scholarly journals The Process of Knowledge Acquiring in Nursing Education: Grounded Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Zahra Marzieh Hassanian ◽  
MohammadReza Ahanchian ◽  
Hossein Karimi-Moonaghi
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Nursing Knowledge ◽  
School Of Nursing

Background: Knowledge acquisition, as a part of knowledge management, plays a valuable role in nursing education. Hence, the education system seeks strategies that allow nursing faculty members and students to acquire knowledge and build experiences. The present study explores the process of acquiring knowledge in nursing education. Methods: In this study, which was carried out in Mashhad School of Nursing and Midwifery,Iran, the grounded theory (GT) method proposed by Strauss and Corbin was used. Data were collected through 29 semi-structured interviews, including 17 interviews with faculty members and 12 interviews with nursing students using purposeful and theoretical sampling. Using Strauss and Corbin’s method, the data were compared partially, deeply, and persistently. Results: The main concern of this study was a knowledge deficit in clinic knowledge by nursing students, which seems to indicate a shortage in learning and acquiring knowledge. The core category was the relative acquisition of knowledge of nursing which is not advanced. Within a context of relative dynamism, factors that facilitate or constrain knowledge acquisition were examined within a process of the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and its application to clinical nursing knowledge along with nursing experience. The consequence is expected to bean improvement in nursing knowledge among nursing students in clinical practice Conclusion: Acquiring up-to-date and advanced nursing knowledge is essential in the development process. It is necessary to encourage the acquisition of knowledge, which primarily includes knowledge acquisition in the mission and strategic planning of nursing education.As a result, there should be operational planning for improvements in the gain of practical knowledge.

scholarly journals Nursing students and mental health education in primary care

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Tiemi MIYAI ◽  
Sônia BARROS ◽  
Jandro Moraes CORTES
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Teaching Learning

The University of Sao Paulo School of Nursing (EEUSP) went through a period of transition from undergraduate syllabus between the years 2009 and 2010. This change was made to integrate basic and clinical cycles and to reduce fragmentation of the disciplines. The mental health nursing education was included in many modules including the primary care. This qualitative study aimed to identify how the service offered to people with mental illness was performed by 20 undergraduate students in the context of primary care and how they were prepared. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, in August 2012, in EEUSP. After thematic analysis, we separated in categories: Teaching-learning process, Basic Health Unit and Mental health-illness process. The socially constructed conception of madness added to the problems related to academic training may result in lack of preparation in nursing mental health care.

scholarly journals Formal education and nurses' attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism in a Brazilian sample

2005 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Cristina Pillon ◽  
Ronaldo Ramos Laranjeira
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Brazilian Sample ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Nursing Teachers

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Nurses are one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals sharing in patient care responsibilities, including caring for those who use and abuse psychoactive substances. The objective was to evaluate the theoretical-practical knowledge acquired by nurses in undergraduate and postgraduate studies and their perceptions about alcohol users. DESIGN AND SETTING: Quantitative, descriptive survey at Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina and Hospital São Paulo. METHODS: The sample included nurses, students and nursing teachers. The survey included questions about sociodemographic characteristics; a nurses' attitudes and beliefs scale; and a questionnaire to identify formal nursing education on the use of alcohol and its consequences. RESULTS: 59.7% out of 319 volunteers were nurses, 22.7% were nursing teachers and 17.6% were nursing students. 70% of the participants had received little or no information on physical, family and social problems related to alcohol use; 87% had received little or no information on high risk related to specific segments of the population; 95% had received little or no information on nursing procedures for alcohol-abuse patients. CONCLUSION: Formal education regarding the use of alcohol and its consequences is limited, especially with regard to offering adequate care and management for patients who have problems with or are addicted to alcohol.

scholarly journals Global Nursing - A Qualitative Case Study of Tanzanian Nursing Students' Experiences of Student Exchange in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Alden-Joyce ◽  
Elina Scheers-Andersson ◽  
Jane Rogathi ◽  
Paulo Kidayi ◽  
Jenny Cadstedt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Student Exchange

