scholarly journals Culturally competent library services and related factors among health sciences librarians: an exploratory study

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Misa Mi, PhD, MLIS, AHIP ◽  
Yingting Zhang, MLS, AHIP
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Cultural Competency ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Wide Range

Objective: This study investigated the current state of health sciences libraries’ provision of culturally competent services to support health professions education and patient care and examined factors associated with cultural competency in relation to library services and professional development.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected with a survey questionnaire that was distributed via SurveyMonkey to several health sciences librarian email discussion lists.Results: Out of 176 respondents, 163 reported serving clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. Various services were provided to develop or support initiatives in cultural competency in health professions education and patient care. A considerable number of respondents were unsure or reported no library services to support initiatives in cultural competency, although a majority of respondents perceived the importance of providing culturally competent library services (156, 89.1%) and cultural competency for health sciences librarians (162, 93.1%). Those who self-identified as nonwhites perceived culturally competent services to be more important than whites (p=0.04). Those who spoke another language in addition to English had higher self-rated cultural competency (p=0.01) than those who only spoke English.Conclusions: These findings contribute to our knowledge of the types of library services provided to support cultural competency initiatives and of health sciences librarians’ perceived importance in providing culturally competent library services and cultural competency for health sciences librarians. The results suggest implications for health sciences libraries in fostering professional development in cultural competency and in providing culturally competent services to increase library use by people from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds.

scholarly journals White lie during patient care: A qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Nikbakht nasrabadi ◽  
soodabeh joolaee ◽  
Elham Navab ◽  
Maryam esmaeilie ◽  
mahboobe shali
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Patient’S Rights ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Data Saturation

Abstract Background: Keeping the patients well and fully informed about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments is one of the patient’s rights in any healthcare system. Although all healthcare providers have the same viewpoint about rendering the truth in treatment process, sometimes the truth is not told to the patients; that is why the healthcare staff tell “white lie” instead. This study aimed to explore the nurses’ experience of white lies during patient care. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from June to December 2018. Eighteen hospital nurses were recruited with maximum variation from ten state-run educational hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Purposeful sampling was used and data were collected by semi-structured interviews that were continued until data saturation. Data were classified and analyzed by content analysis approach. Results: The data analysis in this study resulted in four main categories and eleven subcategories. The main categories included hope crisis, bad news, cultural diversity, and nurses’ limited professional competences. Conclusion: Results of the present study showed that, white lie told by nurses during patient care may be due to a wide range of patient, nurse and/or organizational related factors. Communication was the main factor that influenced information rendering. Nurses’ communication with patients should be based on mutual respect, trust and adequate cultural knowledge, and also nurses should provide precise information to patients, so that they can make accurate decisions regarding their health care.

scholarly journals Innovations to Enhance the Quality of Health Professions Education at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences–NECTAR Program

2014 ◽  
Vol 89 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S88-S92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiratidzo E. Ndhlovu ◽  
Kusum Nathoo ◽  
Margaret Borok ◽  
Midion Chidzonga ◽  
Eva M. Aagaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Zimbabwe

scholarly journals Self-assessed anaesthesia nursing competence and related factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Yunsuk Jeon ◽  
Riitta Meretoja ◽  
Tero Vahlberg ◽  
Helena Leino-Kilpi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patient Interviews ◽  
Nursing Competence ◽  
Anaesthesia Care

Objective: Assessing the level of competence of nurses in anaesthesia care is important not only in ensuring the quality of anaesthesia care, but also in developing a competence-based nursing education programme. This study aimed to assess Finnish nurses’ competence in anaesthesia nursing and to describe factors associated with it. This study will provide knowledge to support a competence-based education approach to anaesthesia nursing.Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used. A self-assessment (Anaesthesia Nursing Competence Scale) was developed for this study. The scale (39 items, 7 domains) used a Visual Analogue Scale (0 = not competent at all, 100 = excellent). Data were collected from registered nurses (n = 222) in anaesthesia departments at university hospitals in Finland (May-October 2017).Results: The overall level of anaesthesia nursing competence was self-assessed as good (Mean 88, SD 9.0). Of the seven competence domains, collaboration within patient care was assessed as being the highest and knowledge of anaesthesia patient care the lowest. Longer work experience and completion of specialised anaesthesia nursing education were factors positively associated with anaesthesia nursing competence.Conclusions: This study suggests that the general nursing education of nurses should provide more opportunities to improve nurses’ competence in the theoretical knowledge of anaesthesia. A specialised programme of anaesthesia nursing education at a master’s level might be one suggestion to meet the challenges in anaesthesia nursing in Finland. Further studies with different data collection methods such as observation, a knowledge test, or patient interviews would provide a more extensive picture of anaesthesia nursing competence.

scholarly journals The ubiquity of uncertainty: a scoping review on how undergraduate health professions’ students engage with uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Moffett ◽  
Jennifer Hammond ◽  
Paul Murphy ◽  
Teresa Pawlikowska
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Case Presentations

