AIM The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument with rigorous psychometric properties to comprehensively measure nursing student satisfaction and to identify areas for nursing program enhancement. BACKGROUND Measures of program quality are frequently designed to demonstrate to professional groups that the educational program will prepare graduates for success in a rapidly changing ...

background and purpose: one of the main goals of nursing education is training appropriate and efficient nurses. the purpose of this study was to discover the perceptions of nursing students and their teachers about professional competency of academic staff. materials and methods: in this qualitative content-analysis approach study, the data were collected through unstructured in-depth intervie...

the attitude of students of nursing and public health faculty on their teachers’ evaluation, 2011 motaarefi h , orujlu s *, habibzade h , sakhaie sh received: 24 aug , 2013 accepted: 23 nov , 2013 abstract background & aims: medical universities need to the competent and motivated teachers as an important factor in education and training of the students. understanding the affecting factors on t...

evaluation of communication skills of nurses from hospitalized patients' perspective     rostami h [1] * , golchin m [2] , mirzaei a [3]     received: 14 sep, 2011 accepted: 21 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the ability to communicate effectively is one of the main problems of modern societies. quality of services is powerfully related to effective communication skills. studi...

BACKGROUND Rehabilitation nursing is practiced in various settings along the healthcare continuum. No framework is noted in the literature that defines the necessary competencies of the rehabilitation nurse. PURPOSE To develop a Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing and its application to clinical and educational practice. METHOD/DESIGN A seven-member Association of Rehab...

This descriptive, exploratory study aimed to validate nursing interventions proposed by the Nursing Interventions Classification for impaired skin integrity, deficient knowledge, ineffective therapeutic regimen management for predominant nursing diagnoses in people with diabetes. Participants were 21 specialist nurses in diabetes mellitus in Brazil, in 2007. Interventions were analyzed accordin...

OBJECTIVES To provide an overview of nursing terminology education, research, and clinical use, to identify and analyze any gaps therein, and to propose ways to close those gaps. METHODS We conducted an extensive Internet and literature search to establish the current status of nursing terminology education, research, and clinical use. We also surveyed 40 experts in nursing terminology from 1...

There is a shortage of registered nurses in developed countries, and this shortage is due to the aging nursing workforce, demand for healthcare services, and shortage of nursing professors to teach students. In order to increase the number of clinical placements for nursing students, the authors developed and implemented a collaborative preceptorship model between a Canadian University and Publ...

BACKGROUND Nursing care provided at night has a different purpose and objective to that provided during the day. A review of the literature does not reveal any scientifically tested research instruments for evaluating and comparing the nurse's assessment of nursing care with the patient's perception at night. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop and test an instrument for ...

AIMS This study aimed to compare the findings of the quality of nursing doctoral education survey across seven countries and discuss the strategic directions for improving quality. BACKGROUND No comparative evaluation of global quality of nursing doctoral education has been reported to date despite the rapid increase in the number of nursing doctoral programmes. DESIGN A descriptive, cross-...