scholarly journals Learning in the traditional-faculty supervised teaching Model: PART 1-The nursing students’ perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Loyce Luhanga
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Novice Students

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions and experiences of nursing faculty, clinical instructors (CIs) and nursing students within the traditional faculty supervised model of clinical teaching. This article presents findings that explored the strengths and limitations of the traditional model in relation to student learning from the nursing students’ perspectives.Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Qualitative data were gathered through individual semi-structured interviews. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results and conclusions: Seven nursing students participated. Students perceived their experiences with the traditional model positively but noted that their learning experiences were dependent on CIs and the clinical settings. Strengths of the model included peer learning/support and support for novice students. Limitations of the model included high instructor-to-student ratios, missed learning opportunities while waiting for CI, and concerns with the evaluation process. Recommendations for improving the quality of clinical experiences are presented.

scholarly journals The traditional-faculty supervised teaching model: Nursing faculty and clinical instructors’ perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Loyce Luhanga
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Clinical Instructors ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Current Form

Background: The clinical instructors (CI) is an integral part of a quality clinical learning experience. CIs assist nursing students to integrate theory into practice. The traditional faculty-supervised model (traditional model) is used in Canadian undergraduate nursing programs for clinical teaching of Year 1 to 3 students, i.e., one CI supervises 6 to 8 (or 10) nursing students. Some researchers have questioned the effectiveness of the model in preparing students for practice and have concluded that in its current form, it might not be “best practice” with respect to student learning and patient safety. Research is needed to evaluate the traditional model of clinical instruction. Methods: This study explored perceptions and experiences of full-time faculty and CIs who teach and supervise students using the traditional model; and to identify the strengths and challenges of the model with regard to student learning and patient safety. The sample comprised of five faculty and seven CIs. Using an exploratory descriptive approach, qualitative data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic content analysis.Results: Although both faculty and CIs described some positive experiences facilitating nursing students’ learning within the traditional model, participants indicated that their experiences depended on the size and complement of the clinical group. Overall, participants perceived more challenges than strengths with the model. Strengths included: (a) peer learning and support, (b) instructors’ familiarity with curriculum and evaluation process, (c) guidance and support for novice students, (d) instructors’ control over students’ learning, and (e) opportunity for clinical experiences in a variety of settings. Challenges included (a) managing large clinical groups, (b) missed learning opportunities, (c) limited time for teaching and supervision, (d) difficulty balancing student learning with patient safety, (e) being seen as visitors on the unit, and (f) lack of role preparation.Conclusions: These findings provide additional evidence to existing knowledge related to clinical education of nursing students. Recommendations for improving the quality of clinical experiences and support for CIs are presented as a means for mitigating some of the challenges of using the traditional model of instruction.

scholarly journals Nurse Preceptors’ Experiences of an Online Strength-Based Nursing Course in Clinical Teaching

2022 ◽  
pp. 084456212110734
Author(s):  
A. Arnaert ◽  
M. Di Feo ◽  
M. Wagner ◽  
G. Primeau ◽  
T. Aubé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Strengths Approach ◽  
Nurse Preceptors ◽  
Nursing Course

Background: Online educational programs for nurse preceptors have been created based on various theoretical frameworks; however, no programs using a Strengths-Based Nursing (SBN) approach could be located. Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study explored the nurse preceptors’ experiences in using a SBN approach to provide clinical teaching to nursing students after completing an online SBN clinical teaching course. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six nurses. Data was thematically analyzed. Findings: Although their levels of familiarity with SBN varied, all preceptors acknowledged that using a SBN approach in clinical teaching benefits both students and educators. They reported that it empowered students and that it allowed them to discover their strengths. Getting to know their students helped the preceptors provide tailored learning experiences and feedback. Using the SBN approach simultaneously enhanced the preceptors’ self-confidence and created opportunities for shared learning. Conclusion: Using a strengths’ approach offers nurse preceptors a powerful tool to facilitate student learning and skills development in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Preceptorship vs. clinical models of learning: The experiences of Bahraini nursing students

