In the present study, we evaluate the impact of participation in a mental health recovery camp on the clinical confidence of undergraduate nursing students in dealing with individuals with mental illness. Twenty undergraduate nursing students who participated in the recovery camp completed the Mental Health Nursing Clinical Confidence Scale both before and directly after attending the camp. Dat...

This paper charts the history and debates surrounding the introduction of academic, university-based training of nurses in South Africa. This was a process that was drawn out over five decades, beginning in the late 1930s. For nurses, university training was an important part of a process of professionalization; however, for other members of the medical community, nursing was seen as being link...

OBJECTIVE When invited to give an overview of nursing informatics I found it natural to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Medical Informatics Special Interests Group on Nursing Informatics (IMIA SIG NI) with a "mini history" from my own perspective METHOD The method is historical. Sources are from the IMIA-NI web site, conference proceedings and programs, my private archive ...

Pediatric palliative nursing care, both stressful and rewarding, requires coping skills, confidence, and other attributes for successful patient care and nursing practice. Through a thorough literature review, clinical workshops, direct observations in pediatric palliative care settings, and personal nursing experience in the neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, and oncology wards...

Objective Graduate entry to nursing programs are new to Australia. This paper reports on an analysis of students enrolled in an accelerated, pre‐registration, masters‐level nursing course in Melbourne, Australia. Design Quantitative surveys were used to gather data on a range of demographic characteristics and factors relating to students’ choice to undertake nursing. Setting The study was cond...