scholarly journals Experiences and Perceptions of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Crisis in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10459
Author(s):  
Julián Rodríguez-Almagro ◽  
Antonio Hernández-Martínez ◽  
Cristina Romero-Blanco ◽  
Alejandro Martínez-Arce ◽  
Maria del Carmen Prado-Laguna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
To Come

In the early stages of the 2019 coronavirus pandemic in Spain, the Spanish health system was overwhelmed, mainly due to a lack of personnel, and many hospital centers collapsed by following avalanche of patients with COVID-19; this meant that the National System of Health called for fourth-year nursing students to come to the hospital as health care personnel. Our aim was to describe the perceptions and experiences of a sample of nursing students during the early stages of the outbreak. We conducted a qualitative study with an empirical-phenomenological approach. Twenty nursing students in their final year of study in Spain were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. They participated in in-depth interviews between 20 April and 10 May 2020. The interviews were transcribed and then analyzed using Haase’s adaptation of Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Four main themes emerged from data analysis: “social responsibility and pride as a health worker”, “pressure caused by working with COVID-19 patients”, “feeling defenseless and let down”, and “personal growth as a health worker”. These main themes were further divided into 11 theme categories. Due to an intense work day for several days in a row, the students were tired and mentally exhausted. Even so, they managed to overcome any difficulties, demonstrating their professional dedication and resilience. Greater preparatory support should be provided to safeguard the well-being of these future healthcare providers. More intensive preparatory training is necessary for health sciences students to facilitate crisis preparedness and effective crisis management. It is necessary to implement support from healthcare systems, including sufficient personal protective equipment, as well as contracts that accurately reflect the work they do. It is necessary for nursing supervisors to have effective communication in the performance of their functions with nursing students; this dialogue helps to clearly explain which are the functions that students must perform when they are carrying out their internships. There is also a need for preparatory training in managing infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

scholarly journals Voices From a Minority

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. C. Y. Chan ◽  
C. W. Lui ◽  
K. L. Cheung ◽  
K. K. Hung ◽  
K. H. Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Face To Face

In Hong Kong, males constituted only about 10.2% of the nursing workforce in 2010. The learning experiences of male nursing students in Hong Kong during their clinical practicum have rarely been explored. If these students cannot maintain their psychological well-being and psychological health in formal education and clinical placements, then their physical health will also suffer. This ethnographic qualitative study gave male nursing students in Hong Kong a chance to voice their experiences during their clinical practicum. Selected through snowball sampling, 18 male nursing students from a local university participated in individual face-to-face semistructured interviews. The data were processed with content analysis. The findings indicated that male students not only received more support and understanding from male rather than female members of staff but endured a certain amount of oppression while working in female wards. According to the students’ comments on nursing culture, the work climate of male nursing students could be improved by reorganizing the clinical placements and providing extra support to male nursing students.

scholarly journals Reconciling Dichotomous Demands: Telemarketing Agents in Bangalore and Mumbai, India

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Noronha ◽  
Premilla D'Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Business Process Outsourcing ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
Conversational Interviews

Though outsourcing has created enormous employment potential in India’s information technology enabled services/business process outsourcing (ITES/BPO) sector, the implications for employees remain to be understood. The present paper describes employee experiences in telemarketing outbound call centers in Bangalore and Mumbai, India. Following van Manen’s (1998) hermeneutic phenomenological approach, data were collected through unstructured conversational interviews with 18 telemarketing agents identified vi a snowball sampling and were subject to holistic and sententious thematic analyses. Reconciling dichotomous experiences at work was the label used to capture participants’ core experiences and indicated that while participants’ simultaneous positive and negative experiences contributed to a sense of concomitant stress and well-being, they employed various strategies to maintain a balance between positive experiences/well-being and negative experiences/stress.

scholarly journals What do parents of children with dysphagia think about their MDT? A qualitative study

BMJ Open ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. e005934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Cowpe (Jebson) ◽  
Ben Hanson ◽  
Christina H Smith
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Barriers To Collaboration

