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Nurse education today · Dec 2015
ReviewMeasuring nursing assistants' knowledge, skills and attitudes in a palliative approach: A literature review.
Nursing assistants are the largest aged care workforce providing care to older people in residential aged care facilities. Although studies have focused on their training and development needs when providing a palliative approach, a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate their knowledge, skills and attitudes is required. ⋯ Seven instruments have been used to evaluate nursing assistants' knowledge, skills and attitudes in a palliative approach. Instrument design and recommended psychometric processes for development limit specificity and usefulness of these instruments for nursing assistants' scope of practice. Adhering to recommended psychometric processes will increase the validity and reliability of an instrument tailored to this population and a palliative approach.
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Nurse education today · Dec 2015
Evaluation of a filmed clinical scenario as a teaching resource for an introductory pharmacology unit for undergraduate health students: A pilot study.
Simulation is frequently being used as a learning and teaching resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, however reporting of the effectiveness of simulation particularly within the pharmacology context is scant. ⋯ Students' self-report of the learning benefits of a filmed simulated clinical scenario as a teaching resource suggest enhanced critical thinking skills and knowledge conceptualisation regarding pharmacology, in addition to being useful and complementary to other teaching and learning methods.
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Nurse education today · Dec 2015
EditorialA patient as a self-manager of their personal data on health and disease with new technology--challenges for nursing education.
Background: Digital technologies have transformed nearly every aspect of our lives. However, for many of us, they have not yet improved the way we receive or participate in our health services and disease care. Hostetter et al. (2014) explore in a new multimedia essay the changes occurring with the arrival of new digital tools, from mobile apps and data-driven software solutions to wearable sensors that transmit information to a patient's team of health care providers. ⋯ The mobile phone is especially effective in enhancing the therapist-patient bond so that this does not collapse when the client leaves the therapist's consulting room. Furthermore, eHealth applications can assist the client to cope with everyday situations in an autonomous way while improving the transfer of the abilities acquired by the client in the health care setting to everyday life. The findings of various projects (European Commission eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020, 2012; European Commission, 2012; European Commission, 2013b; Hämäläinen, 2013) provide an opportunity for an open discussion regarding the digital health revolution, which will change health care processes and citizens' applications for health promotion and self-care.
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Nurse education today · Dec 2015
Current state of evidence-based practice education for undergraduate nursing students in Taiwan: A questionnaire study.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been emphasized as the core competency of undergraduate nursing students and must be cultivated before graduation. However, there is limited information of EBP education for undergraduate nursing students in Taiwan. ⋯ EBP education has already gained the attention of nursing schools in Taiwan. However, lack of comprehensive EBP training among teachers and the difficulty of teaching clinical application of EBP require special consideration. In order to promote EBP education in undergraduate nursing curriculums, we suggest that nursing schools reinforce and support faculty to participate in formal EBP training. Also needed is a systematic curriculum design with multiple teaching strategies and links with clinical practicum.
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Nurse education today · Dec 2015
Undergraduate nursing students' experiences when examining nursing skills in clinical simulation laboratories with high-fidelity patient simulators: A phenomenological research study.
Simulation has become a widely used and established pedagogy for teaching clinical nursing skills. Nevertheless, the evidence in favour of this pedagogical approach is weak, and more knowledge is needed in support of its use. The aim of this study was (a) to explore the experiences of undergraduate nursing students when examining knowledge, skills and competences in clinical simulation laboratories with high-fidelity patient simulators and (b) to analyse these students' learning experiences during the examination. ⋯ The use of high-fidelity patient simulators made the examination authentic. The reflections and feedback on the scenario were described as significant for the students' learning. Undergraduate nursing students can improve their knowledge, understanding, competence and skills when such examinations are performed in the manner used in this study.