scholarly journals Factors influencing acceptance or decline of a hospital-sponsored scholarship by nursing students in Taiwan: a qualitative descriptive study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ting Tsou ◽  
Kuan-Ling Chen ◽  
Yun-Fang Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Abstract Background Maintaining sufficient nursing personnel is critical for healthcare systems worldwide. Improving retention of nurses is one means of addressing this shortfall. To foster retention, some hospitals in Taiwan provide nursing scholarships contingent on recipients signing a 3-year employment contract. However, it is unclear what factors influence students’ decisions to accept or reject a scholarship. Methods The purpose of this exploratory qualitative descriptive study was to obtain an understanding of the subjective experiences of fourth-year nursing school students (N = 87) who accepted (n = 43) or declined (n = 44) a hospital-sponsored nursing school scholarship. Students were selected by purposive sampling from the department of nursing of a private university in northern Taiwan. Data were collected between 2013 and 2014 using face-to-face-in-depth interviews. Results The mean age of participants was 22.7 years; most (94%) were female (n = 82). Analysis of the interview data showed the choice to accept or decline the scholarship and making career decisions occurred in three stages for both groups: the considering their options, making the decision, and assessment of their decision. Conclusions Although the variables at each of these stages differed between groups, both sponsored and non-sponsored students felt a responsibility to continue as employees of the hospital after graduation. Financial status, the hospital environment, and future long-term career goals were important factors affecting the acceptance or rejection of the hospital scholarship. These results could provide insight into factors students consider important for making long-term commitments as a nursing professional, which could not only improve retention of nurses, but also serve as a guideline for career planning.

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)

Analisis Kemampuan Literasi Matematika Siswa SMA Ditinjau dari Gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-347
Author(s):  
Mida Nurani ◽  
Mayya Shofa Mahfud ◽  
Riska Lail Agustin ◽  
Hendrata Vive Kananda
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Better Than

The purpose of this research is to analyze the mathematics literacy skills of high school students in terms of gender, especially in the material linear program. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Data Collection was carried out on the eleventh-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Meraksa Aji. The subject was 31 students which consisted of 14 females and 17 males. The data was collected using tests and interviews and analyze use method triangulation. The results showed that female students' literacy skills were better than male students. Female students find the indicators of interpreting mathematics to solve problems, formulate problems systematically and use concepts, facts, procedures, and reasoning in mathematics. Meanwhile, male students have only fulfilled the indicators of interpreting mathematics to solve problems.

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.

scholarly journals Loneliness and internet addiction in doctors and medical students: a cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1502
Author(s):  
Cüneyt Ardiç ◽  
Sibel İnecikli ◽  
Celile Hatipoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Spare Time

Background: Our aim in this study is to determine the level of internet addiction in medical school students and primary care physicians and the factors affecting them.Methods: A 68 physicians and 167 students participated in this descriptive study. The participants were administered the young ınternet addiction test, UCLA loneliness scale and asked to respond to survey questions about their ssociodemographic characteristics, and the relations were evaluated with appropriate statistical methods.Results: It has been identified that playing games online, surfing the internet aimlessly and loneliness score affected internet addiction regardless of other variables (p<0.05). A statistically significant correlation between addiction level and age (r= (-0.341), p<0,001), loneliness score (r=0,284, p<0,001) and online time (r=0,387, p<0,001) has been discovered.Conclusions: In this study, it was found statistically significant that students with internet addiction stayed online for long periods of time and it seemed in line with the criteria observed in substance use disorders such as longer duration of use than intended and not being able to spare time for other activities.

Knowing Self and Caring Through Service Learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Schofield ◽  
Mary Allan ◽  
Tracey Jewiss ◽  
Amy Hunter ◽  
Nancy Sinclair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Nursing Curriculum ◽  
Educational Pedagogy ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Perception Of Self ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Service To Others

AbstractProfessional caring is the essence of nursing practice. Reflection on personal assumptions and beliefs challenge stereotypic views that influence professional caring and nursing care. An innovative educational pedagogy known as service learning creates an opportunity for students to reflect on self in the context of service to others; it is through this pedagogy that personal assumptions and beliefs are challenged as students become registered nurses.A qualitative descriptive study engaged undergraduate first and second year nursing students through interviews and reflections. The purposes of this study were to describe students’ perception of self and caring in service learning, any changes in the perceptions of self over time, and the connection of self to others. Results identified three major themes: understanding self, becoming a nurse and learning to care with increasing depth over the two years. Implications for nursing curriculum and further research are discussed.

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.

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