Nurse education today
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Nurse education today · Feb 2016
Creating a journal club competition improves paediatric nurses' participation and engagement.
To improve journal club participation, innovative approaches are required but few have been described. It was unknown if adding an element of competition, to an established journal club, would increase nurses' participation. ⋯ A competition format can increase nurses' journal club attendance and participation. Further work is required to establish applicability of this format to other settings.
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Nurse education today · Feb 2016
How the context of ambulance care influences learning to become a specialist ambulance nurse a Swedish perspective.
Ambulance emergency care is multifaceted with extraordinary challenges to implement accurate assessment and care. A clinical learning environment providing opportunities for mastering these essential skills is a key component in ensuring that prehospital emergency nurse (PEN) students acquire the necessary clinical competence. ⋯ Our findings suggest the need for appraisal of the significance of the clinical supervisor, the ambulance environment, and student vulnerability. The broad spectrum of conditions in combination with infrequent assignments make simulation necessary. However, the unique possibilities provided for meeting patients and relatives in their own environments offer the PEN student excellent opportunities for learning how to make assessments.