Sandra Filice, Sharon Broughton, Lisa Giallonardo, Sawith Abeygunawardena, Rebecca Pereira
{"title":"Formal nursing focused academic practice partnerships for advancing nursing research and scholarship: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Sandra Filice, Sharon Broughton, Lisa Giallonardo, Sawith Abeygunawardena, Rebecca Pereira","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0058","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This scoping review protocol will be used to map the evidence regarding structure and organization of formal nursing undergraduate focused academic practice partnerships in Canada and globally.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This scoping review will adhere to guidance provided by Chapter 11 of the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Scoping Reviews guidelines and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Scoping Review extension checklist.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Evidence will be eligible for inclusion if published in English, within the last 10 years, and available in full text. Databases will be searched for published literature and unpublished grey literature.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This protocol provides guidance on conducting a scoping review on formal nursing undergraduate focused academic practice partnerships. The review will enhance understanding of the structure and organization of formal nursing undergraduate focused academic practice partnerships, informing the design and work of future partnerships. This protocol is registered in the Open Science Framework https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JCTRM.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marilyn H Oermann, Yolanda M VanRiel, Debra E Stieve, Carol A Vermeesch, Patrick C Crane, Amanda Kratovil, Manisa Baker, Donna S Guerra, Joseph Chamness, Bushra Ahmad Saeed, Vonda Rogers, Joy M Flicker, C Marie Patterson
{"title":"Developing competency of nursing students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using Resuscitation Quality Improvement technology.","authors":"Marilyn H Oermann, Yolanda M VanRiel, Debra E Stieve, Carol A Vermeesch, Patrick C Crane, Amanda Kratovil, Manisa Baker, Donna S Guerra, Joseph Chamness, Bushra Ahmad Saeed, Vonda Rogers, Joy M Flicker, C Marie Patterson","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2023-0122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study examined the outcomes of training nursing students in CPR skills using the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nursing students (n=2,193) in 12 schools across the United States participated in this study. Students performed compressions and bag-masked ventilation on adult and infant manikins using the RQI simulation station without and then with feedback on their performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>With real-time, objective feedback from the RQI simulation station, students' performance of CPR skills improved, and they retained their skills over time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The RQI program and methodology of feedback is effective for training nursing students to be competent in CPR skills, essential for safe patient care. Nursing and other healthcare professions programs should consider adopting the RQI program for students to develop competency in CPR.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notetaking among nursing students.","authors":"Lisa Cross, Amy Kendrick","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2024-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The purpose of this review was to determine the current state of the literature for notetaking among nursing students and identify implications for future nursing education and research. Notetaking is frequently used by college students and is a proven learning strategy. There has been less research for notetaking among nursing students than students in other disciplines.</p><p><strong>Content: </strong>This narrative review was completed using the method described by Ferrari. Seven electronic databases were searched from 2018 to 2023 using the terms <i>notetaking, students,</i> and <i>nursing.</i></p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Seven of 65 articles were included in this review. Upon analysis, three categories of research findings were identified: learning style, notetaking skill, and notetaking and technology.</p><p><strong>Outlook: </strong>Nursing faculty should be aware of learning styles, notetaking strategies, and notetaking skill when designing assignments and course content for students. Future research should be done on this population to strengthen the findings of current literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendy M Heemskerk, Anna M T van der Linden, Jet Bussemaker, Christian Wallner
{"title":"Value creation in a learning community: an interprofessional partnership between nursing home care, education and students.","authors":"Wendy M Heemskerk, Anna M T van der Linden, Jet Bussemaker, Christian Wallner","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2023-0068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the value created in a learning community - comprised of different professionals and nursing students - at a nursing home.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A case study approach was used. Data were collected between 2019 and 2021 through self-reports, observations and stories (interviews, diaries).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The template analysis revealed nine transcending themes, six associated with preexisting value-creation cycles (expected, immediate, potential, applied, realized and transformative value) and three other relevant themes: contextual, factors and value-creation initiators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A nursing home learning community comprised of diverse professionals in partnership with nursing students shows a variety of value creation and seems to potentially leverage interprofessional and lifelong learning activities, on top of formal nursing education. It is recommended to integrate the value-creation cycles into the processes of learning communities to promote collective decision-making. Research on both the final level of students involved and having residents participate in the learning community would be worthwhile.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and validation of satisfaction with clinical practice questionnaire for mentors and students.","authors":"Snježana Čukljek, Mara Županić, Iva Takšić","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2022-0124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2022-0124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To develop and validate a questionnaire on satisfaction with clinical practice for mentors (QSCP-M) and a questionnaire on satisfaction with clinical practice for students (QSCP-S).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two versions of the questionnaires were constructed: a version for mentors and a version for students. Both surveys were conducted at two time points. The first survey was completed by 252 students and 86 mentors, and the second by 291 students and 94 mentors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several exploratory factor analyses were performed on the results obtained, and two factors were identified for the QSCP-M and one factor for the QSCP-S. The coefficients of internal reliability for both questionnaires indicated stable and reliable measuring instruments.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Clinical practice satisfaction questionnaires for mentors and students showed good metric characteristics. The validation shows that both questionnaires are appropriate for examining general and specific satisfaction with clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140874832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marianne Thorsen Gonzalez, Linda Nilsen Bakken, May-Elin T Horntvedt, Dag Hofoss, Leena Salminen