Abstract Background: Due to globalization and a shift in population demographics, needs within healthcare are changing and nurses require new skills and knowledge. Nursing education needs to facilitate these new demands and student exchange programmes provide an opportunity to develop necessary skills.Aim: The aim of this study was to explore Tanzanian nursing students' experiences of student exchange in Sweden. Method: A qualitative design was used for this empirical study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six Tanzanian nursing students who had participated in student exchange in Sweden. The participants were recruited by purposeful sampling. Inductive reasoning and qualitative content analysis were applied.Results: The findings revealed that the students experienced new approaches in Sweden, allowing them to develop skills and competences. Furthermore, they increased their global perspectives on nursing and interest in working with global health issues. However, they also experienced challenges in the new environment.Conclusion: The present study showed that the Tanzanian nursing students benefitted from their student exchange, both personally, as well as for their future careers as nurses. More research is needed examining nursing students from low-income countries participating in student exchange in high-income countries.

scholarly journals Application of a Documentary about High-risk Newborns in Nursing Education: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Hyun-Ju Kang ◽  
Juyoun Yu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Personal Essays ◽  
Nursing Knowledge ◽  
Neonatal Nursing

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students' recognition and understanding of the clinical environment of high-risk neonatal nursing care after watching a documentary about the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where high-risk newborns are treated. Methods: This study was a qualitative content analysis. In total, 151 nursing students’ personal essays describing their reactions to a documentary about the NICU were analyzed using the NVivo 12 program. Results: Nursing students’ experiences of engaging with a documentary about the NICU were structured into four thematic categories: ‘actual observations of the imagined NICU’, ‘observation and recognition of nursing knowledge’, ‘empathy with people related to the baby’, and ‘establishing attitudes and values as a nurse’. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that documentaries can be applied in nursing education about high-risk newborns.

scholarly journals Exploring the Necessity of the Establishment of Doctor of Nursing Practice Program from expertise’s view; A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
mozhgan rivaz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Doctor Of Nursing Practice ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
Clinical Nursing

Abstract Background Complex healthcare landscape increasingly demands leaders who are adept at managing change in health care environments. The doctor of nursing practice (DNP) prepares nurses for the most advance level of clinical nursing practice. The aim of this study was to explore the necessity of the establishment of the DNP program in Iran from expertise’s view.Methods This study was conducted using a qualitative approach. The participants included thirteen faculty members and PhD candidates who were selected through a purposive sampling. Data were collected through focus group and semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Results Qualitative data analysis resulted in two main categories: “provide infrastructures” and “DNP: as an opportunity to drive positive changes” with two categories respectively.Conclusion The findings showed although DNP as an opportunity to drive positive changes is necessary in the nursing education, but inadequate resources, cultural, social, and economic differences in the developing countries especially in Iran, are important limitations of the implementation of the DNP. Therefore, a multidisciplinary collaboration to provide a well-integrated means of meeting the needs of the patients recommended for better designing of the DNP and break down the obstacles.

scholarly journals Seizing the opportunity of the moment; nurse education in Cameroon: a grounded theory research study

2020 ◽  
pp. 174498712094855
Author(s):  
Michel N Maboh ◽  
Peter J Martin ◽  
Susan Stallabrass
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Nurse Education ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Grounded Theory Research ◽  
The Moment

Background Cameroon became a republic in 1960 but tensions have continued over the last half century; such tensions, and some of the opportunities afforded, have shaped policy decisions around issues including nursing education. Aims The aim of this paper is to present a constructivist grounded theory of the evolution of nurse education in Cameroon based on interviews and available historical records. Methods Two data sources were used to develop the theory. Semi-structured interviews were carried out by the researcher with a purposive sample of 10 informants. Informants involved in the historical and current development of nurse education policy and practice were interviewed. Historical records were also located and examined, to understand the differing philosophical and pragmatic basis for decision-making in relation to nurse education in Cameroon. Results The emergent grounded theory is entitled ‘Seizing the opportunity of the moment’. This theory outlines the evolution of nurse education in Cameroon since the country gained independence. It explores the centrality of timeliness and context on the evolution of nurse education policy. Conclusions Conclusions are drawn that identify the current context in Cameroon as a critical moment for harmonisation of policy and practice for nurse education.

scholarly journals Students’ Views of Classroom Debates as a Strategy to Enhance Critical Thinking and Oral Communication Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-145
Author(s):  
Asih Nurakhir ◽  
Fiqih Nindya Palupi ◽  
Cornelia Langeveld ◽  
Devi Nurmalia
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Face

