The National League for Nursing (2012) reported that 42.1% of prelicensure RN programs identifi ed a lack of clinical space for student learning experiences was a major barrier faced by nurse educators. Identifi cation of pediatric clinical placement opportunities in hospital settings can be especially daunting; however, partnerships with other organizations interested in promoting health profe...

BACKGROUND Communication competence in nursing students is one of the nursing education requirements, especially during the internship period, the final stage of the bachelor nursing education in Iran. Several factors can influence this competence and identifying them could help provide safe care by nursing students in the future. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate factors that influe...

introduction: patient-nurse relationship has been recognized as the key factor in nursing practice. considering the importance of professional relationship in nursing discipline, and especially empathy and its professional role, the need to address this phenomenon in nursing education in iran is profoundly felt. objective: the present study was conducted with the aim to compare level of empathy...

conclusions with regards to students not being accepted in health care environments, it is recommended to plan special programs for empowering students to acquire better social state and acceptance by the health care team. results after data analysis, three main categories were achieved: organizational factors, humanistic factors and socio-cultural factors. the main and latent theme that affect...

Academic dishonesty, whether intentional cheating or plagiarism, or unintentional sharing of work or confusion about referencing, is nothing new to the college environment but is especially disturbing within nursing. The integrity of the nursing profession may, in fact, be jeopardized as students with the habit of cheating graduate and enter the field. This article discusses how educators, stud...

Travel abroad provides college students with a unique learning experience. When plans to take undergraduate community health nursing students from the United States to Haiti were cancelled due to health and safety concerns, faculty piloted international videoconferencing with a nursing program in Haiti as an alternative. During this semester-long course, students in both countries assessed a lo...

One of the methods that have been used to encourage student reflection skills is scientific writing. The purpose of this article is to discuss implementation of obligatory study topic with the main objective to increase the skills of scientific writing among students of Bachelor Nursing Curriculum and its relation to scientific publishing volume of Bachelor degree students from the University o...

The PROFAE (Professionalization Project in Nursing) was a relevant initiative for professional education. The objectives were to describe the profile of the former students of the technical nursing course of the São Paulo Health Department training centers so as to evaluate the effects of the course for the mobility and professional performance in the working market. Data collection was perform...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore students' opinions of the learning environment during clinical placement in settings outside traditional hospital settings. BACKGROUND Clinical placement experiences may influence positively on nursing students attitudes towards the clinical setting in question. Most studies exploring the quality of clinical placements have targeted students' experience in hospi...

BACKGROUND Interprofessional education (IPE) is crucial in fostering effective collaboration and optimal team-based patient care, all of which improve patient care and outcomes. Appropriate interprofessional communication is especially important in geriatrics where patients are vulnerable to adverse effects across the care continuum. Transitions in geriatric care are complex, involving several ...