{"title":"Norwegian nurse educators' self-rating of competencies: a nationwide cross-sectional web-survey.","authors":"Marianne Thorsen Gonzalez, Linda Nilsen Bakken, May-Elin T Horntvedt, Dag Hofoss, Leena Salminen","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0040","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurse educators' competencies play a crucial role in the educational quality of nurses.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate how Norwegian nurse educators self-rated their competence domains, and how these competencies were associated background variables.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was designed as a cross-sectional web-survey, and n=154 participated and filled out the Evaluation of Requirements of Nurse Teachers (ERNT) instrument. Educators' mean working experience was 12.9 years (SD 9.2); 86.3 % were permanently employed and 76.8 % had formal supervision training.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The nurse educators rated their competence as good on all competence domains and single competence items, and ERNT total mean score was 4.62 (SD 0.28), with relationship with the students rated highest and personality factors rated lowest. The ERNT total mean score was significantly related to academic degree.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Educational leaders in nursing education are recommended to establish a mentoring and supporting team for their educators.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140337075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn J Vanderzwan, Susan Kilroy, Leah Burt, Jennifer O'Rourke
{"title":"Don't interrupt me! development of a handoff education bundle to simulate the real world.","authors":"Kathryn J Vanderzwan, Susan Kilroy, Leah Burt, Jennifer O'Rourke","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0092","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Ineffective nurse-to-nurse handoff communication is associated with information omissions, diagnostic errors, treatment errors, and delays. New nurses report a lack of confidence and ability in handoff communication, which may stem from inadequate training in prelicensure nursing programs. Our objective was to introduce prelicensure nursing students to a standardized, theory-based method for handoff, including behavioral strategies employed by nurses during interrupted handoff.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A handoff education bundle (HEB) was developed. Kern's six-step curriculum model was utilized to design, implement, and evaluate the handoff curriculum.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Student feedback highlighted the importance of integrating multiple, varying distractors during learning cycles and recognition of the impact of distractors on handoff.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Implementing a HEB at the prelicensure nursing level could promote competency in handoff communication for new graduate nurses.</p><p><strong>Implications for international audience: </strong>Handoff is an international patient safety priority, as inadequate communication has been linked to adverse patient events.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140294791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effectiveness of badging systems in engaging, motivating, and incentivizing students in the mastery of nursing licensure materials.","authors":"Zarah Borines, Sierra Adare-Tasiwoopa Api","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0078","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Integrating gamification methods into undergraduate nursing programs has prepared students to pass the nursing comprehensive predictor test and the licensure examination.</p><p><strong>Literature review: </strong>Research demonstrates that the motivational factors of game elements like badging and leaderboards are of great value and utility to student engagement and motivation. The badges symbolize achievement, authority, and belonging, whereas leaderboards rank students based on different levels of course engagement.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>This paper explores the benefits, challenges, and strategies of incorporating digital badges and leaderboards in the undergraduate program. Immersion courses preparing students for professional practice are usually one of the last didactic courses offered in the undergraduate curriculum, designed to integrate all knowledge gained from the nursing program.</p><p><strong>Implications for an international audience: </strong>The digital badging system can encourage nurse educators globally to engage, motivate, and power students to achieve professional goals. Furthermore, nursing programs worldwide can benefit from adding digital badges and leaderboards to final semester preparatory courses or any nursing course with the same emphasis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Digital badges and leaderboards engage and motivate students to integrate knowledge and skills learned in the nursing program and successfully master nurse licensure materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140029188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of using a flipped classroom pedagogy in nursing anesthesia education: a program evaluation.","authors":"Reed S Halterman, Shannon Broxton, Thomas Joshua","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0075","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The flipped classroom (FC) pedagogy improves undergraduate student proficiency and satisfaction. However, its effectiveness has not been demonstrated in nursing anesthesia education.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Pre- and post-FC tests and course evaluations were retrospectively compared to determine if FC was an effective pedagogy for a nursing anesthesia program (NAP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The design of the study was a retrospective program evaluation. Two groups were compared with 59 students in the pre-FC group taught via traditional lecture and 61 students in the post-FC group taught with FC. Answers to the same 167 test questions were compared using an independent t-test and five course evaluation questions were statistically compared using <i>NPAR1WAY</i> procedure with the Wilcoxon option to determine if significant differences existed between the two nursing anesthesia student cohorts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The post-FC students exhibited a significant 4 % increase in test scores and expressed increased satisfaction compared to their pre-FC counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This retrospective program evaluation showed that student proficiency and satisfaction improved between the groups after changing to the FC pedagogy. However, research is needed to determine the true value of using FC in nursing anesthesia education.</p><p><strong>Implications for an international audience: </strong>The flipped classroom model can be beneficial in graduate nursing education with our ever-changing student population.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soheila Abbasi, Maryam Maleki, Masoomeh Imanipour, Abbas Mardani
{"title":"Nursing students' experiences of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.","authors":"Soheila Abbasi, Maryam Maleki, Masoomeh Imanipour, Abbas Mardani","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0094","DOIUrl":"10.1515/ijnes-2023-0094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the sudden transition to virtual learning led to several challenges for nursing students. This study aimed to synthesis nursing students' experiences of teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Content: </strong>A meta-synthesis of qualitative articles were conducted. Three online databases were searched from December 2019 to December 2022. Qualitative studies and qualitative sections of mixed method studies were included.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Twenty-four qualitative studies and seven mixed-method studies were included in the review. The findings consisted of one main theme \"educational transformation\", and three categories \"challenging face-to-face clinical training\", \"transition from face-to-face to virtual education\", and \"support continua\". The evidence indicated that during this health-related crisis, most of the training was provided as distance learning in various forms. According to the findings, distance education alone cannot replace face-to-face education and is suggested to be considered as a supplementary learning method.</p><p><strong>Outlook: </strong>This study provides a comprehensive understanding of nursing students' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering practical implications for educators and institutions globally. The lessons learned can inform strategic decisions, policies, and practices to enhance the resilience and adaptability of nursing education in the face of unforeseen challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139973817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}