Background: The skills in effective communication and critical thinking are essential for nurses to apply appropriate judgments in the delivery of patient care. Classroom debates are evident to be an effective strategy that can be used to improve such skills. Unfortunately, research focusing on classroom debates to promote critical thinking and oral communication skills among nursing students has not been extensively explored.   Purpose: This study aimed to explore nursing students’ views of classroom debates as a learning strategy to enhance critical thinking and oral communication skills.Methods: A descriptive qualitative research design was employed in this study. Twelve students of the undergraduate program in nursing with classroom debate experiences and willingness to participate were purposively recruited for semi-structured interviews. Open-ended questions were used, and probing questions were also generated from the participants to get more detailed information. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using the inductive content analysis. Results: The results of the study identified five themes, including the acquisition of new knowledge, awareness and responsiveness to diverse viewpoints and arguments, learning structuring ideas and appropriate ways of presentation, development of other necessary skills, and challenges of classroom debates in nursing education.  Conclusion: Classroom debates promoted the development of critical thinking and oral communication skills, and offered students an opportunity to develop other necessary skills in the face of today’s complex healthcare. Classroom debates can be integrated into the curriculum and teaching practices of any nursing educational institutions.  

scholarly journals Learning through research: from teaching science to the sphere of nursing care

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ítalo Rodolfo Silva ◽  
Joséte Luzia Leite ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Trevizan ◽  
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes ◽  
Thiago Privado da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Abstract Objective: To understand the connections established between the teaching of research in undergraduate school and reflections on the context of nursing care based on the meanings assigned by nurses and undergraduate nursing students. Method: Qualitative research, the theoretical and methodological frameworks of which were Complexity Theory and Grounded Theory. Sixteen nurses and nine undergraduate nursing students participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Results: The study revealed that aspects that structure and maintain the scientific practice of nurses are connected with the teaching of nursing in undergraduate school. The transversality of teaching of research and strategies adopted by professors influence this process. Conclusion: In the nursing field, learning through research requires strategies that contextualize research within the context of care delivery, so that students perceive science as an element that structures their profession. For that, research should be a non-linear, transversal procedure that takes place over the course of the undergraduate program.

Undertaking the Role of Patient Advocate: a longitudinal study of nursing students

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 462-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Insaf Altun ◽  
Nermin Ersoy
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
Patient Advocate ◽  
Patient Advocates ◽  
Right To Refuse Treatment ◽  
The Right

Patient advocacy has been claimed as a new role for professional nurses and many codes of ethics for nurses state that they act as patient advocates. Nursing education is faced with the challenge of preparing nurses for this role. In this article we describe the results of a study that considered the tendencies of a cohort of nursing students at the Kocaeli University School of Nursing to act as advocates and to respect patients’ rights, and how their capacities to do so changed (or not) as a result of their nursing education. This longitudinal study used a questionnaire consisting of 10 statements relating to patient care. It was performed both at the start (1998) and at the end (2002) of the nursing training. At the beginning of their course 77 students participated; in the study. After four years, only 55 students participated, the reason for this drop in number being unknown. The questions asked nurses if patients should have: the right to receive health care; the right to participate in the decision-making process about their treatment; the right always to be told the truth; and the right to have access to their own medical records. They were also asked: if quality of life should be a criterion for discontinuing treatment; if patients have the right to die and the right to refuse treatment; if patients should be assisted to die or helped to undergo active euthanasia; and if severely disabled newborn babies should be allowed to die. The student nurses demonstrated considerable insight into contemporary nursing issues and were ready to act as patient advocates. Professional responsibility demands that good nurses advocate strongly for patients’ choices.

scholarly journals “Nurses eat their young”: A novel bullying educational program for student nurses

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Lee Gillespie ◽  
Paula L. Grubb ◽  
Kathryn Brown ◽  
Maura C. Boesch ◽  
Deborah L. Ulrich
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Pilot Implementation ◽  
Nursing Courses

Bullying is a known and ongoing problem against nurses.  Interventions are needed to prepare nursing students to prevent and mitigate the bullying they will experience in their nursing practice. The purpose of this article is to describe the development process and utility of one such intervention for use by nursing faculty with nursing students prior to their students’ entry into the profession. The educational program was critiqued by an advisory board and deemed to be relevant, clear, simple, and non-ambiguous indicating the program to have adequate content validity. The program then was pilot tested on five university campuses. Faculty members who implemented the educational program discussed (1) the program having value to faculty members and students, (2) challenges to continued program adoption, and (3) recommendations for program delivery. The proposed multicomponent, multiyear bullying educational program has the potential to positively influence nursing education and ultimately nursing practice. Findings from the pilot implementation of the program indicate the need to incorporate the program into additional nursing courses beginning during the sophomore year of the nursing curricula.

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