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{"title":"Measuring perceived learning gains of undergraduate nursing students in ICT skills: One group pre-test and post-test design.","authors":"Alexis Harerimana,&nbsp;Sinegugu Evidence Duma,&nbsp;Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2230309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2230309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Purpose:</i> This study aimed to measure learning gains during an ICT training intervention in first-year students completing a four-year undergraduate nursing degree.<i>Methodology:</i> This study adopted a quasi-experimental, one group pre-test and post-test design. The intervention effectiveness was measured using individual single-student normalised gains, g; class average normalised gain, 〈g〉; and average single-student normalised gain, g(ave).<i>Results:</i> In this study, the class average normalised gains, 〈g〉 ranged from 34.4% to 58.2%, and the average of single student normalised gains, g(ave) ranged from 32.4% to 50.7%. The overall class average normalised gain 〈g〉 was 44.8%, and the average of the single student normalised gain was 44.5%, with 68% of students having a normalised gain of 30% and above, indicating that the intervention was effective.<i>Conclusion:</i> Similar interventions and measurements are recommended to all health professional students during their first academic year to pave a foundation for ICT usage for academic purposes.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9881192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives culturally safe mentoring programmes in Australia: A scoping review.","authors":"Jessica Biles,&nbsp;Linda Deravin,&nbsp;Faye McMillan,&nbsp;A M Wiradjuri,&nbsp;Judith Anderson,&nbsp;Grant Sara,&nbsp;Brett Biles","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2175700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2175700","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objective/Aim</i>: To examine the experiences of culturally safe mentoring programmes described by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives in Australia.<i>Design</i>: A systematic scoping review.<i>Data Sources</i>: The following databases were accessed: CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO), EMCARE (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), INFORMIT (Health Collection/Indigenous Collection) and SCOPUS. Support relating to key words and appropriate databases was provided by a university librarian.<i>Review Methods</i>: Search terms across databases were sourced from 1997-2021, identifying a total of 161 papers. Title/abstract searches were screened against the inclusion/exclusion criteria, resulting in 18 papers reaching full-text review. Of the 18 full-text papers reviewed, six were eligible for inclusion in the final review.<i>Results/Findings</i>: Culturally safe mentorship was a positive experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives. Thematic discussion identified three key themes: <i>Mentorship as a way forward, Culture in mentorship, and Cultural safety's role in mentorship</i>.<i>Discussion</i>: Culturally safe mentoring has been a key recommendation in the nursing literature for over 20 years. There is limited knowledge on what constitutes an effective programme as mentoring programmes have not been empirically evaluated or reviewed.<i>Conclusion</i>: This review provides evidence that Cultural Safety and the exploration of culture impact culturally safe mentoring and can impact workforce cultural capability.<i>Impact Statement</i>: This review indicates that culturally safe mentoring has been a key recommendation in nursing literature for over 20 years. This review provides evidence that Cultural Safety and the exploration of culture impact culturally safe mentoring and can impact workforce cultural capability. However, there is limited knowledge of what constitutes an effective programme, as mentoring programmes have not been empirically evaluated or reviewed providing an opportunity for further research.<i>Plain Language Summary</i>: Little is known about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses' and midwives' perspectives of culturally safe mentoring programmes in Australia. However, mentoring programme are seen as a key workforce retention strategy. This scoping review aims to explore and interpret Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses' and midwives' perspectives of culturally safe mentoring programmes in Australia. This review concludes that mentoring programmes require content in Cultural Safety and that programmes need to be empirically evaluated.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9933880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why we need a re-think of patient safety practices.","authors":"John Rihari-Thomas,&nbsp;Manela Glarcher,&nbsp;Caleb Ferguson,&nbsp;Patricia Mary Davidson","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2200015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2200015","url":null,"abstract":"There is no doubt patient safety in our health care facilities is a global priority. Worldwide, we continue to see high numbers of patients suffering harm, or at worst, death, related to unsafe care and these risks are amplified in low and middle-income countries (World Health Organization, 2021). This is of concern given that a significant proportion of these adverse events are avoidable (World Health Organization, 2021). Global reports outline more than three million deaths annually due to unsafe care (Slawomirski et al., 2020). Many of these events occur within healthcare environments where targeted, group-specific and systematically developed prevention strategies have been implemented. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) (World Health Organization, 2021) formulated ‘The Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030’, recognising patient safety as a top health priority. In this report, patient safety is viewed as a framework of activities that address cultures, processes, procedures, behaviours and technologies with the aim of creating an environment whereby the potential for preventable harm to occur is reduced, errors are made more unlikely, or at minimum, their impact is lessened.","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9884895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"eHealth literacy, internet use and health-related behaviour among health sciences students: a cross sectional study.","authors":"Blanca Rueda-Medina,&nbsp;Jose Luis Gómez-Urquiza,&nbsp;Antonio Casas-Barragán,&nbsp;Sonia Toledano-Moreno,&nbsp;María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz,&nbsp;María Correa-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2166547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2166547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health sciences students should have the necessary skills required to find health information from online resources.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and its association with internet use for health-related purposes, self-perceived health and health-related behaviour.