scholarly journals Nursing students’ experiences of caring for dying patients and their families: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Therapeutic Communication ◽  
Supporting System ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Chinese Studies

Abstract Objective Nurses play important roles in caring for dying patients and their families. Difficulties students confronted when facing dying patients challenge the quality of nursing education. A better understanding of students’ experiences would enhance teachers’ ability in helping students. This study aims to describe available evidence about nursing students’ experiences when caring for dying patients and their families. Methods A review of qualitative studies published between 2005 and 2017 was undertaken using the following databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, ProQuest Central, ScienceDirect, and CNKI. The keywords included were nursing students, experience, care, end-of-life, and dying. Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument was used to assess the quality of the studies by two independent reviewers. The data from the studies were analyzed by meta-synthesis. Results Eighteen English and two Chinese studies were selected in this review. Four themes were emerged: (1) Students with dying patients: students did not have enough ability in symptoms control, comfort supply, and therapeutic communication for dying patients. (2) Students with the patients’ families: students advocated more caring for patients’ families. (3) Students with the surroundings: professional medical staffs, especially the nursing preceptors, were key roles in constructing a supporting system for students. (4) Students with themselves: nursing students underwent various negative feelings and adopted both negative and positive strategies to cope with such feelings; students experienced professional and personal development during the caring for dying patients. Conclusions Nursing students’ abilities in terminal symptom control, comfort supply, and therapeutic communication should be improved by more theoretic learning and simulation practice. The nursing preceptors were key roles in constructing a supporting system for students and helping them to control the negative emotions when facing dying patients.

scholarly journals Nursing Students’ Experiences with Computer Simulation-Based Communication Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3108
Author(s):  
Ujin Lee ◽  
Heeseung Choi ◽  
Yeseul Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Therapeutic Communication ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Simulation Based

Simulation-based communication education has improved nursing students’ communication knowledge and skills. However, communication patterns that students commonly exhibit in simulated situations and students’ responses to specific clinical situations have not been systematically examined. The specific aims of the present study were (1) to identify non-therapeutic communication patterns that nursing students exhibit in simulated situations in the computer simulation-based education (ComEd) program, and (2) explore students’ responses to challenging clinical situations. This study used a mixed-method research design and a convenience sampling method to recruit participants. Frequency analysis and a conventional content analysis method were used to analyze answers provided by participants. A total of 66 students from four Korean nursing schools participated in the study. “False reassurance” was found to be the most common non-therapeutic communication pattern used by nursing students. Nursing students had difficulty in clinical situations such as reporting a patient’s condition to a doctor, communicating with a patient and perform basic nursing skills at the same time, and managing conflicts between patients. Technology-based communication simulation programs, which reflect various clinical situations, are considered a new alternative that can supplement the limitations of clinical practicum and improve the quality of nursing education.

scholarly journals School Life Experience of Male Nursing Students Reinstated at School after Military Service

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-325
Author(s):  
Kyoung A Nam ◽  
Kyeong Hwa Kang ◽  
Seongmi Moon
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
School Life ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Purpose: This study aimed to explore and describe the school life experience of male nursing students reinstated at school after military service. Methods: The participants in the current study were 20 male nursing students from three universities. The data were collected in focus group interviews, and an inductive content analysis was performed on the data obtained from six focus groups. Results: The content relating to the school experience of the participants was categorized into four themes: making a new start, facing challenges, trying to find one's place, and confusion about one's professional identity. Conclusion: Nursing education in Korea needs to be reconsidered, as it adheres to a gender-stereotyped identity. This study provides implications for improving the content and quality of nursing education.

scholarly journals Systematic Use of Music as an Environmental Intervention and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Case Study in Norway

Medicines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Batt-Rawden ◽  
Marit Storlien
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Environmental Treatment

Background: The systematic use of music as an environmental intervention in nursing homes shows beneficial effects on patients’ health, safety, and quality of life in a care-related perspective. A county in Norway and a Nursing Education Department in a region of Norway collaborated on the project “systematic use of music as environmental intervention and quality of care in nursing homes” for nursing students. Methods: This study from Norway (2017) had a qualitative and explorative approach. The sample (n = 33) was strategically and conveniently selected. Seven different focus group interviews consisted of nursing students, practice counselors, teachers, and project leaders, representing three nursing homes and healthcare centers. Passive observation lasting two days in each of the six departments was executed in order to observe environmental treatment in practice. Results: The beneficial aspects of using music as an environmental intervention in nursing homes increased among the students, and contributed to improved interaction, communication, and development of care with the patients. Students who participated actively in musical interaction such as improvisation, singing, and music listening with the patients were committed and motivated. The staff and management showed varied enthusiasm for the project. Conclusions: If the systematic use of music as environmental therapy and quality of care in elderly care is to be successful, it seems vital to include this theme early in nursing education. By creating early involvement among nurses, it might influence, inspire, and encourage involvement among employees and management.

