Laboratory Class Engagement among Nursing Students: A Comparative Cross Sectional Study

ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the laboratory class engagement level among nursing students in a four dimensions (that is, engagement activities, cognitive skills, other educational practices, and class atmosphere) and its difference with the demographic profile of the students. This research employed a comparative-cross sectional study design. The research was conducted in the College of Nursing, University of Hail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2018-2019. There were 136 nursing students that participated in this study because of the convenience sampling. This study was conducted from January to February 2019. The participants have a high level of engagement activities (2.65), cognitive skills (3.07), other educational practices (2.92), and classroom atmosphere (2.72). There is no significant relation between laboratory class engagements with age (p>0.054), academic year (p>0.382), previous education (p>0.895), gender (p>0.297), and reason for enrolment (p>0.313). Nursing students who enrolled in the fundamental of nursing practical course were highly engaged. The age, academic year, previous education, gender and reason for enrolment were not significant to the students’ engagement. The nursing educator played a major role for the students to reach their highest achievement in the attainment of their goal to meet the expectation of every nursing school towards mission vision.

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Knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding older adults' sexuality: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104643 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 96 ◽

pp. 104643

Author(s):

Vivian F.C. Wilschut ◽

Birgit Pianosi ◽

Harmieke van Os-Medendorp ◽

Henk W. Elzevier ◽

Jan S. Jukema ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

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Final-year nursing students' foundational knowledge and self-assessed confidence in interpreting cardiac arrhythmias: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104699 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 104699

Author(s):

Yingyan Chen ◽

Dima Nasrawi ◽

Debbie Massey ◽

Amy N.B. Johnston ◽

Kathryn Keller ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Prelicensure Nursing Students’ COVID-19 Attitude Impact on Nursing Career Decision during Pandemic Threat in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18063272 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 3272

Author(s):

Shu-Chun Lin ◽

Lee-Fen Ni ◽

Yu-Ming Wang ◽

Shu Hsin Lee ◽

Hung-Chang Liao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Perceived Control ◽

Career Decision ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Prelicensure Nursing

The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a nursing shortage. Prelicensure nursing students who are exposed to high-stress COVID-19 events are related to defective career decision-making. This study validated the COVID-19 attitude scale and clarified how their attitudes about COVID-19 affected their behavioral intentions toward career decision-making. We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited a convenience sample of 362 prelicensure nursing students from Northern and Central Taiwan. Two measurements were applied, including the Nursing Students Career Decision-making instrument and COVID-19 attitude scale. We used AMOS (version 22.0) to perform a confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α of the COVID-19 attitude scale was 0.74 and consisted of four factors. The most positive attitude was the nursing belief factor, and the least positive factor was emotional burden. Prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes were significantly positively associated with their career decision-making attitudes and perceived control (ß = 0.41 and ß = 0.40, respectively; p < 0.001). All the key latent variables explained significantly 23% of the variance in the career decision-making behavioral intentions module. In conclusion, the COVID-19 attitude scale is valid. Although the prelicensure nursing students’ COVID-19 attitudes had no direct effect on career decision-making intentions, they had a direct effect on career decision-making attitudes and the perceived control.

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The mediating effect of academic engagement between psychological capital and academic burnout among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104938 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

pp. 104938

Author(s):

Jinfang Wang ◽

Lingrui Bu ◽

Yan Li ◽

Jie Song ◽

Na Li

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Academic Engagement ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Academic Burnout

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Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18116036 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 6036

Author(s):

Concepció Fuentes-Pumarola ◽

Zaira Reyes-Amargant ◽

Alba Berenguer-Simon ◽

David Ballester-Ferrando ◽

Maria Dolors Burjalés-Martí ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Future Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Sexual Activities ◽

Estimate Prevalence

(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) has become common in universities for reasons related to unwanted social/peer pressures regarding alcohol/drug use and sexual activities. Objectives: To identify perceptions of SV and alcohol use and estimate prevalence among nursing students in Catalonia, Spain. (2) Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of nursing students attending public universities. (3) Results: We recruited 686 students (86.11% women), who reported as follows: 68.7% had consumed alcohol, 65.6% had been drunk at least once in the previous year, 62.65% had experienced blackouts and 25.55% had felt pressured to consume alcohol. Drunkenness and blackouts were related (p < 0.000). Of the 15.6% of respondents who had experienced SV, 47.7% experienced SV while under the influence of alcohol and were insufficiently alert to stop what was happening, while 3.06% reported rape. SV was more likely to be experienced by women (OR: 2.770; CI 95%: 1.229–6.242; p = 0.014), individuals reporting a drunk episode in the previous year (OR: 2.839; 95% CI: 1.551–5.197; p = 0.001) and individuals pressured to consume alcohol (OR: 2.091; 95% CI: 1.332–3.281; p = 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Nursing instructors need to raise student awareness of both the effects of alcohol use and SV, so as to equip these future health professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal with SV among young people.

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