Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70115
M D Fernández-Pascual, A Reig-Ferrer, L Martínez-Rodríguez, J A Quesada-Rico, W Mcsherry, L Riquelme-Ros
{"title":"Validation of Spanish Version of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS-Sp) in Nursing Professionals.","authors":"M D Fernández-Pascual, A Reig-Ferrer, L Martínez-Rodríguez, J A Quesada-Rico, W Mcsherry, L Riquelme-Ros","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70115","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the reliability and construct validity of the Spanish adaptation of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale (SSCRS) within the nursing professionals' context.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Observational and descriptive cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample consisted of N = 325 nursing professionals from various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics and community healthcare centres. Following translation and cultural adaption of the SSCRS, the scale underwent psychometric assessment of its construct validity through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency analysis was also performed using a McDonald's omega. The reporting in this investigation adhered to the STROBE checklist.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) revealed a two-factor structure, with one factor closely aligning with one religiosity dimension and the other factor combining the spirituality, spiritual care and personalised care dimensions. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis did not provide an adequate fit to the data for both the two-factor solution found in the EFA and the four-factor solution proposed by McSherry, Draper, and Kendrick (2002). Even though the four-factor solution showed a slightly better fit than the two-factor solution, neither model achieved a satisfactory fit. The lack of formal education and confusion between religion and spirituality among healthcare professionals could have influenced the responses and interpretation of the results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings showed that the SSCRS-Sp demonstrated good internal consistency, indicating that the items in the scale are reliably measuring the targeted constructs. Further refinement and validation of the scale are needed to establish a robust factor structure in the target population.</p><p><strong>Relevance to clinical practice: </strong>The SSCRS-Sp can be used to assess the nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care. The availability of this tool represents a significant step towards greater integration of the spiritual dimension of care within a holistic nursing care framework in Spanish-speaking countries.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>Nursing professionals responded to the research scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70115"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11624440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142792631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70109
Jiyeong Seong, Sung-Hyun Cho, Hyo-Jeong Yoon, Won-Hee Sim, Moon-Sook Kim
{"title":"Comparison of Nurse Work Hours and Nursing Activities Between High- and Low-Staffed General Wards: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Jiyeong Seong, Sung-Hyun Cho, Hyo-Jeong Yoon, Won-Hee Sim, Moon-Sook Kim","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70109","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To compare nurse work hours and nursing activities between high-staffed and low-staffed general wards to examine the effects of increased staffing on nurse workload and nursing care.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A secondary analysis was conducted using cross-sectional data collected at a tertiary teaching hospital in South Korea in January 2020.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nursing activities provided by 350 nurses were observed every 10 min during their shifts for three observation days in four high- and four low-staffed wards. Nurse-to-patient ratios, nurse work hours, nursing activities and the composition of nursing hours (direct care, indirect care and associated work) were analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After excluding non-productive personal time, nurses in the low-staffed wards worked 9.28 h, which indicates 1.28 h of overtime work on average, while the high-staffed wards recorded 7.90 h of productive work time. The nurse-to-patient ratio in the high-staffed wards was 1:4.73, whereas that in the low-staffed wards was 1:8.87. The proportion of direct care hours out of nurse work hours was higher in the low-staffed wards (30.9%) than in the high-staffed wards (25.7%). Nurses in the low-staffed wards provided a greater number of direct care hours, and the largest difference in direct care hours between the two groups was found on night shifts. Nurses in the high-staffed wards spent more time communicating with patients and charting, whereas nurses in the low-staffed wards spent more time on vital signs and medications.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improved staffing had positive impacts on patients and nurses. Patients benefited from better staffing through increased communication with nurses. Better staffing also reduced overtime work and activities conducted during night shifts.</p><p><strong>Implications for the profession and patient care: </strong>Adequate staffing is essential to improve patient care quality and reduce nurse workload. Nursing activities must be prioritised and redesigned to maximise the benefits of increased staffing on patient and nurse outcomes.</p><p><strong>Reporting method: </strong>We have adhered to the STROBE reporting guidelines.</p><p><strong>No patient or public contribution: </strong>The aim of this study was to compare nurse work hours and nursing activities between high-staffed and low-staffed wards.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70109"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11623342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70051
Jordana Salma, Shelby Yamamoto, Nancy M Salbach, Ruth Barclay, Allyson Jones
