical practice, ethical caring ideals, ethical problems, and sources for inner strength that give courage to practice good caring. In all, 24 Scandinavian student nurses participated voluntarily in an interview study. The interviews were analyzed within a phenomenological–hermeneutical approach and revealed three themes. The students found themselves in two different states of vulnerability: one in which they were overwhelmed by their vulnerability and began to suffer themselves and the other where their vulnerability became a source of development with focus on the patient. The students’ ethical caring ideals served as fixed reference points in their ethical development, but their ideals were at risk of decline. The students reflected on the barriers for performing ethical care and nurtured their ethical ideals by providing ethical care in secret. Caring in secret occurred also when student nurses did not experience a shared ethos.

scholarly journals Diaries of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8556
Author(s):  
Serpil Türkleş ◽  
Münevver Boğahan ◽  
Hilal Altundal ◽  
Zeliha Yaman ◽  
Mualla Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Coping Methods ◽  
The Face ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
In The Beginning

Little is known about the experiences of nursing students during the pandemic process. This research was conducted to determine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This qualitative study was conducted with 47 first-year nursing students of a faculty that experienced the COVID-19 pandemic between 3–30 April 2020. Student nurses stated that they felt fear and anxiety; they liked this situation in the beginning due to the constraints during the pandemic process, but due to the prolongation of this process, they experienced boredom due to monotonous extraordinary days of doing the same things every day and realized that every moment before the pandemic was very valuable. In addition, the students stated that rich and poor are equal in the face of the virus and that all humanity has learned solidarity by leaving wars, fights, and superiority efforts. In this process, it was found that nursing students have negative coping methods, such as not being able to manage time well due to constraints at home and spending too much time on the phone, internet, and computer. In this context, empowering nursing students to cope with challenging emotions and thoughts starting from their educational life will contribute to the development of both students and the profession.

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

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.

Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness: A Descriptive Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-561
Author(s):  
Nurhan Bayraktar ◽  
Meral Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Senior Class ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

AbstractObjectiveThis descriptive study aimed to determine the disaster preparedness of a senior class of undergraduate nursing students.MethodsThe study sample was composed of 73 undergraduate nursing school students from Ankara, Turkey. Data were collected by using a questionnaire developed by the researchers and were evaluated with descriptive statistics.ResultsMore than half (56.1%) of the students stated that the disaster competencies of nurses should include leadership, manager, and coordinator skills; 42.4% of them indicated the competencies of decision-maker, critical thinking, autonomy, and planning skills. Regarding education, 56.4% of the students considered their education on disaster nursing as “efficient”; however, 35.9% of them considered their education as “partly efficient” or “inefficient.”ConclusionsMany correct concepts related to the definition, features, competencies, and roles of disaster nurses were stated by students. However, low percentages and insufficient statements showed low preparedness for disasters. Curriculum development or redesign is necessary to include content and clinical experiences related to disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:557–561)

scholarly journals Antidepressants: knowledge and use among nursing students

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-428 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing Student Nurses’ Empathy

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing

Background: Healthcare providers’ empathetic attitude towards patient care significantly plays a role in the success of patient-centered outcome. However, across the empathy literature, there have been numerous studies which indicate that there had been a significant change in the level of empathy among nursing students in line with the length of their clinical exposure. Considering these studies, little is known on the factors affecting empathy. Hence, this study has purported to explore the factors influencing nursing students’ level of empathy. Methods: A descriptive-correlational research design was utilized. This study employed factor analysis to explore the factors which influence student nurses’ level of empathy. Data was analyzed through SPSS Version 21. Inclusion criteria are regular nursing students with at least 18 years of age, on their 15th week of RLE and are currently enrolled in the academic year 2017-2018. A total of 255 nursing students were purposively selected from a tertiary institution in Manila. Results: Nine factor dimensions identified namely: Engaging, Efficiency, Emic, Erratic, Encumbering, Enduing, Emotive, Embracing, and Enervating Factors. Out of the nine variables that were identified, only four have been identified to have a direct effect on empathy which are: Engaging, Efficiency, Erratic and Encumbering Factors. Moreover, Engaging and Efficiency Factors positively affect empathy while Erratic and Encumbering Factors negatively affect empathy. Notably, Engaging factors had the most impact among the student nurses’ level of empathy. Conclusion: Several factors affecting the nursing students’ empathy are combination of personal, patient and environmental. Since it was revealed that some factors can cause decrease in empathy among the nursing students, selection of educators who will serve as positive role models should be considered. Likewise, empathy trainings may be conducted such as self-awareness and reflective listening among the nursing students before they face their patients.

scholarly journals Factors Related to Nursing Students’ Career Preparation Activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-211
Author(s):  
Hyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Career Preparation ◽  
University Life

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to identify career preparation activities among nursing students. Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive study. Typically, 353 nursing students in the second and third year of the program who were living in D city were included in the study. Results: There were statistically significant differences in career preparation activities with respect to self-reported career aptitude, satisfaction with the nursing school, university life satisfaction, and motivation to study nursing. The variables that affected the students’ career preparation activities were identified as career satisfaction and career search efficacy. Conclusion: Based on the outcomes of the present study, it is considered necessary to develop customized programs to identify the obstacles confronted by students in the process of career preparation activities and ways to overcome them.

scholarly journals “Seeing the patient as a human is their priority” – Patients’ experiences of being cared for by pairs of student nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Strömwall ◽  
Lise-Lotte Ozolins ◽  
Ulrica Hörberg
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Patient Experiences ◽  
Open Approach ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Good Care ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Support Students

Background: A Developing and Learning Care Unit (DLCU) is a model used in the clinical practice of student nurses that aims at bridging the gap between theory and praxis, by supporting nursing students’ learning through supervision in pairs. The aim of this study is to describe how patients experience being cared for by pairs of student nurses.Methods: The study is based on a reflective lifeworld research (RLR) approach founded on phenomenological traditions. Data was collected in lifeworld interviews of 17 patients cared for by pairs of student nurses. The data was explored and analysed for meaning.Results: To be cared for by student nurses, supervised in pairs entails being involved in the students’ learning and being met with responsibility and a willingness to care and learn. This means being made the centre of attention, being seen, taken seriously and being listened to as a valuable human being. The students’ care is shown to be more flexible and has a more open approach, in comparison to that of the ordinary staff, and they ‘do something extraordinary’ and give of their time.Conclusions: Pairs of students, who are supervised within a learning model that support students’ learning through reflection, can contribute to patient experiences of being given good care.

scholarly journals The perceptions of Kwazulu-Natal nursing students about the discipline

Curationis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LR Uys
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Realistic Appraisal

This article reports on a descriptive study aimed at exploring the perceptions of student nurses about the past, present and future of the discipline. In-depth interviews with 12 students from KwaZulu- Natal were transcribed and analysed. Students showed a realistic appraisal of the discipline. They valued the essence of the profession, and were positive about their work and their training. They felt, however that nurses are not treated well by others, that the working conditions are poor and the quality of care often bad. They saw their current role as more autonomous than in the past, and saw the nurse as moving more into the community, becoming more specialised, and more entrepreneurial in future. They saw the challenges of the future in the areas of quality of care, improving training, recognition of the profession, and management, and dealing with the problem of HIV/AIDS.

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