scholarly journals Revealing Fourth Year Nursing Students' Assumptions, Anticipations and Realizations of Long-Term Care: Learning Through Critical Reflection

Author(s):  
Alyssa Indar

This qualitative descriptive study explored the assumptions, anticipations and realizations of fourth year undergraduate nursing students regarding aging, gerontological nursing and LTC, as they engaged in critical reflection during their LTC placement. The use of skilled facilitation in guiding the critical reflection activities was theoretically underpinned by critical creativity (McCormack & Titchen, 2006). The key findings indicated that the nursing student understanding during their placement experience could be described by their experiences of relationships, contextual factors and feelings. These findings may inform researchers, educators and policy-makers in enhancing the nursing student experience in the LTC setting. Furthermore, the application of critical creativity (McCormack & Titchen, 2006) may be utilized in various contexts.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Indar

This qualitative descriptive study explored the assumptions, anticipations and realizations of fourth year undergraduate nursing students regarding aging, gerontological nursing and LTC, as they engaged in critical reflection during their LTC placement. The use of skilled facilitation in guiding the critical reflection activities was theoretically underpinned by critical creativity (McCormack & Titchen, 2006). The key findings indicated that the nursing student understanding during their placement experience could be described by their experiences of relationships, contextual factors and feelings. These findings may inform researchers, educators and policy-makers in enhancing the nursing student experience in the LTC setting. Furthermore, the application of critical creativity (McCormack & Titchen, 2006) may be utilized in various contexts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira-Kumakura ◽  
Juliany Lino Gomes Silva ◽  
Natália Gonçalves

Abstract Aim: To report the experience of applying different teaching strategies on undergraduate nursing students caring for burn victims. Method: Experience report on the topic, "Nursing care for the patient with burns", for undergraduate nursing student education. Results: Teaching strategies during this course involved theoretical lecture, discussion of clinical cases, use of a virtual environment, and practice in a simulated environment. The students reported satisfaction with the tools used. Conclusion: It is important to incorporate different active teaching strategies, such as clinical simulation practices, e-learning, classes incorporating dialogue, case studies, and others, for undergraduate nursing education on caring for the burn victim.


Author(s):  
Hendrika J. Maltby ◽  
Sarah Abrams

Nurses must provide culturally appropriate care. A powerful strategy to enhance cultural competency is immersion. This can increase awareness of personal beliefs, values, behaviors, and learning from clients. A three week immersion experience for 17 senior undergraduate nursing students was organized in partnership with the Independent University, Bangladesh. Working with interpreters, students learned about people and healthcare through interviews and site visits. The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover the meaning of the immersion experience for nursing students through their reflective journals. These were thematically analyzed and four themes emerged: Beginning to See, Thinking about the Seen, Wanting to Change the Seen, and Transformed by the Seen. These themes combine into a framework that has been tentatively titled, Seeing Through New Eyes and will be further developed on future trips. Achieving cultural competency is a complex, long-term process that can be intensified with immersion experiences.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s13-s14
Author(s):  
E. Rochmawati

BackgroundUndergraduate nursing students are expected to be responsive and competency, particularly during a disaster. Working as health volunteers is one strategy to develop these skills. However, little research has investigated the experiences of nursing students working as health volunteers during a disaster.ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate undergraduate nursing student perceptions and experiences of being health volunteer during the Mt. Merapi eruption.Methods: A non-experimental, descriptive design was used. A sampling of 25 undergraduate nurse students who worked as health volunteers during the Mt. Merapi eruption completed a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted open- and closed-ended questions, and was used to measure students' self awareness and what they have learned. Additional questions were asked to prioritize attributes required to be health volunteers. Data were aggregated and analyzed using a simple, descriptive analysis.ResultsUndergraduate nursing students had internal motivation of being health volunteers during disaster. Findings of this study illustrated benefits, future impact of being health volunteer, and required attributes of being good health volunteers.ConclusionsStudents' perceptions and experiences during disasters underscores important factors in the promotion of disaster management competency in nursing education.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1513
Author(s):  
Gylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz CRUZ ◽  
Manuel Carlos Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves ◽  
João Luís Alves Apostolo