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Toqa Jameel Busubaia ◽  
Catherine S. O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Model Identification ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Senior Student ◽  
Clinical Placements

Background: Different models of teaching and learning are used to produce competent skilled clinical nurses. Some are traditional clinical teaching methods while others are grounded in preceptorship principles of mentoring. Knowledge regarding student nurses’ experiences of preceptorship and its meaning for them can enhance the understanding of stakeholders in academia and practice to the needs of senior nursing students’ and can offer them guidance to construct a more efficient approach to clinical teaching.Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the lived experiences of senior student nurses of preceptorship, while on clinical placements , with the objectives of describing their experiences and their relations with preceptors and also to illustrate the factors that facilitated or hindered the clinical learning process.Methods: A phenomenological hermeneutical inquiry was utilized. Data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with ten purposively chosen senior nursing students. Smith’s Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used as a framework for data analysis.Results: Students’ lived experiences of preceptorship were mainly positive. Three main themes were identified: (1) Role Model Identification; (2) Team Integration; (3) Interpersonal Professional and Structural Challenges. The findings showed that preceptor relationships shaped the acquisition of skills and knowledge of student nurses’ during their clinical placements.Conclusions: The findings illustrate the importance of collaboration between the academy and practice in providing support for student nurses and their preceptors. In addition, careful selection, comprehensive training and rewards for preceptors can enhance and facilitate student nurses’ learning.

scholarly journals Clinical teaching of nursing fundamentals in the community

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1513
Author(s):  
Gylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz CRUZ ◽  
Manuel Carlos Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves ◽  
João Luís Alves Apostolo
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Health Determinants ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Community Skills ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

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.

scholarly journals Tecnologias educativas no processo formativo: discurso dos acadêmicos de enfermagem

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Marília Moreira Torres Gadelha ◽  
Isaura Carolina Brandão Bezerra ◽  
Jéssica Mayara Almeida Silva ◽  
Mayara Evangelista de Andrade ◽  
Marcelo Costa Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Process Method

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the discourses of nursing students about educational technologies in the teaching-learning process. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive study. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 nursing students, from November 2016 to January 2017. The statements were analyzed through Discourse Analysis, presenting them by means of a you speak Results: educational technologies were perceived as innovative method in teaching, having the most preponderant element related to ludic practices, a situation in which games were the most relevant examples to stimulate the student's learning. It is promoted, through the application of educational games, through the teachers, a sensitizing environment, in which learning by playing reflects, in academics, innovative and challenging motivation to study. Conclusion: the use of educational technologies in academic formation to the initiative, as well as to the interaction between teachers, students and the university itself is linked. It is observed that the playful is a way to construct the learning, in an interactive and sensitive way, favoring the critical formation of the nurse. Descritores: Health Education; Educational Technology; Students, Nursing; Nursing; Models, Educational; Play Therapy. RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os discursos dos acadêmicos de Enfermagem sobre as tecnologias educativas no processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Método: trata-se um estudo qualitativo, descritivo. Coletaram-se os dados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com 16 acadêmicos de Enfermagem, no período de novembro de 2016 a janeiro de 2017. Analisaram-se os depoimentos por meio da Análise de Discurso, apresentando-os por meio de recorte dos registros das falas. Resultados: perceberam-se as tecnologias educativas enquanto método inovador no ensino, tendo o elemento mais preponderante relacionado às práticas lúdicas, situação esta em que os jogos foram os exemplos mais relevantes para estimular o aprendizado do discente. Promove-se, pela aplicação dos jogos educativos, por meio dos docentes, ambiente sensibilizador, no qual o aprender brincando reflete, nos acadêmicos, motivação inovadora e desafiadora de estudar. Conclusão: atrela-se o uso das tecnologias educativas na formação acadêmica à inciativa, bem como à interação entre docentes, discentes e à própria universidade. Observa-se que o lúdico é um caminho para construir o aprendizado, de maneira interativa e sensível, favorecendo a formação crítica do enfermeiro. Descritores: Educação em Saúde; Tecnologia Educacional; Estudantes de Enfermagem; Enfermagem; Modelos Educacionais; Ludoterapia. RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar los discursos de los académicos de Enfermería sobre las tecnologías educativas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, descriptivo. Se recogen los datos por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas, con 16 académicos de Enfermería, en el período de noviembre de 2016 a enero de 2017. Se analizaron los testimonios por medio del Análisis de Discurso, presentándolos por medio de recorte de los registros de las conversaciones. Resultados: se percibió las tecnologías educativas como método innovador en la enseñanza, teniendo el elemento más preponderante relacionado a las prácticas lúdicas, situación en que los juegos fueron los ejemplos más relevantes para estimular el aprendizaje del alumnado. Se promueve, por la aplicación de los juegos educativos, por medio de los docentes, ambiente sensibilizador, en el cual el aprender jugando refleja, en los académicos, motivación innovadora y desafiante de estudiar. Conclusión: se atreve el uso de las tecnologías educativas en la formación académica a la iniciativa, así como a la interacción entre docentes, discentes y la propia universidad. Se observa que el lúdico es un camino para construir el aprendizaje, de manera interactiva y sensible, favoreciendo la formación crítica del enfermero. Descritores: Educación en Salud; Tecnología Educacional; Estudiantes de Enfermería; Enfermería; Modelos Educacionales; Ludoterapia. 