{"title":"An Outdoor Walking Program for Immigrant Muslim Older Adults: A Community-Based Participatory Intervention.","authors":"Jordana Salma, Shelby Yamamoto, Nancy M Salbach, Ruth Barclay, Allyson Jones","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70051","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore Muslim immigrant older adults' experiences of a modified community-based outdoor walking program and identify factors that facilitate or hinder program acceptance and participation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>An exploratory qualitative description single-group pilot study was designed and implemented in three phases: (1) pre-intervention focus group interviews; (2) intervention implementation with tracking of physical activity levels using personal activity monitors; and (3) postintervention individual interviews.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were recruited using a convenience sampling strategy in a mosque in Edmonton, Canada, in June 2019. After focus group discussions with participants, walking sessions were conducted for 10 weeks in a local accessible park with required amenities such as benches and restrooms. A fitness instructor delivered the weekly program that was followed by individual semistructured interviews to explore participants' satisfaction and program acceptance. Content analysis was used for qualitative data and sociodemographic, health and physical activity level (via step counts) data was documented for all participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirteen participants with a mean age of 66.9 years completed the program. The majority of participants led a sedentary lifestyle. Participants identified three motivators that increased program satisfaction, which were socialising with peers, having a fitness instructor, and using Fitbit activity trackers. Difficulties with transportation and lack of appropriate educational components were areas for improvement that could enhance acceptability of the program.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests that early incorporation of older immigrants' preferences increases acceptance of physical activity programs.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Nurses' engaging in healthy lifestyle support for older immigrants can identify the influences on positive uptake of physical activity programs in this population.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>Immigrant Muslim older adults lack access to evidence-based physical activity programming that meets their cultural and religious preferences. This study provides some insights into ways to engage this population in similar programs.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>Community-dwelling older adults who participated in this study completed focus groups and interviews and engaged in the 10-week pilot intervention. Their input informed the modifications to the intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70051"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11628424/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70106
Catherine T Leach, Linda P Bolin, Melvin S Swanson, Ashley E Burch, Patricia C Woltz
{"title":"What Are the Predictors of Acute Care Nurses' Stroke Knowledge?: Empirical Research Quantitative.","authors":"Catherine T Leach, Linda P Bolin, Melvin S Swanson, Ashley E Burch, Patricia C Woltz","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70106","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To examine the predictability of categorical and quantitative study variables on acute stroke knowledge amongst study participants.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Non-experimental, descriptive correlational.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A convenience sample of registered nurses caring for adult, hospitalized patients recruited from the urban Southeast. A three-part survey was emailed to the nurses: demographics, stroke education and experience, and the Acute Stroke Management Questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department nurses had the highest level of stroke knowledge. Nurses reporting three or more post-licensure education modalities had higher stroke knowledge scores than those reporting two or less. Practice setting, self-perception of stroke knowledge, self-identified knowledge of acute stroke management and three items related to code stroke were significantly correlated with stroke knowledge.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Various methods of training and reinforcement of learning using varying teaching styles are effective in increasing nurses' stroke knowledge. Further stroke education is needed for nurses across the acute care setting.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Future studies should explore lived experiences of nurses to gain understanding of nonquantifiable factors that nurses feel have strengthened their stroke knowledge.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>What Problem Did the Study Address? ○ Addressing the gap in the knowledge of predictors of nurse stroke knowledge. MAIN FINDINGS?: Practice setting, post-licensure stroke education, code stroke familiarity, confidence and understanding were all predictive of the overall stroke knowledge. WHOM WILL THE RESEARCH HAVE AN IMPACT?: Nurses, nurse educators, patients experiencing and at risk for stroke.</p><p><strong>Reporting method: </strong>The STROBE checklist was used to strengthen the reporting of the results.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>Nurses voluntarily participated in this study by completing the online questionnaire. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER CONTRIBUTE TO THE WIDER GLOBAL CLINICAL COMMUNITY?: Provides predictors of stroke knowledge for nurse leaders to have a better understanding of nurses' educational needs. Provides evidence of a quick, effective measure of nurses' stroke knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11623225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142789561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70121
You Jung Hong, Dayeong Kim, Sung Ok Chang
{"title":"How the Content of Interprofessional Safety Management Education Can Be Structured Through the Perception of Nursing Home Practitioners: A Mixed Methods Design.","authors":"You Jung Hong, Dayeong Kim, Sung Ok Chang","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70121","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to assess perceptions of safety management, with a particular focus on interprofessional influences, to determine priorities for safety management training needs and to explore target areas for strengthening the capacity of nursing home practitioners.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A mixed methods design was used.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative-driven mixed methods design was employed in two phases. In Phase 1, as a core component for integrating supplementary components, an inductive content analysis was performed to investigate perceptions of safety management and specific aspects of care related to it through semi-structured interviews with nursing home practitioners. In Phase 2, a descriptive survey was conducted using items derived from the interviews conducted in the initial stage. The aim was to explore the educational needs of practitioners concerning safety management elements practised in nursing homes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the study, through qualitative interviews, practitioners' perceptions of interprofessional safety management were derived into 5 themes and 22 subthemes. Based on this, the results of a descriptive survey derived priorities through a paired t-test, importance-performance analysis, Borich's needs assessment model and the Locus for Focus model for safety management items performed by nursing home practitioners. Results from both phases of the study showed that practitioners recognise the importance of sharing the causes of safety accidents and that there is a high need for training on falls, dehydration, and hypoglycaemia management.