AbstractAlthough the evidence base around uncertainty and education has expanded in recent years, a lack of clarity around conceptual terms and a heterogeneity of study designs means that this landscape remains indistinct. This scoping review explores how undergraduate health professions' students learn to engage with uncertainty related to their academic practice. To our knowledge, this is the first scoping review which examines teaching and learning related to uncertainty across multiple health professions. The scoping review is underpinned by the five-stage framework of (Arksey and O'Malley in Scoping studies: Towards a methodological framework International Journal of Social Research Methodology 8(1) 19-32, 2005). We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, ISI Web of Science, and CINAHL and hand-searched selected health professions’ education journals. The search strategy yielded a total of 5,017 articles, of which 97 were included in the final review. Four major themes were identified: “Learners’ interactions with uncertainty”; “Factors that influence learner experiences”; “Educational outcomes”; and, “Teaching and learning approaches”. Our findings highlight that uncertainty is a ubiquitous concern in health professions’ education, with students experiencing different forms of uncertainty at many stages of their training. These experiences are influenced by both individual and system-related factors. Formal teaching strategies that directly support learning around uncertainty were infrequent, and included arts-based teaching, and clinical case presentations. Students also met with uncertainty indirectly through problem-based learning, clinical teaching, humanities teaching, simulation, team-based learning, small group learning, tactical games, online discussion of anatomy topics, and virtual patients. Reflection and reflective practice are also mentioned as strategies within the literature.

scholarly journals Situations of using white lie during patient care: a qualitative study into nurses’ perspectives

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Nikbakht nasrabadi ◽  
soodabeh joolaee ◽  
Elham Navab ◽  
Maryam esmaeilie ◽  
mahboobe shali
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Data Saturation

Abstract Background: Keep the patients well and fully informed about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments is one of the patient’s rights in any healthcare system. Although all healthcare providers have the same viewpoint about rendering the truth in treatment process, sometimes the truth is not told to the patients and instead, healthcare staff use “white lie”. This study aimed to explore the nurses’ experience of white lies during patient care.Methods: This qualitative and descriptive study was conducted during June to December 2018. Eighteen hospital nurses were purposively recruited with maximum variation from ten teaching and public hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Purposeful sampling was used and data were collected by semi-structured interviews that were continued until data saturation. Data was classified and analyzed by content analysis approach.Results: The data analysis in this study resulted in four main categories and eleven subcategories. The main categories included hope crisis, bad news, cultural diversity, and nurses’ limited professional competence. Conclusion: Results of the present study showed that, the use of white lie by nurses during patient care may be due to a wide range of patient, nurse and organizational-related factors. Communication was the main factor that influenced information rendering. Nurses’ communication with patients should be based on mutual respect, trust and adequate cultural knowledge, and also nurses should provide precise information to patients, so they can make accurate decisions regarding their health care.

scholarly journals Evidence-based practice competency and its related factors among healthcare students

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tlili ◽  
S Tarchoune ◽  
W Aouicha ◽  
H Lamine ◽  
E Taghouti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
Health Sciences Students

Abstract Background Evidence-based practice today is a worldwide approach in optimizing quality of healthcare. This approach remains little known among Tunisian future healthcare professionals. This study aimed to describe health sciences students' competencies in Evidence-based practice (attitudes, skills and knowledge) and to determine factors associated with these competencies. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from February to March 2018, at the Higher School of Health Sciences and Techniques of Sousse (Tunisia) among health sciences students. Data were collected using the validated Evidence Based Practice Competencies Questionnaire (EBP-COQ) measuring students' knowledge, attitudes and skills in Evidence-based practice. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS.20) software was used to analyze data. Independent-Samples T test and One-way ANOVA test were performed to assess the differences between the different subgroups and their association with the Evidence-based practice components. Results Altogether, 365 students participated to the study (response rate: 93.11%). The overall Evidence Based Practice Competencies score was 3.26±0.53 out of 5. The attitude, skills and knowledge subscales received 4.04±0.41; 3.05±0.77 and 2.70±0.74 as mean scores respectively. Students' demographic and academic features were significantly associated with their competencies in Evidence-based practice including age (p < 10-6), gender (p < 10-3), academic degree (p < 10-6), English-language reading skills (p < 10-6), students' education in research methodology (p < 10-6) and statistics (p < 10-5), and their familiarity with the term “Evidence-based practice”(p < 10-6). Conclusions The reported knowledge and attitudes among the future caregivers is considered below the required competency standards. These findings highlight the urgent need for changes in the current educational strategies to ensure successful implementation of Evidence-based practice in Tunisia. Key messages The transition from studentship to a professional health-caring role requires that students are well equipped with EBP competencies to increase their likelihood of utilizing EBP in their future. Understanding the underlying factors that may influence Evidence based practice competencies is useful in developing teaching strategies for effective EBP.

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