scholarly journals Entre discursos e práticas de avaliação matemática nos primeiros anos de escolarização

Revemop ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Fernanda Celestino de Souza Meneguello ◽  
Klinger Teodoro Ciríaco
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Mathematical Evaluation

<p>Neste artigo, buscamos discutir práticas de avaliação matemática relatadas por duas professoras dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental. Para este fim, recorremos a dados provenientes de um estudo realizado em 2016 em que objetivou-se compreender os discursos sobre avaliação matemática. A metodologia adotada se inscreve no campo qualitativo, de caráter descritivo-analítico, em que utilizam-se entrevistas semiestruturadas para recolher dados subjacentes à situação estudada. Da análise, evidenciou-se que ambas as docentes relatam ser importante ter um registro escrito para a prática avaliativa (prova escrita), contudo, em apenas um caso a professora descreve a utilização de outros materiais e métodos para o processo avaliativo dos alunos, como, por exemplo, seminários e/ou trabalhos em grupo. Em síntese, pode-se concluir que, com base nos dados reunidos neste artigo, a temática avaliação ainda é incipiente nos programas de formação inicial e continuada.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>Avaliação. Prática Docente. Educação Matemática.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Between speech and mathematical evaluation practice in the first years of schooling</strong></p><p>The article aims to discuss mathematical evaluation practices declared by two teachers from the earliest years of Elementary School. For this purpose, we used data from a study conducted in 2016, in which the objective was to understand the discourses on mathematical evaluation. The methodology adopted is qualitative descriptive-analytical in which we use semi-structured interviews to collect data related to the situation studied. From the analysis, it was evidenced that both teachers report being important to have a written record for the evaluative practice (written test), however, in only one case the teacher describes the use of other materials and methods for the students’ evaluation process, for example, seminars and/or group work. In summary, we can conclude that, based on the collected data, the thematic evaluation is still incipient in the programs of initial and continuous training.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Evaluation. Teaching Practice. Mathematical Education.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Entre discursos y prácticas de evaluación matemática en los primeros años de escolarización</strong></p><p><strong></strong>El artículo busca discutir prácticas de evaluación matemática declaradas por dos profesoras de los años iniciales de la Enseñanza Fundamental. Para este fin, recurrimos a datos provenientes de un estudio realizado en 2016 en que se objetivó comprender los discursos sobre evaluación matemática. La metodología adoptada se inscribe en el campo cualitativo de carácter descriptivo-analítico en el que utilizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas para recoger datos subyacentes a la situación estudiada. En el análisis, se evidenció que ambas docentes relatan que es importante tener un registro escrito para la práctica de evaluación (prueba escrita), sin embargo, en un solo caso la profesora describe la utilización de otros materiales y métodos para el proceso de evaluación de los alumnos, por ejemplo, seminarios y / o trabajos en grupo. En síntesis, podemos concluir que, con principio en los datos reunidos en este artículo, la temática evaluación sigue siendo incipiente en los programas de formación inicial y continuada.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave: </strong>Evaluación. Práctica Docente. Educación Matemática.</p>

