Nursing Student Perceptions of Digital Textbooks: A Pilot Study [Research Brief]

Background: Caring is the core of nursing and should be cultivated in student nurses. However, there are serious concerns about the caring concern in the clinical environment and in nursing education. Clinical instructors are ideally positioned to care for student nurses so that they in turn, can learn to care for their patients.Methods: A descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional and correlational quantitative research design with convenience sampling was conducted to describe the perceptions of junior student nurses (n = 148) and senior student nurses (n = 168) regarding clinicalin structor caring. A structured self administered questionnaire using the Nursing Student Perceptions of Instructor Caring (NSPIC) (Wade & Kasper, 2006) was used. Descriptive statistics and hypotheses testing using parametric and non parametric methods were conducted. The reliability of the NSPIC was determined.Results: Respondents had a positive perception of their clinical instructors' caring. No relationship could be found between the course the respondents were registered for, the frequency of contact with a clinical instructor, the ages of the respondents and their perceptions of clinical instructor caring. The NSPIC was found to be reliable if one item each from two of the subscales were omitted.Conclusions: Student nurses perceived most strongly that a caring clinical instructor made them feel confident, specifically when he/she showed genuine interest in the patients and their care, and when he/she made them feel that they could be successful.

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Assessing Nursing Student Perceptions of the Clinical Learning Environment: Refinement and Testing of the SECEE Inventory

Journal of Nursing Measurement ◽

10.1891/1061-3749.17.3.232 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 232-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Kari Sand-Jecklin

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Nursing Student ◽

Student Evaluation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Internal Consistency Reliability ◽

Student Evaluations ◽

Clinical Learning ◽

Clinical Learning Environment

The Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE) instrument was developed to provide information about the quality of the student clinical learning environment to assist clinical agencies, nursing faculty, and administers in selecting clinical sites that best promote student learning. The SECEE Version 3 was used in all clinical courses at a large mid-Atlantic university from 2001 to 2005. Data from more than 2,700 inventories were analyzed to assess instrument reliability and validity. Internal consistency reliability based on coefficient alpha was .94, with subscale alphas ranging from .82 to .94. Comparisons by analysis of variance revealed significant differences in student evaluations based on both clinical sites and clinical faculty. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the predetermined three factors (subscales) and subscale item content, except for two items. The SECEE Version 3 demonstrated strong internal consistency reliability and the ability to discriminate between student evaluations of distinct clinical sites and faculty and provided practically useful information to both faculty and agency staff.

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Student perceptions of e-learning components within an undergraduate Accounting module: a pilot study

10.5176/2251-1814_eel69 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Dr Alan Parkinson ◽

Lynsie Chew

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

E Learning

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(A46) Health Volunteers during the MT. MERAPI ERUPTION: What did Nursing Students Learn?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x11000586 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S1) ◽

pp. s13-s14

Author(s):

E. Rochmawati

Keyword(s):

Nursing Education ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Student Perceptions ◽

Nursing Student ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Good Health ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽

Health Volunteer ◽

Undergraduate Nursing

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.

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