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>Nurses, care workers, physical therapists, and social workers employed in nursing homes took part in this study by participating in interviews and surveys.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11651315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142848095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Associated With Reflective Practice Among Specialist Nurses in China: A Latent Profile Analysis.","authors":"Lichun Xu, Liyu Lin, Aixuan Guan, Qingqing Wang, Feng Lin, Weicong Lin, Jing Li","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70114","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The objective of this study was to investigate the level of reflective practice and its influencing factors among specialist nurses in Chinese tertiary general hospitals.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional study design was adopted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A General Information Questionnaire and a Reflective Practice Questionnaire were distributed from July to August 2023 to specialist nurses who had obtained a Certificate of Nursing Practice, completed systematic specialist nurse training and were professionally qualified in six tertiary general hospitals in Xiamen, China.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 344 specialist nurses participated in the study. Specialist nurses' reflective practice was categorised into four potential characteristics. According to univariate analysis, reflective practice of specialist nurses was associated with marital status, participation in nursing consultations, feelings of lack of competence, perceived low patient recognition of specialist nurses, and perceived low physician recognition of specialist nurses. In the ordered logistic analysis, marital status and whether or not to participate in nursing consultations were influential factors in the reflective practice of specialist nurses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the results of this study, we recommend that nursing administrators should take some steps to improve reflective practice among specialist nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70114"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70104
Ester Oriol-Vila, Laura Rota-Musoll, Esmeralda Molina-Robles, Carme Roure-Pujol, Emilia Chiverches-Pérez
{"title":"Educational Interventions for Haemodialysis Patients in the Transplant Process: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Ester Oriol-Vila, Laura Rota-Musoll, Esmeralda Molina-Robles, Carme Roure-Pujol, Emilia Chiverches-Pérez","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70104","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To systematically evaluate empirical studies investigating nursing educational interventions for patients with haemodialysis at the different stages of cadaveric kidney transplantation and synthesise these findings.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A systematic review of clinical interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>On clinical trials published in Spanish and English, between January 2005 and July 2022, in the main databases. The number of studies identified is shown in the flowchart of the PRISMA review. For the critical assessment of the scientific quality of the studies, the CASPe checklist and the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool were applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eleven studies were obtained in which nursing educational interventions focused on posttransplantations and one that considered care from the person's admission to hospital were evaluated. The results obtained identified four themes: health education, empowerment, quality of life and holistic patient care with the help of different support methods, including individual and personalised support, group format and informational support via an educational brochure, telephone and website.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The reviewed studies suggest that after receiving educational interventions patient dialysis treatment and kidney transplant recipient, have better health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Patient contribution: </strong>Larger studies are needed to promote a comprehensive and continuous self-care model throughout the kidney transplant process.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing health education: </strong>Nursing educational interventions are necessary throughout the transplantation process for the patient dialysis and the family in a comprehensive and continuous manner. In the future, clinical trial studies are needed at the pretransplantation stage.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11635394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70129
Cristina Alfaro-Diaz, Ana Canga-Armayor, Navidad Canga-Armayor, María Pueyo-Garrigues, Nuria Esandi
{"title":"Nurses' Attitudes Toward Family Importance in Nursing Care and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Cristina Alfaro-Diaz, Ana Canga-Armayor, Navidad Canga-Armayor, María Pueyo-Garrigues, Nuria Esandi","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70129","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To know the nurses' attitudes toward family involvement in nursing care and factors that can influence it.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional design study was carried out on 253 clinical nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data was collected from 253 clinical nurses using the Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes Scale, the Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (DCSQ) and the Iceland Health Care Practitioner Illness Beliefs Questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson's and Spearman's correlations, and multiple linear regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurses generally had a positive attitude toward the importance of involving families in nursing care (M = 106.0; SD 11.9). Nurses who work in outpatient consultation, held a master's degree, and have a family-oriented approach in their work unit showed more supportive attitudes. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that personal factors, including nurses' beliefs, and work-related factors, including control over work, and job satisfaction, were the more influencing factors on nurses' attitudes toward family.