Background: The students, especially studying at health school students, due to their inadequacy in clinical experience and technical knowledge are at high risk of exposing themselves to blood-borne pathogens via needlestick and sharp injury. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the frequency of needlestick and sharp injuries among nursing and midwifery students, the affecting factors a...

This article reflects on the development and implementation of a consumer engagement in teaching initiative by the authors. The authors highlight the challenges of engaging undergraduate nursing students on the psychosocial aspects of living with cancer and other chronic illnesses when students have very limited personal and professional experiences to draw on. The authors discuss how they have...

background: the majority of individuals who visit the dentist are anxious. they are usually capable of controlling their anxiety. however, this fear sometimes creates great problems for the patient and dentist such as lack of visiting the dentist for treatment, incorrect diagnosis due to lack of appropriate communication between the patient and dentist, and finally, reduction of oral health lev...

AIM To describe health beliefs and breast self-examination (BSE) practice of Turkish female nursing and midwifery students and assess teaching of BSE to their mothers, sisters, relatives. METHODS The study was designed as a definition survey, withe data obtained from 113 participants, in third and fourth class and their mothers, sisters, relatives in Turkey. Data were collected by using a per...

BACKGROUND Being informed of new methods of teaching and comparing their outcome help teachers use more effective and efficient methods in developing and implementing new training courses. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of epidemiology learning software on learning epidemiology courses. METHODS This quasi-experimental study included 101 nursing and midwifery students taking...

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...

BACKGROUND Nursing and midwifery education have comparatively recently moved into academia in Ireland. In 2002, nurse tutors who were qualified to Master's degree level assimilated into the third-level sector. Only 11 of the 35 staff (31%) in one university School held, or were undertaking, a PhD. In 2006, children's nursing and midwifery tutors also moved into third-level institutions. The cul...

evaluation of clinical skills in midwives graduated from mashhad nursing and midwifery faculty and employed in mashhad health care centers     mirzakhani k [1] *, jahani shorab n [2] , golmakani n [3] , tafazoli m [4] , ebrahimzadeh s [5]     received: 29july, 2011 accepted: 28august, 2011     abstract   background & aims : suitable midwifery skills could prevent many deaths of maternal, fetal,...