Investigation of Nursing Students’ Verbal Communication Quality during Patients’ Education in Zahedan Hospitals: Southeast of Iran

BACKGROUND: Proper communication with patients plays an important role in nursing cares.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was Investigation of nursing students’ verbal communication quality during patients’ Education in Zahedan hospitals: southeast of IranMATERIALS & METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 95 nursing students in two Educational hospitals of Zahedan, Iran from November 2013 through March 2014.sampling method was census. Researcher made checklist was used to gather the data. Statistical tests of frequency distribution, mean, SD and chi-squire were used to analyze the data.RESULTS: Most of the students in the start N=45 (47.4%) and during N=48(50.5%) of verbal communication with the patients had the good verbal communication but in the end of communication the patients most students N=33 (34.7%) had average verbal communication and N=31 (32.6%) of them had poor verbal communication.CONCLUSION: Since quality of verbal communication in the end of patient education is poor and good communication between the patient and nurse is the basic component of patient care and its Educational plans should be coordinated with clinical practices and be parallel to it, also effective methods must be used.

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Cyberbullying, student nurses’ ethical awareness and the Covid-19 pandemic

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1177/09697330211010280 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 096973302110102

Author(s):

Ka Young Kim ◽

Jeong Sil Choi

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Nursing Intervention ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Clinical Practices ◽

Ethical Awareness ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cyberbullying Victimization ◽

Cyber Ethics

Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has increased cyber communication, causing nursing students’ clinical practice to be held in cyberspace. Thus, it is essential to ensure that nursing students develop comprehensive cyber ethics awareness. Moreover, cyberbullying is becoming more widespread and is an increasingly relevant new concept. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the experiences of cyberbullying among nursing students during clinical practice and determine the effects of cyberbullying victimization and cyber environments on their cyber ethics awareness. Research design: Data for this descriptive cross-sectional study were collected in July 2020 using a self-reported questionnaire and analyzed using hierarchical regression. Participants and research context: The study included data from 291 nursing students with more than 6 months of clinical experience who were enrolled in two nursing universities in two cities in South Korea. Ethical considerations: This study was conducted after obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board of G University. Written, informed consent was obtained from all participants. Results: Cyberbullying victimization experiences during clinical practice were few. The most common cyberbullies of work- and person-related cyberbullying were nurses and classmates, respectively. Discussion: Cyber ethics awareness was affected by cyber anonymity and the perceived seriousness of cyberbullying; cyberbullying related to clinical practices was a new factor that significantly affected cyber ethics awareness. Conclusions: Hospitals and nursing universities should develop a multi-dimensional, comprehensive, and effective nursing intervention education program to be integrated into the nursing curriculum to enhance cyber ethics awareness and reduce cyberbullying of nursing students.

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Child-Free Lifestyle and the Need for Parenthood and Relationship with Marital Satisfaction among Infertile Couples

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.18502/ijps.v16i3.6249 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Razhan Chehreh ◽

Giti Ozgoli ◽

Khadijeh Abolmaali ◽

Malihe Nasiri ◽

Zolaykha Karamelahi

Keyword(s):

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Mean ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

Infertile Couples

Objective: Marital satisfaction is considered as satisfaction with a marital relationship on which the presence of a child has different effects. Concerns about a childfree life and its effect on marital satisfaction in infertile couples are very critical. Therefore, this study was intended to characterize and compare concerns about a childfree lifestyle and the need for parenthood and their relationship with marital satisfaction in infertile couples. Method: A total of 200 men and 200 women who referred to fertility centers in Tehran participated in this cross-sectional study. Convenience sampling method was used for sampling. Demographic survey, ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Fertility Problem Inventory were used for data collection. The resulting data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests (Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Regression). Results: The mean scores for concern about a childfree lifestyle and the need for parenthood in women were significantly higher than in men. The variables rejection of a childfree lifestyle and the need for parenthood were respectively predictors of marital satisfaction in women and men. Conclusion: Since marital satisfaction in infertile couples is affected by their feelings about having a child and becoming a parent, it is therefore suggested that appropriate counseling be provided in supportive healthcare programs for infertile couples to promote their marital satisfaction.