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study offers valuable knowledge for understanding the attitudes of nurses toward family involvement in nursing care. Nurses have a positive attitude toward families. However, nurses' beliefs about family and illness, control over work, and perceived job satisfaction are key factors that influence these attitudes.</p><p><strong>Implications for the patient care: </strong>Understanding the factors linked to nurses' favourable attitudes toward families can facilitate the adoption of a family-centered approach in healthcare settings, ultimately enhancing the quality of care delivered to both the patient and their family.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>The results may inform the development and implementation of strategies that facilitate working with a more family-focused approach in daily nursing practice.</p><p><strong>Reporting method: </strong>This paper is reported according to the STROBE Statement.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>No patient or public contribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70129"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11663084/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70112
Fernando Urcola-Pardo, Ana Belen Subiron-Valera, Isabel Anton-Solanas, Aintzane Orkaizagirre-Gomara, Dolores Torres-Enamorado, Juan Diego Gonzalez-Sanz
{"title":"Design and Validation of the Flipped-Learning Assessment Scale for Undergraduate Nursing Education.","authors":"Fernando Urcola-Pardo, Ana Belen Subiron-Valera, Isabel Anton-Solanas, Aintzane Orkaizagirre-Gomara, Dolores Torres-Enamorado, Juan Diego Gonzalez-Sanz","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70112","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To design and validate the Flipped-Learning Assessment Scale; a tool for assessing students' experience of flipped learning.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Frequently, university students are introduced to new content during lectures. In contrast, active learning activities, such as Flipped Learning, are designed as an instructional method to engages students in the learning process.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional descriptive study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was carried out in three phases ((1) item selection, rephrasing and translation; (2) content analysis through expert panel and (3) confirmatory factor analysis). The final version of the scale was piloted on a sufficient sample of undergraduate student nurses from three Spanish universities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 455 students completed the questionnaire; 373 women and 82 men. The total Cronbach's alpha value for the complete instrument was 0.893. Cronbach alpha for each separate dimension ranged between 0.660 and 0.897. Goodness-of-fit values were acceptable, implying that the model was validated.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The flipped learning approach has become increasingly popular in academic settings. Evaluating the students' flipped learning experience is important to analyse aspects such as acceptability and effectiveness of this methodology. The Flipped-Learning Assessment Scale is a valid and reliable tool for analysing students' experience of flipped learning.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>Flipped learning has been a useful pedagogical model very for cultivating student skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork and self-active learning in nursing education. A key issues, such as student satisfaction, has been explored further before implementing this teaching and learning methodology.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>None.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11627244/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors Associated With Adolescents' Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Intention: A Cross-Sectional Survey.","authors":"Angela Chia-Chen Chen, ChengChing Hiya Liu, Kimberly Arcoleo, Jiying Ling, Lorraine B Robbins","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70110","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine relationships between hypothesized potential predictors of vaccination and adolescent's Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination intention and whether these predictors differed by sex. We also investigated adolescents' experiences and preferences regarding learning about HPV through social media and other technology, to inform future tailored interventions.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional research design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>119 adolescents ages 11-17 years who had not received any HPV vaccine were enrolled. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants from community and clinical settings, with the majority of households located in economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in a southwest state. Participants completed an anonymous survey. Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, chi-square test and hierarchical logistic regression were conducted to describe the sample, examine relationships between potential predictors and HPV vaccination intention and investigate sex differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean sample age was 13.76 years (SD = 2.03); 63% female; 42% Hispanic/Latino; 55.5% received free or reduced-price lunch. Compared to White adolescents, Hispanic/Latino adolescents reported higher HPV vaccination intention (AOR = 24.10, CI 95% [3.85-150.82]; p < 0.001). Adolescents who had higher perceived risk of contracting HPV (AOR = 1.89, CI 95% [1.23-2.91]; p = 0.004) and perceived more facilitators (AOR = 1.61, CI 95% [1.22-2.12]; p < 0.001) reported higher HPV vaccination intention. Compared to boys, girls (AOR = 0.28, CI 95% [0.08-0.97]; p = 0.045) had lower HPV vaccination intention. Adolescents also showed strong interest in learning HPV-related issues through digital education.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adolescent HPV vaccination rates in the United States are significantly below the targeted 80% completion goal. Nurses play a critical role in protecting adolescents from HPV infection and related cancers. Digital interventions addressing HPV vaccine-related risks and facilitators and engaging key personnel (adolescent, parent, healthcare provider, teacher) in different settings have the potential to increase adolescent's vaccination intention.</p><p><strong>No patient or public contribution to this study: </strong>Patients or the general public were not involved in the design, analysis or interpretation of the data in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"11 12","pages":"e70110"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11625494/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142796464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}