The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of undergraduate nursing faculty about the work processes of professional nurses, particularly, nursing care and competency - from ways of learning, knowing, and doing, which were developed during their undergraduate nursing education. Focus groups among fifteen undergraduate faculty members were conducted to collect data for this qualitative...

Improving mathematical competency and problem-solving skills in undergraduate nursing students has been an enduring challenge for nurse educators. A number of teaching strategies have been used to address this problem with varying degrees of success. This paper discusses a literature review which examined undergraduate nursing student challenges to learning math, methods used to teach math and ...

Nurses have a critical role in family development of competencies for giving care to very low birth-weight infants, However, current information-based methods of preparation may be inadequate for competency development. This article describes a continuing education program designed to strengthen nurses' support of families in developing caregiving competencies through processes of guided partic...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the impact of a nurse simulation training program on perception of kangaroo mother care (KMC) value and transfer skill competency. STUDY DESIGN An 8-item Likert scale skill survey tool and a 24-item Likert developmental care survey tool were used in a prospective cohort study to analyze perceptions of 30 neonatal nurses who underwent a comprehensive KMC simulatio...

Background/Objective: Researchers set out to develop reliable, valid instruments for nurses to self-assess nursing informatics (NI) competencies at the basic and advanced levels. The focus of the research presented in this article is measurement of competencies at the advanced level, which includes Level 3, the informatics specialist and Level 4, the informatics innovator. Informatics competenc...

Online Nurse Test for Indonesian Competency (ONT UKNI) is a mobile application that was developed to help increase the success rate of nurse competency test participants. By using this application, users can learn more about materials tested and conduct try out as simulation. However, ONT UKNI has not yet passed adequate testing stages, especially in terms User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX)...

Background A project team was formulated by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to create evidence-based oncology nurse generalist (ONG) competencies to establish best practices in competency development, including high-risk tasks, critical thinking criteria, and measurement of key areas for oncology nurses. Objectives This article aims to describe the process and the development of ONG compet...

BACKGROUND Increasing application and use of information systems and mobile technologies in the healthcare industry require increasing nurse competency in computer use. Computer literacy is defined as basic computer skills, whereas computer competency is defined as the computer skills necessary to accomplish job tasks. Inadequate attention has been paid to computer literacy and computer compete...

There are no set standards for nurse anesthesia education in developing countries, yet one of the keys to the standards in global professional practice is competency assurance for individuals. Nurse anesthetists in developing countries have difficulty obtaining educational materials. These difficulties include, but are not limited to, financial constraints, lack of anesthesia textbooks, and dis...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised awareness about the vital role school nurses have in improving overall health of children. School provide promotion within schools, yet over 60% schools only a part-time nurse or no nurse. Nursing students may be valuable partners for and academic–community partnerships mutually beneficial to nursing local schools. Using student team teach hand hyg...