“We’re giving them the tools.” A qualitative study of nursing students working with Recovery College trainers to support student wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Oates ◽  
Rasiha Hassan ◽  
Sam Coster
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peer Facilitators

Purpose This paper aims to present a thematic analysis of student nurses’ experiences of an innovative collaboration between a mental health Recovery College and a nursing faculty, where Recovery College trainers’ expertise in co-production and peer facilitation were foregrounded. The aim of this study is to understand how nursing students experienced being peer facilitators of well-being workshops for fellow students following training with Recovery College trainers. Design/methodology/approach Thematic analysis of qualitative data from eight semi-structured interviews and a focus group with 15 participants. Findings The overarching theme that emerged was “The process of being a student Peer Facilitator”. Six themes emerged from the data: “What we brought”; “Conceptualisation”; “Adaptation”; “we’re giving them the tools”; “What we gained”; and “Development”. Practical implications Mental health nurse educators could forge collaborative relationships with Recovery College colleagues with a broader remit than service users’ “lived experience” of mental distress. Student nurses should be given opportunities to be peer facilitators and draw on their lived experience as student nurses as means of addressing their and their peers’ mental health. Originality/value Original findings were that the student experience of being a peer facilitator was different to their other experiences in education and clinical practice. They drew on their lived experience throughout and found that they learned skills to address their well-being through supporting other students to improve theirs.

scholarly journals Informed Strangers: Witnessing and Responding to Unethical Care as Student Nurses

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 233339361773020
Author(s):  
Joyce Engel ◽  
Jenn Salfi ◽  
Samantha Micsinszki ◽  
Andrea Bodnar
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Depth Interviews

Nursing students occupy a unique perspective in clinical settings because they are informed, through education, about how patient care ought to happen. Given the brevity of placements and their “visiting status” in clinical sites, students are less invested in the ethos of specific sites. Subsequently, their perspectives of quality care are informed by what should happen, which might differ from that of nurses and patients. The purpose of this study was to identify predominant themes in patient care, as experienced by students, and the influence that these observations have on the development of their ethical reasoning. Using a qualitative descriptive approach in which 27 nursing student papers and three follow-up in-depth interviews were analyzed, three main themes emerged: Good employee, poor nurse; damaged care; and negotiating the gap. The analysis of the ethical situations in these papers suggests that students sometimes observe care that lacks concern for the dignity, autonomy, and safety of patients. For these student nurses, this tension led to uncertainty about patient care and their eventual profession.

Distress morale e cure futili: indagine conoscitiva sulla percezione degli studenti infermieri

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Conoci ◽  
Elena Cristofori ◽  
Caterina Galletti
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Sono State ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Right ◽  
Strong Situation

