conclusions perceptions of nursing were significantly different from those of the ideal career in most of the attributes. therefore, it is recommended that nurses’ income, workplace safety, and sense of being appreciated and respected by all authorities should be improved. background identification of the attributes of nursing and the ideal career, and their similarities and differences, as per...

The Outcome-Present State Test (OPT) Model of Clinical Reasoning is a nursing process model designed to help students develop clinical reasoning skills. Although many nurse educators are using the OPT model as a teaching strategy, few are formally evaluating its use as a method. We used the OPT model as a teaching tool in an undergraduate psychiatric and mental health clinical nursing course an...

Teaching research to undergraduates has it own challenges and involving undergraduates in research practical experience is just one of those challenges. As nursing students are in the process of becoming professional nurses, knowledge and skills in research are specific outcomes of the curriculum. One of the outcomes of the B Tech Nursing Science programme offered by the Tshwane University of T...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to categorize nursing students' subjectivity in their attitude toward their jobs, and thereby understand the differences among these attitude types. METHODS The study used a Q-method to measure nursing students' attitude toward jobs identity types. In-depth and objective interviews and literature review formed Q sample. The P sample consisted of 25 nursing...

BACKGROUND Nursing students may exhibit the characteristics of resistance to stress, such as hardiness, which can reduce the risk of burnout. However, we found only one published study about these phenomena among nursing students. Thus, we investigated the association between hardiness and burnout in such students. METHODS An analytic, cross-sectional study was conducted among 570 nursing stu...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this project was to identify if there is a link between what nursing students learn in simulated clinical laboratory sessions and what they experience during their clinical placements. Clinical laboratories are commonly used to assist students to develop clinical nursing skills through simulation of clinical experiences. ISSUE Little research has been conducted into th...

AIM Clinical assignments in nursing education provide opportunities for students to develop thinking skills vital to the effective delivery of patient care. The purpose of the present study was to examine students' perceived levels of confidence for using thinking skills when completing two types of clinical assignments. BACKGROUND Clinical educators and managers are challenged to develop tea...

introduction: clinical education in critical care units is very important and promotion of quality of clinical education can lead to higher qualification and professionalism of nursing students in this area of practice . so, this study was conducted to evaluate the clinical skills of nursing students in icu , ccu and dialysis units . method & materials : this research was a cross sectional desc...

background: ethical sensitivity is considered as a component of professional competency of nurses. its effects on improvement of nurses’ ethical performance and the therapeutic relationship between nurses and patients have been reported. however, very limited studies have evaluated ethical sensitivity. since no previous iranian research has been conducted in this regard, the present study aimed...