BACKGROUND Clinical facilitation is an essential part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum. A number of studies address the issue of clinical facilitation in South Africa, but there remains a lack of knowledge and understanding regarding what students perceive as best practice in clinical facilitation of their learning. OBJECTIVE To determine what type of clinical facilitation undergraduat...

Background: Undergraduate nursing students considered from the most vulnerable group who are at risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. To protect undergraduate nursing students' healthcare authorities should keep them away stress and anxiety and improve their knowledge, attitude, practice towards COVID-19. The study aimed to assess emotional problems regarding COVID-19 among students. Methods: Des...

Both nursing and government policy indicate the crucial role that all nurses have in the public health arena and yet it would seem that the role of the nurse in general within public health is open to debate and criticism. The author has a responsibility for the development of public health across the undergraduate curriculum within a university. This paper presents a discussion of some of the ...

The study examined various methods of peer learning and their effectiveness in undergraduate nursing education. Using a specifically developed search strategy, healthcare databases were systematically searched for peer-reviewed articles, with studies involving peer learning and students in undergraduate general nursing courses (in both clinical and theoretical settings) being included. The stud...

BackgroundNumeracy skills are essential for patient safety; therefore, it is vital that registered nurses proficient in performing calculations, notably medication calculations. However, the literature indicates a large proportion of undergraduate nursing students and not competent numeracy. The manifestation numerical calculation errors thought to stem from failing comprehend key mathematical ...

Profession influences healthcare workers' hand hygiene (HH) adherence. Greek nursing and medical students were surveyed to determine if there were cross-disciplinary differences in HH education, assessment, knowledge, beliefs and practices. Nursing students' HH knowledge was significantly higher than that of medical students. Nursing students reported significantly more positive HH practices an...