comparison of the effect of concept mapping and nursing process on self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and cognitive strategies in nursing students     rezaei k [1] *, kouhestani h [2] , nejat n [3] , ebrahimi fakhar h [4]     received: 12 oct , 2011 accepted: 20 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : the success of nursing students depends on the understanding of complex concepts and...

Background: Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) is being widely used in the assessment of clinical performance of students in healthcare profession. Objective: This study was conducted to find out the feasibility and acceptability of Self and Peer-Evaluation in Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) in Psychiatric nursing among Nursing Students. Methods: A cross section...

Background: It has been strengthened that nursing students benefit from ICU placements by practicing their patient care skills, widen their knowledge by observing complex treatments and care activities. Besides these positive outcomes it is also being emphasized that ICU environment is a complex environmet for students which may trigger their stress during clinical placements. There are very fe...

BACKGROUND Nursing education is currently facing challenges related to the application of nursing knowledge in clinical environments and inability of students in application of nursing procedures in clinical settings. Nursing students themselves represent the best means of identifying these challenges. This study was conducted aimed to understand the nursing students' viewpoints and experiences...

abstract background and purpose: attendance of nursing students in clinical settings is an inherent element of nursing education. this study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of nurses toward the attendance of nursing students in clinical settings in shahrekord, iran. methods: this descriptive study was conducted in hajar teaching hospital of shahrekord city, iran in 2015. using convenience sampl...

background: incivility among nursing students is a common academic problem. knowing the causes of students’ incivility will enable the faculty members and academic institutions to select correct strategies to deal with this problem. this study was conducted to explore the causes of incivility among nursing students from both educators’ and students’ points of view. methods: this qualitative con...

Profession influences healthcare workers' hand hygiene (HH) adherence. Greek nursing and medical students were surveyed to determine if there were cross-disciplinary differences in HH education, assessment, knowledge, beliefs and practices. Nursing students' HH knowledge was significantly higher than that of medical students. Nursing students reported significantly more positive HH practices an...

PURPOSE This study aimed to compare the perception of the academic learning environment between medical laboratory science students and nursing students at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines. METHODS A cross-sectional survey research design was used to measure the perceptions of the participants. A total of 341 students from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School o...

Attrition is a major concern in schools of nursing, and research shows that it is most prevalent in baccalaureate nursing students as they first encounter their initial nursing and core science courses. Nurse educators anticipate that beginning nursing students have the potential to be self-directed learners; and have the initiative to independently identify and implement resources and strategi...

Objective: Practitioners can often experience feelings of disgust when exposed to malodorous wounds. This study reports on an investigation to measure a group of psychology and nursing students (n = 158) perceptions of disgust using the Disgust Scale-Revised questionnaire. Methods: Data were collected via anonymous on line survey of 158 psychology and nursing students at two Universities in the...