The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: A tool that can be used in national and international assessments of nursing education programmes

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Gardulf ◽  
Jan Florin ◽  
Marianne Carlsson ◽  
Janeth Leksell ◽  
Margret Lepp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
International Assessments ◽  
University Colleges ◽  
Nurse Professional

The quality of basic nursing bachelor programmes nationally and internationally must regularly be assessed to ensure that they fulfil requirements and are appropriate in relation to developments and changes in societies and healthcare systems. There is a need for instruments in helping to assess this. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale could serve as a tool to measure and detect possible differences between universities/university colleges regarding nursing students’ self-reported competence. Totally, 543 nursing students who had just completed their academic three-year nursing bachelor programmes at 10 universities/university colleges in Sweden participated in the study (response rate 71%). The students answered the NPC Scale with its 88 items constituting eight competence areas (CAs) and two overarching themes. The results from using the NPC Scale by the students were then compared between the 10 universities/university colleges. Significant mean score differences were found between the universities/university colleges on all CAs and on both themes. The highest mean score differences were found for the CAs ‘Medical and technical care’ and ‘Documentation and information technology’. The lowest mean score differences were found for the CAs ‘Value-based nursing care’ and ‘Leadership in and development of nursing’. It is concluded that the NPC Scale can serve as a useful tool in national and international assessments of nursing bachelor programmes.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Nursing Students’ Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Dwi Karina Ariadni ◽  
Siti Zahara Nasution ◽  
Reni Asmara Ariga
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Intrinsic Factor ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
Study Results

High learning motivation is influenced by some factors from intrinsic factor (in self) and extrinsic factor. This study aims to describe the intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors in learning motivation. This is a descriptive design study with quota random sampling. 90 respondents were involved in this study. Results of intrinsic factors measured by interest in the field of knowledge studied: 47.8% of respondents collect tasks given in accordance with the time set, and 41.1% of respondents diligently follow the lecture. The results of the study of extrinsic factors are measured by the quality of lecturers who teach: 51.1% of lecturers often provide questions clearly and briefly. Based on the method of lecturing: simulation methods in the laboratory often increase the motivation to learn. Based on the lecture’s room: 57.8% stated that a clean lecture’s room can improve the concentration of learning. Based on the complete book in the library: 47.8% encourage respondents to do the task quickly. Based on the learning facilities: 47.8% are always motivated to learn if the lecturer uses LCD. Support of parents (76.7%) in meeting the needs of respondents in learning.The management of nursing education is suggested to motivate students during lectures based on intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors. Keywords : learning motivation, affecting factor, nursing student

scholarly journals Empathy in the Curriculum for Patient Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Anderson Diaz Perez ◽  
Shirley Paola Fernández Aragón ◽  
Víctor Patricio Díaz Narváez ◽  
Ailem Fernández Beleño ◽  
Elkin Navarro-Quiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
First Year ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Therapeutic Communication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
Cartagena De Indias

INTRODUCTION: Empathy on nursing education is an important element in therapeutic communication and in the type of humanized care provided, due the strengthening of the nurse-patient relationship depends on this.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the levels of empathy on nursing students of a Higher Education Institution. Cartagena de Indias/Colombia.MATERIAL & METHODS: Cross-sectional exploratory study. A sample of 320 nursing students from first to fourth year of training, to whom the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale (JMES) was applied in the Spanish version.RESULTS: Levels of empathy are reflected more in women than in men in general. However, some values vary with respect to the average at 3.14 levels in relation to the first year of schooling.CONCLUSION: The need for a curricular redesign and favoring empathic actions by professors worthy of being imitated by students as a way of encouraging empathy when caring for patients.

Ensuring Quality of a Large-Scale Online Assessment for Nursing Students in the 21st Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-65
Author(s):  
Emily Ng K.L.
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Validity And Reliability

The resources and time constraints of assessing large classes are always weighed up against the validity, reliability, and learning outcomes of the assessment tasks. With the digital revolution in the 21st Century, educators can benefit from computer technology to carry out a large-scale assessment in higher education more efficiently. In this article, an in-depth case study of a nursing school that has integrated online assessment initiatives into their nursing program. To assess a large class of first-year nursing students, a series of non-proctored multiple-choice online quizzes are administered using a learning management system. Validity and reliability are commonly used to measure the quality of an assessment. The aim of the present article to analyze these non-proctored multiple-choice online assessments in the context of content validity and reliability. We use this case study to examine online assessment in nursing education, exploring the benefits and challenges. We conclude that instructors have to determine how to use the full potential of online assessment as well as ensure validity and reliability.

