The current changes in health care systems challenge knowledgeable, mature and independent practitioners to integrate theoretical content with practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the problems of integrating theory with practice in selected clinical nursing situations. The study focused on rendering of family planning services to clients as a component of Community Nursing Science...

An Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (OSCA) method was adopted by a course team in an attempt to resolve some of the learning difficulties experienced by the baccalaureate nursing students in clinical practice. The assessment required the students to work through some simulations developed from real encounters. The performance of the students was evaluated against the checklists which we...

Bu çalışma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin klinik öğretimde yaşadıkları etik sorunları belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada nicel araştırma desenlerinden tarama deseni kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın ulaşılabilir evrenini bir şehirde bulunan tek devlet üniversitesinin sağlık bilimleri fakültesi son sınıf bölümü öğrencileri oluşturmuştur. çalışmada evrenin tamamına ulaşılmaya çalışılmış ve örneklem...

A sense of urgency exists among nurse educators to determine the best possible teaching strategies to create a rich, engaging learning environment for students. With the calls for transformation, innovation, and excellence in nursing education from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing, educators may...

The Theory of Human Caring was developed between 1975-1979, while engaged in teaching at the University of Colorado; it emerged from my own views of nursing, combined and informed by my doctoral studies in educational-clinical and social psychology. It was my initial attempt to bring meaning and focus to nursing as an emerging discipline and distinct health profession with its own unique values...