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 528 health sciences students. Sociodemographic data, questions related to internet use for health-related purposes, self-perceived health and health-related behaviour, and the eHEALS tool were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall mean eHEALS score was 3.19 ± 0.78. Students who consider access to health resources on the internet to be very important had the highest eHEALS scores (<i>p</i> = 0.015). There were significant differences between the participants' perceptions of the usefulness of the internet with regard to making health decisions (<i>p</i> < 0.001), the accuracy of information on the internet (<i>p</i> = 0.001) and the eHEALS scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Health sciences students have a moderate level of eHealth literacy. Positive attitude towards internet use and positive self-perception of health are the most relevant factors associated with eHealth literacy.</p><p><strong>Impact statement: </strong>As future healthcare providers, students need to develop eHealth literacy skills in order to find reliable health information. A positive attitude towards internet use and a positive self-perception of health are factors associated with eHealth literacy. Educators should promote training programmes that ensure students are acquiring suitable skills in eHealth literacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10238420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From proposal to action: evaluating the results of a nursing student project to promote student-community engagement.","authors":"Crystal Shannon","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2188237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2188237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A focus on community engagement is encouraged when educating nursing students on preventative care and advocacy. Students often struggle to connect theory to practice and benefit from real-world experiences.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This paper describes the effect of a student-led health project on student development.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive, correlational design was used to explore end of semester feedback from undergraduate nursing students (<i>N</i> = 174) completing a semester long community project. Chi-square analyses and thematic coding were performed to determine measures of association and student perceptions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Across 83 completed surveys (47.7%), self-efficacy was a key factor in project completion, development, bias awareness, and commitment to community.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Civic duty and professional responsibility are challenging concepts for students, thus, impacting transition to practice. Engagement in self-efficacious experiences is encouraged.</p><p><strong>Impact statement: </strong>Community engagement influences undergraduate nursing students' development. Enhanced support of student self-efficacy may promote attainment of nursing values and improved care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10256226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structural equation modeling for associated factors with self-care behavior among young and middle-aged hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Nam Jo Kim,&nbsp;Myung Kyung Lee","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2226252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2226252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Self-determination theory (SDT) states that the self-care behaviors of patients with chronic illnesses are affected by an autonomy-supportive healthcare climate, satisfaction of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Autonomy-supportive healthcare climate means to provide interpersonal conditions that support the person's volition, initiative, and integrity.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to explore the structural relationships of an autonomy-supportive healthcare climate, as well as the perception of illness consequences, autonomy, competence, and relatedness with self-care behaviors among adult outpatients with hypertension.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2020 across three hospitals outpatient clinics in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A questionnaire package containing instruments measuring the perception of autonomy-supportive healthcare climate, autonomy, competence, relatedness, perception of illness consequence, self-care behaviors, sociodemographic data, and disease-related characteristics among the patients. The hypothetical model was derived from the SDT. Data were analyzed to test the hypothetical model and propose the final model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Complete survey data was provided by 228 participants. Overall, the findings supported the hypothesized model (Goodness-of-Fit Index = 0.90 and Comparative Fit Index = 0.99). An autonomy-supportive healthcare climate and autonomy, competence, and relatedness directly influenced the self-care behaviors of adult hypertensive patients. However, the perception of illness consequences did not have a significant direct effect on self-care behavior.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Improving the autonomy-supportive healthcare climate, as well as positive perception of illness consequences, autonomy, competence, and relatedness among patients positively affects self-care behavior. Thus, an authentic partnership between healthcare providers and hypertensive patients is required to enhance trust, cooperation, and adaptation, consequently improving self-care behaviors among patients.</p><p><strong>Impact statement: </strong>Autonomy-supportive healthcare climate was both directly and indirectly associated with self-care behavior that mediates autonomy, competence, and relatedness among young and middle-aged hypertensive patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10257251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure applicants' desire to work in nursing.","authors":"Kirsi Talman,&nbsp;Henna Mäntylä,&nbsp;Maija Hupli,&nbsp;Anne-Maria Kanerva,&nbsp;Janne Engblom,&nbsp;Elina Haavisto","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2200014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2200014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nursing applicants' desire to work in nursing has been identified as an important aspect to consider in nursing student selection, but relevant instruments are missing.</p><p><p>To describe the development and psychometric testing of the Desire to Work in Nursing instrument.</p><p><p>A mixed-methods design.