ObjectivesTo seek the experiences and perspectives of parents caring for children with dysphagia, with emphasis on their experiences of working within their child's multidisciplinary team (MDT).SettingThis research was completed in community settings, within families’ homes across the UK.Participants14 families self-selected to participate in the study. Criteria specified that participants must care for a child under the age of 18 and to decrease ambiguity the term ‘diagnosis of dysphagia’ was defined as the need for modified (thickened) fluids. Exclusion criteria: caring for an adult over the age of 18; diet and fluid modifications for reasons other than dysphagia (eg, for symptomatic treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Participants were interviewed within their homes using a semistructured questionnaire and data was analysed using a descriptive phenomenological approach through use of thematic coding and constant comparison. Themes and relationships were inductively generated from the data.ResultsParticipants universally expressed a desire to be involved with their child's MDT; this study identified the following facilitators and barriers to collaboration: accessing services, professional knowledge and professional skillset. Participants described three means of responding to these barriers: reacting emotionally, seeking solutions and making decisions.ConclusionsThis study recorded in-depth reports of participants’ experiences of working with healthcare providers. Despite government-driven efforts towards person-centred healthcare and social care, participants shared accounts of times when this has not occurred, describing a negative impact on the well-being and quality of life of their child and family.

scholarly journals Interest in Learning of Indonesian Students with Online Gaming Addiction In The Academic Learning Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Yanuar Fahrizal ◽  
Nurul Faiga
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Online Games ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Gaming Addiction ◽  
Snowball Sampling

Student interest in learning has been declining due to the increasing number of distractions. Interest is one of the important factors contributing to one’s desire and motivation to satisfy curiosity. As the times evolve, many things affect student interest in learning; one of which is smartphones equipped with the internet that promotes the ease of performing activities. Smartphones and the internet offer online games that can be accessed by anyone to play at any time, which can trigger online gaming addiction. The study aims to examine the interest in learning of nursing students who are addicted to online games. This study employed a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Data were collected through interviews, observations and documentation. The participants of the study were five students recruited using a snowball sampling method. Data were analyzed using Giorgi method. Results showed that interest in learning of students with online gaming addiction in the academic learning process varies. This can be seen through three emerging themes: student gaming behaviour, changes in students after online gaming, and the learning process of students with addiction to online games. It can be concluded that students’ online game behaviour is influenced by impulsivity that changes student behaviour and leads to addiction.

scholarly journals Learning nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of perceived relatedness with teachers and sense of coherence

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Britt Karin Utvær ◽  
Tove Engan Paulsby ◽  
Hanne Torbergsen ◽  
Gørill Haugan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perceived Learning ◽  
Health Concept ◽  
Perceived Relatedness

Background and objective: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic infected populations worldwide. To limit the spread, many countries declared stay-at-home orders. Teachers were suddenly obliged to teach and facilitate learning online, whereas students had to manage online education alone from home. Within self-determination theory (SDT), the need for relatedness is considered crucial for personal growth, well-being, motivation and learning, whereas sense of coherence (SOC) is a salutogenic health concept explaining humans’ coping with stressful situations. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of teacher relatedness as well as SOC, including the concepts of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness, among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Survey data were collected from 329 nursing students at a large university in Norway. Twelve hypotheses of the associations between teacher relatedness, SOC and perceived learning were tested by means of structural equation modelling (SEM) using Stata.Results: The SEM yielded an acceptable fit (χ2 = 177.60, p = .000, df = 80, χ2/df = 2.22, RMSEA 0.063, CFI = 0.96, SRMR = 0.048), showing significant, positive relationships between the latent variables of teacher relatedness, SOC and perceived learning. Eleven out of the twelve hypotheses found support, showing both direct and indirect relationships between the latent variables.Conclusions: The study indicates that caring and close teachers seem very important for nursing students’ learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students do not experience such a teacher relationship, resulting in difficulties studying and learning under crisis. Knowledge about how teachers may mobilize care and close relationships with nursing students is important for students’ learning during a pandemic situation when teaching go digital.

The Lived Experience of Orchestral String Musicians with Playing Related Pain

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
Deanna Bourne ◽  
Amy Hallaran ◽  
Jane Mackie
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Level ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
Objective Rates

OBJECTIVE: Rates of pain are high among musicians, and string musicians may be particularly at risk. The aim of the study was to investigate the lived experience of orchestral string musicians with playing-related pain. METHODS: The study used a Heideggerian phenomenological approach. Five professional and university-level string musicians were interviewed about their experience of playing-related pain, and transcriptions of their interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Participants engaged in a variety of types of musical performance, however they described orchestral playing as contributing the most to their pain. Pain led to increased focus on the body and less engagement in the music. They experienced a sense of loss in multiple domains of their lives, yet also described personal growth as a result of their pain. Participants were more likely to disclose their pain in student orchestras than in professional ones. CONCLUSION: Pain impacts multiple domains of musician’s lives, and therefore must be addressed holistically by healthcare providers. While musicians are finding that it is becoming more acceptable to discuss their pain, pain is still not adequately addressed. Understanding the experience of musicians with playing-related pain could help healthcare professionals to better serve this unique population.

