The Role of Linguistic Modification in Nursing Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 309-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda S. Moore ◽  
Michele C. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Linguistic Modification

scholarly journals “I’m not an investigator and I’m not a police officer" - a faculty’s view on academic integrity in an undergraduate nursing degree

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Lynch ◽  
Yenna Salamonson ◽  
Paul Glew ◽  
Lucie M. Ramjan
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Academic Integrity Policy

AbstractIn nursing, expectations of honesty and integrity are clearly stipulated throughout professional standards and codes of conduct, thus the concept of academic integrity has even more impetus in preparing students for graduate practice. However, a disparity between policy and practice misses the opportunity to instil the principles of academic integrity, and at its core honesty, a pivotal trait in the nursing profession. This study draws upon the experience of the nursing faculty to explore how academic integrity policy of deterrence operate in nursing education.While participants deplored cheating behaviours, they expressed frustration in having to ‘police’ large numbers of students who had little awareness of the academic standards to meet policy requirements. In addition, they were cynical because of a perceived lack of severity in sanctions for students who repeatedly breached integrity. Participants expressed a moral obligation as educators to meet student learning needs and preferred to engage with students in a more meaningful way to uphold academic integrity. The ambivalence to detect and report breaches in integrity undermines the effectiveness of policy. Therefore, faculty must recognise the importance of their role in detecting and escalating cases of dishonesty and execute deterrence in a more consistent way. To do this, greater support at an institutional level, such as smaller class sizes, inclusion in decision making around sanctions and recognition of additional workload, will enable faculty to uphold policy. Although policing was not their preferred approach, the role of faculty in detecting and reporting cases of misconduct is crucial to increase the certainty of students getting caught, which is essential if policy is to be effective in deterring dishonest behaviour.

The Role of Interdisciplinary Faculty in Nursing Education: A National Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-397
Author(s):  
Shelly Smith ◽  
Beth L. Elias ◽  
Marianne Baernholdt
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
National Survey

scholarly journals Evaluation of a structured preceptorship programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 554-557
Author(s):  
Guy Tucker ◽  
Joanne Atkinson ◽  
Janet Kelly ◽  
Lynette Parkin ◽  
Alison McKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Clinical Team ◽  
Team Leaders ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
Service Initiative ◽  
District Nurses ◽  
Experienced Nurse

Preceptorship is a period in which newly qualified staff nurses receive support from an experienced nurse to smooth their transition into the service. District nurses (DNs) from the authors’ trust informally expressed the need for a better transition between the completion of district nursing education and entry into the workforce. Hence, a structured preceptorship programme was developed and delivered. This article describes this service initiative and its evaluation by preceptors (n=14) and preceptees (newly qualified DNs; n=13). Both groups valued having a structured preceptorship programme. Preceptees agreed that having a named preceptor was very important, and preceptors felt that the role which they played was rewarding. Both groups felt that the role of the DN was a specialist role and that the preceptorship programme helped to support newly qualified staff make the transition into qualified DNs, clinical team leaders and, ultimately, caseload holders. A large-scale study of DN practice is required to develop a national consensus on the structure and content of preceptorship programmes for district nursing.

scholarly journals Shaping the Role of sub-Saharan African Nurses and Midwives: Stakeholder’s perceptions of the Nurses’ and Midwives’ tasks and roles

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi M. Seboni ◽  
Mabel K.M. Magowe ◽  
Leana R. Uys ◽  
Mary B. Suh ◽  
Komba N. Djeko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Community Members ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Future Of Nursing ◽  
Nurses And Midwives

To explore the role expectations of different stakeholders in the health care system on the roles and tasks that nurses and midwives perform, in order to clarify and strengthen these roles and shape the future of nursing education and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. Qualitative focus group discussions were held with different stakeholders (nurses, health service managers, patients and their caregivers, community members and leaders and other health professionals) in eight African countries in order to establish their role expectations of nurses and midwives. Three questions about their role expectations and the interviews were taped, transcribed, and translated into English and analysed. There was consensus amongst the stakeholders regarding eight role functions: taking care of patients; giving health information; managing the care environment; advocating for patients; services and policies; providing emergency care; collaborating with other stakeholders; and providing midwifery care to women, infants and their families. There was disagreement amongst the stakeholders about the role of diagnosis and prescribing treatment. Nursing derives its mandate from communities it serves, and the roles expected must therefore form part of nursing regulation, education and practice standards. Health planners must use these as a basis for job descriptions and rewards. Once these are accepted in the training and regulation of nursing, they must be marketed so that recipients are aware thereof.Om die rol verwagtings van verskillende rolspelers in die gesondheidsisteem aangaande die rolle en take van die verpleegkundiges en vroedvroue te ondersoek, om daardeur uitklaring en helderheid en bekragtiging van hierdie rolle te verkry, waardeur die toekoms van verpleeg-onderwys en praktyk in sub-Sahara Afrika gevorm kan word. Kwalitatiewe fokus groepe is met verskillende rolspelers (verpleegkundiges, gesondheidsdiens bestuurders, pasiënte en hulle versorgers, lede van die gemeenskap, leiers en lede van andere gesondheidsprofessies) in agt Afrika lande gehou om hul rolverwagtings van verpleegkundiges en vroedvroue te bepaal. Drie vrae is oor die rolverwagtings gevra. Die onderhoude is opgeneem, getranskribeer, in Engels vertaal, en geanaliseer. Daar was konsensus tussen rolspelers oor agt rol funksies: versorging van pasiënte; die gee van gesondheidsinligting; bestuur van die sorgomgewing; voorspraak vir pasiënte; dienste en beleid; voorsiening van nooddienste; samewerking met ander rolspelers; en voorsiening aan moeder en kindersorg vir vroue en hul gesinne. Ooreenstemming is nie bereik aangaande die rol van diagnose en voorskryf van behandeling nie. Verpleging kry sy mandaat van die gemeenskappe wat gedien word en daarom behoort die rolverwagtings deel te vorm van verpleeg-regulasie, onderwys en praktyk- standaarde. Gesondheidsdiensbeplanners behoort hierdie verwagtings as basis te gebruik vir werksbeskrywings en erkenning. Na die aanvaarding van hierdie verwagtings in verpleegopleiding en regulering, moet dit bekend gemaak word sodat die gemeenskap daarvan bewus is. 