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Errors and Near-miss Errors Encountered by Nursing Students in Clinical Settings in Governmental Universities, Khartoum State (2018)

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.18502/sjms.v15i4.8167 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sahar Ahmed ◽

Mohamed Toum ◽

Samah Abdalla ◽

Montahaa Mohammed

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Medication Administration ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Near Miss ◽

Clinical Settings ◽

Error Management ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Near Misses ◽

Nursing Errors

Background: Identifying and analyzing the occurrence and sort of student clinical errors which will allow for early detection of problems and offer chance for system evaluation and improvement. This study intended to explain the types of errors along with near-miss errors encountered by nursing students in clinical settings. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at five recognized governmental universities in Khartoum State and included 470 nursing students in their fourth year (2017–2018)who met the selection criteria of the study. A full-converge sampling method was used and data were first collected by the researcher using published self-administered survey and then analyzed. Results: Initially, the study included 519 nursing students but only 470 of them responded(at a rate of 90.5%).The responses showed that while one-third of them, that is, 162(34.5%) students, had never encountered an error, 99(21.1%), 79 (16.8%), 71 (15.1%), 46(9.8%), and 13(2.8%) of them encountered errors with respect to needle stick, medical administration, omission of treatment, and wrong treatment, respectively. Regarding the near-miss errors encountered by the respondents, almost half, that is, 202(43%)of them had never encountered a near-miss errors, while 112(23.8%), 106(22.6%), 18(3.8%),17(3.6%), and 15(3.2%) of them encountered near-miss errors with respect to medication administration, omission of treatment, wrong patient, providing wrong treatment and others such as improper bedrail used, did not follow sterile precautions respectively. Conclusion: This study concluded that errors and near-miss errors exist and that awareness on clinical errors and near-misses need to be raised and strategies be developed for error management. Keywords: errors, near-miss errors, nursing students, clinical setting, nursing errors

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The Perceived Stress Level of Nursing Students Regarding The Clinical Practices in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Journal of Higher Education and Science ◽

10.5961/jhes.2021.478 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 592-599

Author(s):

ışın cantekin

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Nursing Profession ◽

Clinical Practices ◽

Perceived Stress Scale ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Stress Levels

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the perceived stress levels of nursing students regarding the clinical practice during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted between May 20 and June 20, 2020, with 252 students studying in all classes in the Nursing Departments of Necmettin Erbakan University. The data were collected using the Information Form and the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students (PSSNS). 52.0% of the students felt uncomfortable thinking about Covid-19, and 62.2% stated that their anxiety increased when they thought they were infected with Covid-19. The study further revealed that 57.9% of the nursing students were afraid to provide care to the individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 and 82.1% stated that they did not have enough knowledge to provide care to those individuals. Our study revealed that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the Perceived Stress Scale for Nursing Students and the students’ gender (p<0.01), the status of willingly choosing the nursing profession (p<0.01), the interest in the nursing profession during the Covid-19 pandemic (p<0.01), having enough knowledge to provide care to individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 (p<0.01), being uncomfortable thinking about Covid-19 (p<0.01), being afraid to provide care to individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 (p<0.01), and the increased anxiety level thinking that they were infected with Covid-19 (p<0.01). In this study, female nurses and nurses who did not choose the nursing profession willingly, whose interests in the nursing profession were negatively affected during the pandemic period, who believe that they do not have the knowledge or who do not want to provide care to individuals diagnosed with Covid-19, who are afraid to provide care, and who are uncomfortable thinking about Covid-19 were found to have higher perceived stress levels. It is recommended to offer training and counseling to the nursing students with high perceived stress levels

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Quality of life of nursing students from nine countries: A cross-sectional study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2018.04.016 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 66 ◽

pp. 135-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jonas Preposi Cruz ◽

Rhea Faye D. Felicilda-Reynaldo ◽

Simon Ching Lam ◽

Felipe Aliro Machuca Contreras ◽

Helen Shaji John Cecily ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Quality of life, depressive and minor psychiatrics symptoms in nursing students

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 73 (suppl 1) ◽

Author(s):

Jéssica Morgana Gediel Pinheiro ◽

Andreia Barcellos Teixeira Macedo ◽

Liliana Antoniolli ◽

Thayane Martins Dornelles ◽

Juliana Petri Tavares ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Psychiatric Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Self Report ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significance Level ◽

Assess Quality

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess quality of life, prevalence of depressive and minor psychiatric symptoms in Nursing students. Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted from March to April 2018, at a federal university. Sample composed of 242 Nursing students, from the 1st to the 8th semester. Data was collected using the quality of life instruments, Beck Depression Inventory and Self-Report Questionnaire. A significance level of 0.05 was considered. Results: The mean age was 22.9 ± 5.1 years. It was found that 25% of the students had severe depressive symptoms and 54% of the students had minor psychiatric disorders, with a higher prevalence in the first semesters. An inverse relationship was observed between the frequency of depressive symptoms and quality of life scores (p = 0.05). Conclusion: Nursing students showed a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, indicating the importance of implementing actions to promote and prevent mental health.