scholarly journals Machiavellianism and Aspirations as Predictors of Quality of Life and Subjective Happiness among Interning Doctors and Practicing Doctors

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Alifia Pirani ◽  
Swati Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Subjective Happiness ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Desire For Control

<div><p><em>The present quantitative study adopts a between group design to assess the difference between interning doctors and practicing doctors </em><em>in the levels of Machiavellianism, aspirations, quality of life and subjective happiness. A correlational design was also employed to determine if quality of life and subjective happiness can be predicted by Machiavellianism and its dimensions of amorality, desire for status, desire for control and distrust of others; and aspirations and its dimensions of wealth, fame, image, personal growth, relationships, community, and health. Purposive Sampling and Snowball Sampling techniques were used to collect data from 100 interning and 100 practicing doctors. Independent t-test results showed that practicing doctors were significantly higher on Machiavellianism and its dimensions of amorality, desire for status and distrust of others; aspirations, its dimension of image, community, health, and physical quality of life. Interning doctors were higher on desire for control, fame aspirations, psychological health and overall quality of life. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that personal growth and health aspirations predicted quality of life in interning doctors and Machiavellianism, amorality; wealth, fame, image, community and health aspirations predicted quality of life among practicing doctors. Health aspiration was a predictor of subjective happiness in interning doctors. In practicing doctors, amorality, desire for status, distrust of others; wealth, fame, image, personal growth, relationships, community and health aspirations were predictors of subjective happiness. In present day India the rapidly changing and overburdened healthcare system has affected the well being of health care professionals and the present study throws light on to some factors that may influence quality of life and happiness of doctors in India.  </em></p></div>

Materialistic Orientation and Psyhological Well Being in Adolescents from 11th-12th Grade

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Vera Todorova
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Extrinsic Goals ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Community Contribution ◽  
High Level ◽  
11Th Grade ◽  
Intrinsic Aspirations

The aim of the current study is to look for theoretically and empirically grounded proof for the correlation between aspirations – extrinsic and intrinsic- determining the motivation – and the psychological wellbeing of adolescents in 11th grade. Materialistic orientation is expressed in the preferences of extrinsic goals such as fame, wealth and image, while the intrinsic aspirations are related to preferences of aspirations for personal growth, personal relationships and community contribution. High level of psychological wellbeing is measured through the six elements from K. Ryff’s definition: self-acceptance, positive interaction with others, autonomy, managing of environment, meaning and personal growth. The research includes a group of 50 students in two Bulgarian high schools.

Clinical trials — the personal perspective of the research physician?

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-263
Author(s):  
Maria Y. Egorova ◽  
Irina A. Shuvalova ◽  
Olga I. Zvonareva ◽  
Igor D. Pimenov ◽  
Olga S. Kobyakova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Study Drug ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
To Receive

Background. The organization of clinical trials (CTs) requires the participation and coordination of healthcare providers, patients, public and private parties. Obstacles to the participation of any of these groups pose a risk of lowering the potential for the implementation of CTs. Researchers are a key human resource in conducting of CT. Their motivation for participation can have a significant impact on the recruitment and retention of patients, on the quality of the data collected, which determines the overall outcome of the study. Aims to assess the factors affecting the inclusion of Russian physicians-researchers in CT, and to determine their role in relations with patients-participants. Materials and methods. The study was organized as a part of the Russian multicenter face-to-face study. A survey was conducted of researchers from 10 cities of Russia (20172018). The participation in the survey for doctors was anonymous and voluntary. Results. The study involved 78 respondents. Most research doctors highly value the importance of research for science (4,84 0,39), society (4,67 0,46) and slightly lower for participating patients (4,44 0,61). The expectations of medical researchers are related to improving their financial situation and attaining new experience (n = 14; 18,18%). However, the opportunity to work with new technologies of treatment and diagnosis (n = 41; 52,56%) acted as a motivating factor. According to the questionnaire, the vast majority of research doctors (n = 29; 37,18%) believe that the main reason for patients to participate in CT is to receive quality and free medical care. The most significant obstacle to the inclusion of participants in CT was the side effects of the study drug (n = 38; 48,71%). Conclusions. The potential of clinical researchers in Russia is very high. The patient-participant acts for the research doctor as the subject of the study, and not the object, so the well-being of the patient is not indifferent to the doctor. However, the features of the functioning of our health care system form the motivation of doctors-researchers (additional earnings, professional self-development) and the way they perceive the motivation of patients (CT as an opportunity to receive quality medical care).

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