Background: This study investigates the effects of a collaborative clinical practicum for adult health nursing on clinical practice ability and teaching effectiveness among nursing students, using a non-equivalent control group pre-test-post-test design. Methods: Participants were 52 junior nursing students taking a two-credit clinical practicum course for adult health nursing at a nursing coll...

BACKGROUND Experts recommend staff training to prevent and manage aggressive situations involving patients or their relatives. However, in many countries this subject is not covered in pre-registration nursing education. In addition, the evidence regarding its impact on practical placements remains weak. OBJECTIVE This study examines the influence of an aggression management training programm...

Nurses need to assess patients and provide care that encompasses the mind, body, and spirit. However, in many cases, nurses may not know what to say to the patient, may be uncomfortable with silence, may not want to pry into the patient’s personal life, or may feel hesitant to invade the patient’s private ‘‘space.’’ In 1 study, nurses reveal that 92% of the time, they feel inadequately prepared...

a survey of frequency and type of medical errors done by nursing students of urmia medical sciences university in 1390     ebrahimi rigi tanha z [1] , baghaei r [2] , feizi a [3] *     received: 16 nov, 2011 accepted: 5 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aim: medication errors are among the most common medical errors. nursing students may commit these errors. thus, the aim of this study is t...

OBJECTIVES Nursing curricula for undergraduate nursing students need to reflect the information technology used in current nursing practice. A smart-device Academic Electronic Medical Record (AEMR) application can help nursing students access and document records for the clinical practicum. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the usability of an AEMR application before applying it to the cli...

BACKGROUND In university undergraduate nursing programmes, didactic strategies that enable students to learn nursing skills, solve problems and develop reflective and critical thinking and practice are needed. The aim of this study was to explore how different didactic strategies support nursing students' experiences of learning during the first year of a reconstructed nursing curriculum. MET...

BACKGROUND Clients with communication impairment are at risk for health disparity. Hence, health care workers should be knowledgeable and skillful in communication. However, no studies are available on Iranian nursing and midwifery students' communication skills with patients with severe communication problems. OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted to investigate Iranian nursing and midw...

Background Clinical experience associated with the fear and anxiety of nursing students in the psychiatric unit. Mental health nursing instructors find it challenging to teach nursing students to deal with patients with mental disorders in an environment where they need to provide patient teaching and clinical decision-making based on evidence and new technology. Objective To measure the effe...

BACKGROUND The role and demands of studying nursing and medicine involve specific stressors that may contribute to an increased risk for mental health problems. Stigma is a barrier to help-seeking for mental health problems in nursing and medical students, making these students vulnerable to negative outcomes including higher failure rates and discontinuation of study. Mental Health First Aid (...

Background/Aim. Clinical learning is a main part of nursing education. Students' exposure to clinical learning environment is one of the most important factors affecting the teaching-learning process in clinical settings. Identifying challenges of nursing students in the clinical learning environment could improve training and enhance the quality of its planning and promotion of the students. W...