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the methodology and strategies of the educational plan of the clinical teaching of Nursing Fundamentals in the community that, through the study of health determinants with elderly people, has the goal of training the skills and abilities of undergraduate students in Nursing. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive, experience-type study developed with Nursing students. The results are presented in figures. Results: the students were led to develop the competencies defined by the different capacities and criteria experienced by the students, in this clinical teaching, during the suggested learning experiences, as well as others that were implemented. Conclusion: the Nursing student was allowed to integrate nursing activities shared between teams and subteams, to build their own knowledge and to add technical and scientific quality to their training. It has become the study of health determinants with older people key to the training of students' undergraduate nursing course. Through this experience, it is possible to offer, based on the perspective of the European continent, a new dimension of learning in the clinical teaching of the Nursing Degree to other continents. Descriptors: Clinical Teaching; Fundamentals of Nursing; Community; Skills; Student; Elderly. RESUMOObjetivo: descrever a metodologia e as estratégias do plano educacional do ensino clínico de Fundamentos de Enfermagem na comunidade que, por meio do estudo de determinantes de saúde com pessoas idosas, tem como meta a formação de competências e capacidades dos estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, do tipo relato de experiência, desenvolvido com estudantes de Enfermagem. Apresentam-se os resultados em forma de figuras. Resultados: conduziu-se os estudantes a desenvolver as competências definidas pelas diferentes capacidades e critérios vivenciados pelos estudantes, neste ensino clínico, durante as experiências de aprendizagem sugeridas, assim como outras que foram implementadas. Conclusão: permitiu-se, ao estudante de Enfermagem, pela integração de atividades de Enfermagem compartilhadas entre equipes e subequipes, construir seu próprio conhecimento e acrescentar qualidade técnica e científica à sua formação. Tornou-se o estudo de determinantes de saúde com pessoas idosas fundamental para a formação de competências dos estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Pode-se disponibilizar, por esta experiência, com propostas baseadas no olhar do continente europeu, uma nova dimensão de aprendizagem no ensino clínico da Licenciatura de Enfermagem para outros continentes. Descritores: Ensino Clínico; Fundamentos de Enfermagem; Comunidade; Competências; Estudante; Idoso. RESUMEN Objetivo: describir la metodología y las estrategias del plan educativo de la enseñanza clínica de Fundamentos de Enfermería en la comunidad que, a través del estudio de determinantes de salud con personas mayores, tiene como meta la formación de competencias y capacidades de los estudiantes del curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, del tipo relato de experiencia, desarrollado con estudiantes de Enfermería. Se presentan los resultados en forma de figuras. Resultados: se llevó a los estudiantes a desarrollar las competencias definidas por las diferentes capacidades y criterios vivenciados por los estudiantes, en esta enseñanza clínica, durante las experiencias de aprendizaje sugeridas, así como otras que se implementaron. Conclusión: se permitió al estudiante de Enfermería, por la integración de actividades de Enfermería compartidas entre equipos y subequipos, construir su propio conocimiento y añadir calidad técnica y científica a su formación. Se ha convertido el estudio de determinantes de salud con personas de edad avanzada para la formación de competencias de los estudiantes del curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería. Se puede disponer, por esta experiencia, con propuestas basadas en la mirada del continente europeo, una nueva dimensión de aprendizaje en la enseñanza clínica de la Licenciatura de Enfermería para otros continentes. Descritores: Enseñanza Primaria; Fundamentos de Enfermeíra; Comunidad; Habilidades: Estudiante; Ancianos.


2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-20-00068
Author(s):  
Pardis Rahmatpour ◽  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani ◽  
Kelly A. Allen

Background and PurposeMeasuring student satisfaction among nursing students is necessary for academic institute. This study aimed to validate and measure the reliability of the Persian version of the Undergraduate Nursing Student Academic Satisfaction Scale (UNSASS).MethodsThis study was conducted on 437 undergraduate nursing students from September to December 2019. Face, content, construct validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis), and reliability of the UNSASS were assessed.ResultsThe results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the Persian version of the UNSASS was composed of three factors: university, clinical, and faculty, which explained 41.77% of the overall variance.ConclusionsThe research revealed that the Persian version of the UNSASS has acceptable validity and reliability, which can be used to measure the academic satisfaction of undergraduate nursing students.


Curationis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindy S. Van der Berg ◽  
Felicity M. Daniels

Background: Nursing students, like other healthcare students, are at high risk of occupational exposure to blood and bodily fluids. Studies have shown that use of the Universal Precautions(UPs) lowers this risk, but do students know and practise these precautions?Objectives: This study investigated the knowledge and practice of undergraduate nursing students regarding the UPs, and whether there was a correlation between knowledge of the UPs and their practice.Method: This was a descriptive quantitative study amongst undergraduate nursing students in years 2–4 (n = 253), who were selected by means of stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was administered to the participants by the researcher. The data collected were analysed through use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 16.0) and content analysis.Results: It was established that there was indeed a lack of knowledge regarding the UPs,and that the students’ self-reported practice of the UPs was poor. There was no statistically significant correlation between knowledge and practice of the UPs.Conclusion: More structured educational programmes are needed to improve both knowledge and practice of the UPs. These programmes should be offered across all nursing student study years as continuous professional development.


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