Gli operatori sanitari, nell’esercizio professionale quotidiano, si avvalgono di un insieme di regole deontologiche che giustificano la moralità e irreprensibilità dell’atto assistenziale di cui sono garanti. Tuttavia l’iper-specializzazione del sapere e lo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie sottopongono costantemente i professionisti della salute all’impossibilità di conciliare sempre ciò che “è possibile fare” con ciò che “è doveroso” ed “eticamente lecito” fare per il paziente, condizione che potenzialmente genera nell’operatore distress morale. Gli infermieri che sperimentano Moral distress vivono una situazione di forte disagio, poiché riconoscono il comportamento da intraprendere più adeguato alla situazione clinica ma, per svariati motivi, non possono metterlo in pratica trovandosi quindi ad agire in modo contrario ai propri valori professionali. Le ricerche sul distress morale sono state condotte prevalentemente su infermieri. Nel presente studio sono state esaminate le situazioni che provocano conflitto morale nel vissuto degli studenti infermieri, in relazione a tutte quelle situazioni d’assistenza che si collocano al limite di una medicina etica e coscienziosa in termini di proporzionalità dei mezzi impiegati e di gravosità o beneficità dei trattamenti per il paziente. È stato svolto uno studio fenomenologico con interviste scritte semi-strutturate su un campione propositivo di studenti infermieri di una università romana. I testi delle interviste sono stati analizzati con il metodo Giorgi. I risultati hanno evidenziato che il Moral distress si manifesta nel vissuto esperienziale dello studente che è già in grado di delineare situazioni spiacevoli, cause, effetti e, in limitati casi, possibili strategie per rispondere al disagio vissuto nei setting clinici.During the professional practice of every day, caregivers use a set of ethical rules that warrant morality and irreproachability of welfare deed they are guarantors to. Nevertheless, hyperspecialization of knowledge and the development of new technologies, steadily submit professionals of wealth to inability to reconcile many times what “it is possible to do” to what “it is right to do” and “ethically correct” for patients, and that’s what potentially creates moral distress to the caregiver. Nurses who experience this moral distress, live a strong situation of discomfort, because they recognize the right behavior to have in a certain clinic situation but, due to several reasons, they can’t execute as they should, and they are incline to practice against their professional values. The most of surveys about moral distress are all conducted on nurses. This analysis inquires all situations that produce moral conflict in lived of nursing students, related to all those situations that lie on the border between an ethic and conscientious Medicine, about the proportionality in the use of means used and burdensomeness or beneficence of treatments for patients. It was carried out a phenomenological study by written semi-structured interviews on a purposeful sample of nursing students of a roman Campus. The texts of the interviews were analyzed with Giorgi’s method. The results showed that moral distress occurs in experiential lived of a student who is already able to outline unpleasant situations, causes, effects, and in few cases, possible strategies to respond to the distress experienced in clinical settings.

Students’ Perception on taught Theories and Clinical Practice in Nursing Education Training

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Julien Feti Kisiata ◽  
Hatice Şen
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Clinical Learning Environment ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

Theory and practice are two important components of nursing education. When knowledge acquired in theory translates into practice, effective learning takes place in nursing education. However, research shows that there is a gap between theory and practice. This study was conducted to find out if there is a connection between theories taught in the classroom and the practice of nursing. Qualitative phenomenological design and one-on-one semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data in this study. Four main themes were identified in the study: "Nursing education, theory-practice gap in nursing education if any, reasons for the theory-practice gap in nursing education and suggestions for bridging the theory-practice gap in nursing education ". Twelve out of sixteen students, or seventy-five percent, explained that there was no balance between theory and practice in nursing education. This imbalance explains the notion of a gap between theory and practice in nursing education. Students showed the complexity of the theoretical teaching environment compared to the clinical learning environment. Indeed, these environments have an impact on the learning experience of nursing students. To bridge this gap, many students suggested balancing theory and practice, supporting them more with clinical teaching, and the desirability of solving the language barrier issue between students, theory teachers and others clinical professors. As a result of this study on the gap between theory and practice in nursing education, the qualitative design used in this paper provided new and rich data on the quality of education, the reasons and the solution regarding the Gaps in theory and practice in nursing education at the University of the Near East in North Cyprus. The results of this study would contribute to the revision of the nursing education program of this university. This is the first study in the Republic of Northern Cyprus to examine the gap between theory and practice.

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