AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To examine the factors that impact on students' implementation of clinical skills in the practice setting. This was a part of a larger exploration into the role of the Clinical Skills Laboratory in preparing student nurses for clinical practice. BACKGROUND It is already known that students can experience reality shock on clinical placement and that staff support is crucial...

AIM The aim of this study was to understand staff perceptions of the role of the hospital palliative care team and to identify knowledge and confidence levels of general staff caring for patients with palliative care needs. METHOD A survey questionnaire tool was used with a response rate of 51 per cent. Participants included nurses, health care assistants and doctors. RESULTS The study high...

Introduction The 2001 policy for lifelong learning of all staff in the NHS (in England) Working Together Learning Together insisted that NHS organisations “demonstrate that education and training, and access to learning and library resources is available on an equitable and increasing flexible basis to all staff groups, in accordance with need and without any discrimination based on hours of wo...

Three new direct-service staff participated in a program that used a video model to train target skills needed to conduct a discrete-trial session. Percentage accuracy in completing a discrete-trial teaching session was evaluated using a multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline, performances ranged from a mean of 12% to 63% accuracy. During video modeling, there was an imme...

Simulation-based training for healthcare providers is well established as a viable, efficacious training tool, particularly for the training of non-technical team-working skills. These skills are known to be critical to effective teamwork, and important in the prevention of error and adverse events in hospitals. However, simulation suites are costly to develop and releasing staff to attend trai...

Background This study investigated the effects of integrating primary chronic care with current healthcare activities in two local government health units (LGHU) of the Philippines on knowledge and skills of the LGHU staff and clinical outcomes for people with diabetes. Design Integration was accomplished through health service reorganization, (re)distribution of chronic care tasks, and trainin...