Determinants of Smoking Behavior among Nurses

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Cartledge Rausch ◽  
Joyce Hopp ◽  
Ruth White
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Pharmacological Action ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Medical Environment

This article explores the determinants of smoking behavior among nurses and reviews the research documenting the history and current trends of cigarette use among nurses. National and international studies of cigarette use among nurses show them to smoke more than any other group of health professionals. Stress has been the primary theory of smoking causation among nurses. While some studies suggest this, there are also studies demonstrating no significant differences of stress among smoking and nonsmoking nurses. The literature offers other determinants, including socialization processes, the pharmacological action of nicotine, normative influences, the medical environment, and the feminist movement. A surprising late addition to this list is that nursing education itself may play a major role in the smoking behavior of student and graduate nurses. The failure of nursing education to emphasize health behaviors as well as the use of the medical model in nursing curriculum is suggested as an explanation for the findings that nurses are likely to perceive themselves more as the providers of care and help to the ill than as health models and educators. A summary of conclusions from studies of cigarette use among nurses is that student nurses should receive a specific learning experience which would focus on the role of health educator and exemplar in the nurse's role of preventing smoking-related illnesses. Conclusions from the literature also repeat the recommendation that educational strategies for nurses should contrast the use of cigarettes with the concept that nurses assume a role of health advocacy in promoting wellness.

Positioning Nurses in Primary Health Care in Bhutan

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Diki Wangmo ◽  
Carol Windosr ◽  
Michele Clark
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Auxiliary Nurse ◽  
Nurses Role ◽  
The 1960S

Introduction: Nursing in Bhutan had its beginning in the early 1960s, approximately 20 years prior to the Alma Ata Conference. From basic nursing care and housekeeping roles, Bhutanese nurses have now occupied central place in nursing service, administration and management and education. Nursing education has progressed from certificate level in the 1960s to bachelor, master and PhD levels in 2014. Although nurses have been closely associated with Primary Health Care development in Bhutan, apart from the role of the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, nurses have rarely been explicitly associated with this area of practice. Therefore, the objective of this study was to find out the role of Bhutanese Nurses in PHC. Methods: qualitative case study method was used to carry out focus group and in-depth interviews with 66 respondents that included policy makers, planners, educators, regulators and implementers. Data were analyzed through manifest and latent content analysis. Results: The centrality of the nursing role in the area of PHC has not been realized. Discharge of the PHC role was identified more in terms of the place of work and by title or designation of the nurses. Primary Health Care momentum appeared to have slowed down and nurses differed in their understanding of PHC concept. Conclusion: Although Nursing in Bhutan has made much progress, the uneven development of the nurses’ role in PHC in Bhutan and globally suggests a need to identify and implement strategies such as standardizing, role profiling, curricula review and leadership improvement to ensure progress in this area.

Caring Science Curriculum and the Robot Revolution: A Call to Action

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Claire Mallette ◽  
Mary Packard ◽  
Claudia Grobbel ◽  
Donald Rose
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Caring Science ◽  
Role Of Nursing ◽  
Future Of Nursing

With ongoing technological advancement and the introduction of robotics within healthcare, debates related to the future of nursing and the role of nursing education are paramount. While these advancements can be viewed as the next wave of technology, it becomes more urgent than ever to ground nursing curricula in caring science. The robot revolution has generated a window of opportunity for nursing education to lead curricula change with the focus becoming on the space created at the convergence of nurse, technology, and the persons entrusted to our care.

scholarly journals Teaching-service integration: implications and roles in experiences of Undergraduate Courses in Nursing

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer ◽  
Flávia Regina Souza Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Service Integration ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Intervening Factors

The study aimed at understanding the implications of the teaching-service integration to nursing education from the perspective of teachers, students and professionals in Primary Healthcare as well as identifying the roles of teachers and professionals who follow practical experiences in education. This is a case study of qualitative approach carried out in five undergraduate courses in Nursing in the state of Santa Catarina. A total of 22 teachers and 14 professionals were interviewed and five focus groups were conducted with students. Results are presented in two categories: Implications of the teaching-service integration to education in Nursing: contributing factors and intervening factors and Relationships established in the experiences: a unison speech and a dissonant practice. The contributions of the teaching-service integration are undeniable. Despite this belief, there are intervening factors that need to be on the agenda for discussion. The role of facilitator in education emerged strongly despite conflicting perceptions remain.

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