A thorough family assessment provides a foundation for the nursing process when working with families. Therefore, nurses, along with other health care providers must develop expertise in conducting family assessments to provide the best possible care within the community. This article describes an innovative educational strategy using movies to teach family assessment skills and puts forth reco...

BACKGROUND Health assessment skills are of the most important skills which nurses require. The more precise assessment, the better results would be obtained and the quality of patient care would be improved. However, in Iran, few studies have investigated nurses' assessment skills. OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to assessnurses' evaluation of the learned skills of health assessment and their...

Most curriculum evaluations in the literature have been reported by nurse evaluators; aims, criteria and methods are drawn chiefly from sociology, general education or management. There is an absence of studies exploring relevance to national health care need, nurses' accountability to their clients and outcomes of curricula. There appears to be much interest in innovatory programmes, students'...

conclusions results of this study indicated the better effect of osats on learning and its relative superiority in precise assessment of clinical skills compared with the traditional evaluation method. therefore, we recommend using this method in evaluation of students in practical courses. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of using osats and traditional methods on ...

This study investigates use of the internet by nursing students to access health information and their evaluation practices in relation to this information. The research method was a retrospective descriptive postal survey. A questionnaire was sent to all undergraduate students enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing programme at a New Zealand university in 2005. The response rate was 50% or 174 resp...

PURPOSE This study was done to develop standards for dementia care as a baseline for professional nurses to provide a framework for dementia care evaluation. METHODS The dementia care standards were developed through a literature review and focus group discussions. According to the Delphi method, the data analysis was conducted using the Content Validity Index (CVI). RESULTS The final set o...

Introduction: The importance of optimal clinical nursingeducation in professional skills development is undeniable.In clinical education, nursing students are often faced withproblems. Recognizing nursing students’ perception on clinicaleducation is the first step to remove the barriers of this challenge.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conductedto determine the nursing stude...

Evaluation of Nursing Care Introduction It is the prime role of health care professionals to provide adequate health services to their patients. Nursing care requires them to handle patients form different ages and health backgrounds. Medical nurses should consider the particular needs of their patients. Different age groups need special medical treatment. Children and elde...