Quality of life and its correlates after pelvic exenteration for gynecologic cancer.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 93-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine A. Donovan ◽  
Alexandra Albizu-Rivera ◽  
Hye Sook Chon ◽  
Robert Michael Wenham
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pelvic Exenteration ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Gynecologic Cancer ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Patient Reported

93 Background: Pelvic exenteration (PE) has been performed historically in women with gynecologic cancer for palliation of recurrent disease. With advances in operative methods, PE in the well-selected patient can produce 5-year survival rates as high as 60%. Despite a recent increase in rate of PE performed with curative intent, there is a paucity of data on its long-term physical and emotional effects. We sought to characterize women’s long-term quality of life (QOL) and its correlates after PE for recurrent gynecologic cancer. Methods: We conducted a mixed methods study combining quantitative measurement of QOL and its demographic, clinical and psychological correlates with concurrent qualitative assessment to probe women’s cognitive and behavioral responses to PE. Results: From 2005 to 2014, 85 women underwent PE at our institution; 44% were still alive at study initiation. Among eligible women, 72% completed their participation. Mean age of the sample at time of study participation was 57.3 (SD = 9.5) years (range = 43 to 75) and median time since surgery was 3.0 years (range = .9 to 8). Women’s self-reported global QOL score was average (54.4 (23); range = 33.3 to 100) and the relationship between QOL and current age or time since surgery was not significant (p > .05). Women reported mild sleep disturbance, mild to moderate pain, moderate fatigue and anxiety and severe depressive symptoms. All of the women exceeded the cut-off for clinically significant depressive symptoms. Qualitatively, women described profound negative changes in their physical and emotional well-being after PE. In nearly all of the women, the extended survival after PE helped to buffer the effects of these changes. Conclusions: Results suggest women’s health-related QOL may return to, or near, pre-surgical levels in long-term survivorship but that symptom control is suboptimal. Findings should facilitate more informed decision making prior to PE and suggest targets for clinical intervention to enhance QOL and improve symptom control after PE. This study highlights the need for more comprehensive assessments pre- and post-PE to examine the effects of disease- and PE-related variables, cultural norms and social support on patient-reported outcomes.

scholarly journals What Factors Facilitate Good Learning Experiences in Clinical Studies in Nursing: Bachelor Students’ Perceptions

ISRN Nursing ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørg Dale ◽  
Arne Leland ◽  
Jan Gunnar Dale
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Good Learning

Clinical studies constitute 50% of the bachelor program in nursing education in Norway, and the quality of these studies may be decisive for the students’ opportunities to learn and develop their professional competences. The aim of this study was to explore what bachelor students’ in nursing perceived to be important for having good learning experiences in clinical studies. Data was collected in a focus group interview with eight nursing students who were in the last year of the educational program. The interview was transcribed verbatim, and qualitative content analysis was used for exploring and interpreting the content of the interview text. One main theme emerged from the analysis: “being in a vulnerable and exposed position characterized by conflicting needs.” Four categories were found: “aspects related to the clinical setting”, “aspects related to the nurse supervisor,” “aspects related to the student,” and “aspects related to the student-supervisor relationship”. The findings revealed that the students' learning experiences and motivation were related to individual, relational, and organizational aspects. The students highlighted their own as well as their supervisors' attitudes and competences and the importance of positive relationships. In addition, feeling welcomed, included, and valued in the ward improved their motivation, self-confidence, and self-respect.

scholarly journals Clinical accompaniment: the critical care nursing students’ experiences in a private hospital

Curationis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Tsele ◽  
Marie Muller
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Critical Care Nursing ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Care Nursing

The quality of clinical accompaniment of the student enrolled for the post-basic diploma in Medical and Surgical Nursing Science: Critical Care Nursing (General) is an important dimension of the educational/learning programme. The clinical accompanist/mentor is responsible for ensuring the student’s compliance with the clinical outcomes of the programme in accordance with the requirements laid down by the Nursing Education Institution and the South African Nursing Council. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of the students enrolled for a post-basic diploma in Medical and Surgical Nursing Science: Critical Care Nursing (General), in relation to the clinical accompaniment in a private hospital in Gauteng. An exploratory, descriptive and phenomenological research design was utilised and individual interviews were conducted with the ten students in the research hospital. A content analysis was conducted and the results revealed both positive and negative experiences by the students in the internal and external worlds. The recommendations include the formulation of standards for clinical accompaniment of students. the evaluation of the quality of clinical accompaniment of students and empowerment of the organisation, clinical accompanists/mentors and clinicians.

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