{"title":"Teaching Health Policy: Educating and Empowering Change Agents.","authors":"Teri A Murray","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20250114-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250114-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 2","pages":"67-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143392877","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 Nursing Assistant Work on Academics, Anxiety, and Clinical Judgment.","authors":"Janet Marie Reed, Loretta Aller, Richard E Ferdig","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240925-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240925-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nursing students increasingly are working as nursing assistants (NA) while pursuing their nursing education. The literature discusses both the stressors and benefits of students working as an NA during nursing school; however, there is limited research on the direct effects of students having NA experience during nursing school.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This repeated measures study examined the effects of NA experience on grade point average, anxiety levels, and clinical judgment in simulation among undergraduate nursing students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences were found in grade point average or anxiety levels between nursing students with and without NA experience. However, nursing students with at least 12 months of NA experience demonstrated significantly higher clinical judgment in individual simulations, particularly in the responding phase of Tanner's model.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although NA work experience may not significantly affect grade point average or anxiety, it may enhance nursing students' clinical judgment, particularly when they respond to clinical situations. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(2):91-97.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 2","pages":"91-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143392878","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}
Dianne Morrison-Beedy, Irena Yashin-Shaw, Michael Ackerman
{"title":"A Framework for Supporting Intrapreneurialism in Nursing Academia.","authors":"Dianne Morrison-Beedy, Irena Yashin-Shaw, Michael Ackerman","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240923-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240923-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To prepare nurses for increasingly complex and challenging roles, nursing education must include a focus on developing an intrapreneurial mind-set that students take with them to future employment and leadership positions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Intrapreneurs take on responsibility for innovating within their organization. The combination of skills and energies encompassing leadership, cognitive flexibility, and a future orientation can facilitate the success of nurses in health care organizations, academic institutions, and diverse employment settings. Case studies provide examples regarding how to best integrate the concepts of intrapreneurship into nursing education.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurse educators play a vital role in developing, encouraging, and building an intrapreneurial mentality. Faculty who lead by example serving as intrapreneurial role models can help students and colleagues prepare to innovate within today's rapidly changing health care system.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This article discusses the importance of intrapreneurial skills for nurses and posits a framework for supporting intrapreneurialism in nursing academia. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(2):69-73.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 2","pages":"69-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143392872","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}
Lauren C Mays, Alice S Bristow, Melanie P Baucom, Deborah A Bowers, Emily M Patton, Katie C Buys
{"title":"Equipping Nurse Practitioner Students With Social Determinants of Health Competencies.","authors":"Lauren C Mays, Alice S Bristow, Melanie P Baucom, Deborah A Bowers, Emily M Patton, Katie C Buys","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240422-05","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20240422-05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Social determinants of health (SDOH) cause significant burden on individuals living with acute and chronic disease. There are meaningful data to support screening for social needs, yet implementation limitations exist in the clinical setting. Incorporating SDOH education into nurse practitioner (NP) curriculum provides a framework for bringing these concepts into clinical practice. As NP education transitions from concept-based to competency-based instruction, NP programs across the nation are tasked with ensuring socially competent, practice-ready NPs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>To help students understand the impact of SDOH in an applied way, a multisemester clinical and didactic dyad approach to SDOH competency was implemented.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>NP students (<i>N</i> = 521) in three separate cohorts completed the SDOH project between 2019 and 2021. Statistically significant results (<i>p</i> > .001) demonstrated increased knowledge related to SDOH in the clinical setting.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Equipping NP students with SDOH competencies empowers them to optimize health, improve patient outcomes, and promote health equity. <b><i>[J Nurs Educ.</i> 2025;64(2):132-135.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"132-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141447925","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":"Modeling in Nursing: A Handbook Template for Professional Identity in Schools of Nursing.","authors":"Joelle Wolf, LaShawn Horton, Dawn M Goodolf","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240826-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240826-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Professional Identity in Nursing Initiative began in 2018 to explore how concepts and language regarding professional identity formation could positively affect nursing education, practice, and regulation. In 2023, faculty from two nursing schools used the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing (ISPIN) definitions and domains to incorporate professional identity in nursing language in a template for a nursing student handbook.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Faculty evaluated the professional identity in nursing model and replaced the framework for professionalism in the school of nursing's handbook.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The revised handbook has become an easy-to-understand roadmap for faculty and provides clarity for students. Faculty reported positive feedback after integrating the framework into the handbook and throughout the nursing curriculum.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This template can serve as a practical tool for schools of nursing to promote concepts of professional identity in nursing in their handbooks and throughout the nursing curriculum. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143019423","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":"A Correlational Study of Burnout and Mitigating Psychological Factors in Undergraduate Nursing Students.","authors":"Kathleen M Horan","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240827-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240827-05","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence indicates that many nursing students exhibit signs of burnout and consider leaving nursing during nursing school. However, there is scant literature on the extent of this problem or mitigating factors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Undergraduate nursing students (<i>n</i> = 129) participated in a correlational study examining patterns of burnout and Psychological Capital (PsyCap), a four-pronged construct that captures hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism. Burnout and PsyCap were measured using the Maslach Burnout Survey (MBI-GS) and the PsyCap Questionnaire (PCQ-24). Burn-out prevalence was calculated. Correlations were assessed using MBI-GS subscales and the PCQ-24. Bivariate regressions were used to assess the effects of PsyCap on burnout dimensions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>High levels of exhaustion were identified, with 38.8% of the participants scoring in the overex-tended range, the first stage of burnout. Moderate PsyCap levels were found to be protective against burnout.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Strategies to increase PsyCap in nursing students may enhance well-being and reduce dropout. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143019419","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 Practice on Graduate Nursing Students' Objective Structured Clinical Examination Scores.","authors":"Shannon Linder, Morgan Wiggins","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240828-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240828-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) are an important part of the graduate nursing curriculum at The Ohio State University, including in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) program. Despite positive feedback from the OSCE assignments, students often reported experiencing anxiety before the assignments. In 2023, the PMHNP faculty implemented a pre-OSCE practice assignment designed for students to review an initial psychiatric evaluation by interviewing a peer. The authors proposed exposure to the pre-OSCE practice assignment would improve subsequent students' OSCE scores.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Mean OSCE scores were compared using independent samples t test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences were found in mean OSCE scores for the group with the pre-OSCE practice assignment and the group without the pre-OSCE practice assignment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Further exploration is warranted. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143019346","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":"Promoting Team Success Through Reflection on Communication Needs.","authors":"Claire Richards","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240826-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240826-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Graduate nursing students often face challenges in team-based projects due to diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Team charter development is helpful for making expectations clear, but it misses a critical step of self-reflection and shared understanding that can further improve team functioning.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This innovation integrated a communication needs reflection exercise, based on the Birkman Method, into team charter meetings in a graduate-level course. Students reflect on their communication needs individually before sharing and discussing strategies for respectful engagement as a team.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Incorporating reflection on communication needs into team charters was well received. The process can enhance self-awareness and respect for diversity of communication needs within teams.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Implementation of a structured process for self-reflection and sharing in team charters is a low-effort teaching innovation with the potential for high results. Formalizing a process of self-reflection and sharing has the potential to increase student self-awareness and respect for diversity. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143019429","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}
Ashley D Schmuke, Kathleen Armstrong, Cristina McGroarty, Kelli Fuller, Cynthia Rubbelke, Margaret W Bultas
{"title":"The Effects of Clinical Exposure on Examination Performance of Nursing Students.","authors":"Ashley D Schmuke, Kathleen Armstrong, Cristina McGroarty, Kelli Fuller, Cynthia Rubbelke, Margaret W Bultas","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20240627-03","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20240627-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Timing of didactic theoretical content with clinical experiences can be challenging due to limited clinical placements and insufficient experienced faculty. However, appropriate and timely clinical experiences for nursing students are essential for developing knowledge and skills. This project evaluated the effects of the timing of clinical experiences on examination performance.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A retrospective review compared students' first examination scores (<i>n</i> = 1,620) with the timing and type of clinical exposure in a traditional baccalaureate nursing program in the Midwest.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant differences in examination scores and timing of clinical exposures were found in adult medical-surgical courses. However, student examination scores were significantly lower in maternal/neonatal and child-health courses when students did not have a clinical exposure linked to the examination.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Faculty should consider the effect of the timing of clinical experiences for specialty courses. Timing of medical-surgical content and clinical experiences may not be as essential. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(1):44-47.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"44-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804169","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":"Strategies for Academic Integrity Orientation in Undergraduate Nursing Programs: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Amanda Tracy","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241204-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20241204-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Promoting academic integrity is an essential role of nurse educators. This scoping review examined best practices for orienting undergraduate nursing students on academic integrity policies. Methods: CINAHL Plus, ERIC, and Academic Search Premier databases were searched for studies published in English since 2013. In addition, reference lists of included studies were hand-searched for supplementary articles. Included studies focused on academic integrity policy orientation practices in higher education.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data from 10 included studies are presented in this review. Few studies on academic policy orientation practices specific to nursing (<i>n</i> = 1) exist. Most of the studies (<i>n</i> = 8) focused on higher education practices with no specific discipline focus.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Future research should focus on academic integrity policy orientation in nursing education. Nurse educators can implement generalizable recommendations from current literature. Recommendations include promoting a positive environment of academic integrity and faculty-led policy orientation practices. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(1):40-43.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 1","pages":"40-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143070475","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}