Background Increases in ethnic diversity and globalization of healthcare have made it imperative to develop a culturally competent nursing workforce. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), National League for Nursing (NLN), and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) support this effort. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of contemporary literature and cultural learning ...

Objective: to characterize undergraduate nursing courses according to Enade (National Student Performance Exam) in 2010 and 2013. Method: a quantitative documental study was performed and descriptive statistics was used for data organization and analysis. Results: Enade report analysis enabled the identifi cation of a reduction in the total number of institutions providing undergraduate nursing...

Nurses in New Zealand are expected to provide the Ministry of Health recommended ABC approach to smoking cessation interventions; but not all nurses receive adequate preparation. A national online survey was conducted to investigate the extent that smoking cessation education content is included in undergraduate nursing curricula in New Zealand's 17 Schools of Nursing. Fourteen schools responde...

[Purpose] This study was performed to investigate the effects of yogic eye exercises on eye fatigue in undergraduate nursing students. [Subjects and Methods] The study used a pretest-posttest design with a non-equivalent control group. Forty undergraduate nursing students were selected by convenience sampling, with 20 assigned to an exercise group and 20 assigned to a control group. The yogic e...

Introduction In Sri Lanka, nursing education is moving from diploma nursing certificate to a university bachelor degree. In this transitional stage, the development of an evidence based national level framework for undergraduate nursing education is a crucially important step to improve nursing education and nursing service in Sri Lanka. The overall purpose of this PhD research study was to dev...

OBJECTIVES Rheumatological conditions are common and all health professionals (HPs) therefore need sufficient knowledge and skills to manage patients safely and effectively. The aim of this study was to examine current undergraduate education in rheumatology for HPs in the UK. METHODS A questionnaire was sent to curriculum organizers and clinical placement officers for all undergraduate cours...

Mentoring is an important teaching-learning process in undergraduate nursing curricula. There are relatively few studies specifically evaluating nursing students' perceptions of mentorship. In the period 1999-2002, 39 students were mentored during a year-long program. This descriptive, exploratory study used a quality improvement framework informed by the Deming cycle of Plan, Do, Check and Act...

Bullying against nurses is becoming a pervasive problem. In this article, a role play simulation designed for undergraduate nursing students is described. In addition, the evaluation findings from a subsample of students who participated in a role play simulation addressing bullying behaviors are reported. Focus group sessions were completed with a subset of eight students who participated in t...

Mentoring is an important teaching-learning process in undergraduate nursing curricula. There are relatively few studies specifically evaluating nursing students’ perceptions of mentorship. In the period 1999 – 2002, thirty-nine students were mentored during a year-long program. This descriptive, exploratory study used a quality improvement framework informed by the Deming Cycle of Plan, Do, Ch...