</p><p><p>The development phase included the collection and analysis of two types of data. First, three focus group interviews were organised with volunteer nursing applicants (n = 18) after the entrance exams of three universities of applied sciences (UAS) (in 2016). The interviews were analysed inductively. Second, scoping review data from four electronic databases were collected. Thirteen full-text articles (published between 2008 and 2019) were included in the review and analysed deductively based on the results of the focus group interviews. The items for the instrument were generated by synthesising the results of the focus group interviews and the scoping review. The testing phase included 841 nursing applicants who participated in the entrance exams of four UAS on 31 October 2018. The psychometric properties were analysed by examining internal consistency reliability and construct validity by principal component analysis (PCA).</p><p><p>The desire to work in nursing was classified into four categories: nature of the work, career opportunities, suitability for nursing and previous experiences. The internal consistency reliability of the four subscales was satisfactory. The PCA found only one factor with an eigenvalue over one, explaining 76% of the total variance.</p><p><p>The instrument can be considered reliable and valid. Although theoretically the instrument contains four categories, a one-factor solution should be considered in the future.</p><p><p>Evaluation of applicants' desire to work in nursing may provide a strategy to retain students.</p><p><p>\u0000 <i>Individuals choose the nursing profession for variety of reasons. However, there is very little understanding of why nursing applicants desire to work in nursing. With the current challenges in the adequate staffing in the nursing workforce, it is important to understand any aspects that may be associated with student recruitment and retention. In this study, it was identified that nursing applicants desire to work in nursing because of the nature of the work, career opportunities, being suitable for nursing and of previous experiences. Instrument to measure this desire was developed and tested. The tests revealed that the instrument can be used reliably in this context. It is suggested that the developed instrument could be used as a pre-screening or self-assessment tool before applying to nursing education to provide further insights to applicants about their reasons for applying and an opportunity to reflect on their decision.</i>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9880122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Critical Care Flight Nurses' role within secondary aeromedical services and the inter-hospital transfer of patients with acute spinal cord impairment.","authors":"Heather McCurdy","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2167728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2167728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aim</i>: To highlight the role of secondary aeromedical services and required knowledge of Critical Care Flight Nurses (CCFN), in facilitating the safe inter-hospital transfer of patients with acute Spinal Cord Impairment (SCI) from a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) to a specialist SCI centre. <i>Method:</i> Literature search. <i>Results:</i> There is significant demand for secondary aeromedical services in order for patients with acute SCI to be transferred to a SCI centre within 24 h of injury. CCFN play an important role in triaging patients, coordinating patient care, arranging logistics of transport as well as providing direct clinical care inflight. CCFN must have knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of acute SCI, altitude physiology and interventions to manage stressors of flight in the aeromedical environment. Specific clinical challenges encountered by CCFN include the prevention of hypobaric hypoxic hypoxia and achieving appropriate immobilisation of the spine. <i>Conclusion:</i> Mitigating the increased risk associated with transporting critically unwell patients with SCI in the aeromedical environment, relies on aeromedical clinicians with education and training within the clinical specialty of aeromedical retrieval. The availability of secondary aeromedical services to undertake urgent inter-hospital retrieval of patients with acute SCI will be promoted by the continued development of Retrieval Nurse Practitioner (RNP) roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reflections on transitioning from senior nurses to novice nurse academics.","authors":"Yingyan Chen,&nbsp;Dima Nasrawi,&nbsp;Richard Lakeman,&nbsp;Deb Massey","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2166548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2166548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transition from practicing nurse to nurse academic can be stressful as novice nurse academics need to assume new roles and acquire new skills in addition to having demonstrated mastery over their field of clinical practice. In this reflection, the authors use Gibbs' reflective cycle to reflect on the experience of transition from being senior nurses to novice nurse academics in the Australian university context. A description of the experience of transition is outlined alongside the feelings encountered. The positive and negative aspects of the experience are then evaluated and an analysis of the experience put forward with a conclusion related to the overall experience. An action plan for future practice is offered, which we hope will be of interest to anyone contemplating such a journey or supporting others in this process. The complex and challenging journey ahead for novice nurse academics is outlined, which offers opportunities for growth and development.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9666172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Australian and New Zealand nephrology nursing workforce: clinical pressure and organisational culture.","authors":"Kathleen Hill,&nbsp;Kim Neylon,&nbsp;Kate Gunn,&nbsp;Greg Sharplin,&nbsp;Marion Eckert","doi":"10.1080/10376178.2023.2172442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2172442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There has been increasing prevalence in the community of chronic kidney disease and an increased demand for nephrology trained nursing staff.</p><p><p>We explored how nephrology trained nurses are impacted by daily caseload pressure, organisational support and workplace education.</p><p><p>A co-designed 57-item questionnaire developed by the research team and clinical nephrology nurses hosted on Qualtrics™ was distributed to nephrology nurses in Australia and New Zealand.</p><p><p>The 370 respondents described a strong professional identity as a nephrology nurse. 70% described pressure to work overtime and only 2% were adequately staffed. 40% felt at times that their patients clinical care was 'unsafe' and one-third described the erosion of work-based educational opportunities. However, team collegiality was high, a strength of the nursing profession.</p><p><p>The nephrology nursing workforce will face important challenges over the next decade and there must be an organisational response to prevent continued staff shortages.</p>","PeriodicalId":55633,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Nurse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}