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Sleep quality of Brazilian nursing students: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Nursing Education and Practice ◽

10.5430/jnep.v10n1p11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Andréia Ferreira dos Santos ◽

Fernanda Carneiro Mussi ◽

Cláudia Geovana da Silva Pires ◽

Melissa Almeida Santos Paim ◽

Fernanda Michelle Santos e Silva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Family Income ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Public Institution ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Cross Sectional

Objective: To describe the sleep quality of nursing students according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 286 nursing students from a public institution in Salvador, Bahia. Data gathering instruments were applied in classrooms and data were assessed in absolute and relative frequencies, means and standard deviation.Results: The mean age of participants was 23.48 years (SD = 4.421). Most of students were female (90.2%), single with partner (90.9%), afro descendent (87.8%), unemployed (81.5%), total Family income below than four minimum wages (47.2%), enrolled between 6th and 10th semester (54.5%), attending academic activities in two or three shifts (80.8%). Sample showed poor sleep quality (86.4%), especially due to the sleep duration, sleep disturbances and daytime disfunction.Conclusions: Poor sleep quality was prevalent in the sample, what rises the need of further analysis of the associated factors and interventions to change this reality.

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Nursing students’ interprofessional educational experiences in the clinical context: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025575 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. e025575 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alvisa Palese ◽

Silvia Gonella ◽

Anna Brugnolli ◽

Irene Mansutti ◽

Luisa Saiani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Learning Environment ◽

Linear Mixed Model ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Secondary Outcome ◽

Clinical Rotation ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Generalised Linear Mixed Model

ObjectiveTo explore nursing students’ interprofessional educational (IPE) experiences during their most recent clinical rotation and to explore the factors supporting IPE experiences.DesignNational cross-sectional study on data collected in 2016.Setting95 Bachelor of Nursing Sciences programmes; 27 Italian Universities.ParticipantsStudents who (a) were attending or just completed their clinical rotations lasting at least 2 weeks in the same unit, and (b) willing to participate in the study.Primary and secondary outcomesFirst to measure the occurrence of IPE experiences in the most recent clinical rotation; the secondary outcome was to discover factors associated with IPE occurrence.MeasuresThe primary outcome was measured using questions based on a 4-point Likert scale (from 0=‘never’ to 3=‘always’). Explanatory variables were collected at both individual and regional levels with items included in the same questionnaire.Results9607 out of 10 480 students took part in the study. Overall, 666 (6.9%) perceived not having had any IPE experience, while 3248 (33.8%), 3653 (38%) and 2040 (21.3%) reported having experienced IPE opportunities ‘only a little’, to ‘some extent’ or ‘always’, respectively. From the multilevel analysis performed using the generalised linear mixed model, factors promoting the occurrence of IPE experiences were mainly set at (a) the clinical learning environment level (high: learning environment quality, self-directed learning encouragement, learning opportunities, quality of safety and nursing care and quality of tutorial strategies); and (b) the regional level, where significant differences emerged across regions. In contrast, male gender was negatively associated with the perception of having had IPE experiences.ConclusionsA large number of nursing students experienced either ‘never’ or ‘only a little’ IPE opportunities, thus suggesting that nursing education tends to remain within the nursing profession. Limiting students’ interprofessional exposure during education can prevent future collaborative approaches that have been shown to be essential in providing best patient care. In order to increase IPE exposure, it is necessary to develop strategies designed both at the singular unit and regional levels.

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Association between Tobacco Dependence and Tooth Loss among Patient Visiting Private Dental College And Hospital-A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.2987 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽

pp. 583-587

Author(s):

Indumathy M ◽

Arthi Balasubramaniam

Keyword(s):

Nicotine Dependence ◽

Tooth Loss ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Current Smoker ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nicotine Dependency ◽

Personal Wellbeing

Oral health contributes to personal wellbeing and quality of life. Use of tobacco in smoke or smokeless form is one of the driving reasons for global mortality. Also, it plays a major role in causing morbidity of major non- communicable diseases, including tooth morbidity in the form of periodontitis and tooth mortality. Therefore, the aim of the study is to find out the prevalence and association of nicotine dependence and tooth loss. A retrospective study was done using the case records of outpatients attending a private Dental College and Hospital. One month case records with a total of 100 case sheets of current smoker males were retrieved. Case sheets which recorded nicotine dependence using the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and the number of tooth loss were used for data analysis. Descriptive and chi-square association were the statistical tests done. Patients of age more than 45 (27%) have a lesser dependency for the tobacco of 22.2% when compared to 15 to 30 years (39%) have tobacco dependency of 50%. In between lies the age group of 30-35 years (34%) had tobacco dependency of (27.7%), and there was no statistically significant association between level of nicotine dependency and tooth loss (P>0.05). Patients with high nicotine dependency of age 15-30 years had minimum tooth loss than patients of age more than 45years with a low level of nicotine dependency.

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