OBJECTIVE To review the published scientific literature for studies quantifying or examining factors associated with the attrition of undergraduate nursing students in pre-registration programs and the retention of graduate nurses in the workforce. METHODS The following selection criteria were used to systematically search the literature: target populations were either students in pre-registr...

The impetus for this paper came from our experiences as learner-teachers of re-considering the epistemological and ontological roots of our undergraduate-nursing curriculum. It began as an earnest dialogue regarding particular aspects of first year undergraduate-nursing theory content, specifically, caring and compassion, self-concept and nursing identity, spirituality and culture, a simple que...

to study the prevalence of low back pain in medical and nursing undergraduate students in our institutes and its association with physical activity, smoking, depression, use of computer and other variables.it was a comparative cross sectional study carried out at two institutes of dow university of health sciences, karachi, pakistan during october to december 2011. two hundred and fifteen under...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...

Males in nursing undoubtedly represent a minority group. However there have been relatively few studies which have investigated their unique experiences, compared with women in male dominated professions. This study conducted in an undergraduate nursing program, analysed the experience of males in nursing regarding (1) decision to enter the profession, during the course, both academic and clini...

This paper describes a development project of digital learning objects in nursing, and the evaluation of their use by teachers and undergraduate nursing students. The strategies for their development were composed of the following stages: conceptual modeling, development of instructional materials, implementation in a virtual learning environment, and evaluation. This is an ongoing study and pr...

Main Objective: To implement scientific research monitoring in the undergraduate nursing course at Universidade Veiga de Almeida.

The emergency department nursing workforce: Local solutions for local issues Christine M. Duffield RN, PhD, MHP, BScN (Professor and Director) , Lisa Conlon RN, BSc, MClincNurs, DNurs(c) (Lecturer, 3rd Year Undergraduate Coordinator) , Michelle Kelly MN, BSc, RN, PhD (c) (Lecturer, Project Manager) , Christine Catling-Paull MSc, RM, RN (Research Assistant) , Helen Stasa BA (Hons) BA (Hons) (Res...

In 2011, nursing practice skills, which are the core of undergraduate nursing programs, were assessed with the expectation of developing nursing practitioners, researchers, and educators possessing a broad range of professional knowledge and research capability. Particularly, the acquisition of problem-solving approaches in nursing practice poses a challenge for the development of nursing proce...