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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Adult Nursing"”.
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The Differences in Learning Styles between Generic and Adult Nursing Students
… 1. To identify the learning style of generic nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program,<br> 2. To identify the learning style of adult nursing students enrolled in a midwestern Associate Degree Nursing Program,<br> 3. To identify differences in learning styles …
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Patient Involvement in the Assessment of Pre-registration Adult Nursing Students Practice
… training. Fourteen years later, in 2010 the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council restated this requirement in response to concerns that university-based nursing education was not producing caring and compassionate nurses. This concern speaks to two enduring discourses around the professionalisation …
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Authentic Identity: A Visual Grounded Theory of Construction and Sustainability of Professional Identity in Adult Nursing
The (de) construction of aspiration in nursing and the social, cultural, economic, and philosophical ramifications to personal and professional agency is the focus of this thesis. Professional socialisation within adult nursing is recognised as problematic, with dissonance arising from numerous …
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Nursing education for the 21st century: an analysis of blended learning to teach clinical skills to 2nd year adult nursing students
… a contentious area in nurse education as many nursing students report feeling unprepared and lacking in confidence upon registration. A challenge therefore exists for nurse educators to identify and implement the most appropriate teaching and learning strategies to enhance clinical competence …
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Academic nurse educators’ experiences and perceptions of supporting adult nursing students in clinical placements in nursing homes: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… concerns exist that students do not view nursing homes favourably compared to hospital placements. The role of the nurse educator is an important one in reinforcing the importance of care that takes place in a nursing home AIM: This thesis aims to explore nurse educators’ experiences and …
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An exploratory, descriptive mixed method study of active service users and carers involvement in adult nursing and social work students’ pre-registration education
… explored the impact of active involvement in Adult Nursing and Social Work pre-registration education. It provided a tripartite perspective from the perceptions of the three main stakeholders involved: students, academic staff and service users/carers in a specific Higher Education setting in …
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The therapeutic relationship in the context of providing essential nursing care : an exploration of understanding and growth in undergraduate student nurses : adult nursing ; a case study
… of documenting learning related to practical nursing skills. Students demonstrated growth in both empathy and respect over time and were able to identify their own feelings. However, students reported feelings of anxiety and guilt if they perceived these feelings to be inappropriate. The small …
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The Emotional Journey of Independent Learning: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of Undergraduate Adult Nursing Student’s Experience of Self-Managed Independent learning (SML) in one UK University.
… the lived experience of thirteen final year adult nursing students in one UK University. Independent learning as a key purpose of higher education is well established and increasingly promoted within today's unprecedented and globalised world where knowledge itself is recognised as constantly …
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Developing and Embedding a Feasible Digital Health Champion Scheme into the Nursing Curriculum: A collaborative action research approach
… to develop and embed a feasible model offering nursing students the opportunity to support their local community in health technology, while listening to and learning from people’s experiences of healthcare. This study comprised three collaborative action research cycles with multiple …
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Surviving and thriving in practice placements: A qualitative exploration of student nurses’ practice placement learning experiences
… every applicant has to decide which field of nursing they wish to enter – adult, mental health, child, or learning disability – the majority choosing adult nursing. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the practice placement learning experiences’ of those students who …
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Exploring the Use of Fictional Film as a Trigger to Enquiry Based Learning
… Based Learning (EBL) within a pre-registration adult nursing programme. This qualitative research used an open and interpretive approach. An in depth consideration of the experiential learning of the nursing students using creative pedagogy within EBL alongside practice was the primary focus. …
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Nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and nursing older people: a comparison of two attitudinal measurement scales
… Solutions to improve quality, include recruiting nursing students at point of registration who hold positive attitudes towards older people and have the prerequisite skills and knowledge for effective care delivery. However, nursing students’ attitudes could be influenced by the care cultures they …
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Adult nurses’ understanding and use of courage in their professional practice: Realising Courage in nursing
… Courage is outlined as one of the 6Cs in the nursing vision ‘Developing the culture of compassionate care’ (Cummings and Bennett, 2012) and ‘Compassion in Practice’ (CBCN and DHCHA, 2012). The framework ‘Leading Change, Adding Value’ (NHS England, 2016) also reaffirmed the requirement for …
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Narrating the Elusive: Stories of Wellbeing in Later Life
… the notion of wellbeing as applied to older adults has been defined by ‘experts’, and the small number of studies that have examined this from the perspective of older adults have often reduced this to the life domains which support or undermine quality of life. Therefore, in order to gain a …
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The meaning of Being as a nurse involved in the work of death investigation. A North American view and its implications to practice in England.
… professional experience (majority came from an adult nursing background with emergency department or critical care experience) are discussed. Overall participants were interviewed for a total of 78 hours in 11 States, five of which were also observed in practice for a total of 142 hours in 3 …
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Use of search strategies in nursing clinical inference
… nurses in the formation of the minor premise in nursing clinical inference. Sarbin's Clinical Inference and Cognitive Theory (1960) served as the theoretical framework for the study. The following questions were formulated for investigation: (1) Do a majority of nurses make correct inferences on …
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Do Student Nurses experience a Theory-Practice Gap? A Case Study
… clinical learning environment can make learning nursing skills a difficult, challenging, and complex process for students. A theory-practice (T-P) gap has previously been acknowledged within nursing (Rolfe 2002, Maben, Latter and Macleod Clark 2006, Monaghan 2015), yet no clear definition of the …
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An Exploratory Study of Pediatric Oncology Nurses’ Perceptions of and Advocacy Responses to Ethical Issues in Securing Informed Consent in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients
… informed consent in adolescent and young adult patients (aged 16-24 years) who participate in clinical research trials and to examine if nurses engage in advocacy on behalf of these patients. A descriptive, exploratory research design utilizing an anonymous online survey was used for this …
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Exploring the accounts of mental health student nurses’ first practice placement: how can they be more fully prepared?
… I found a wealth of literature exploring adult student nurses and their placements. These placements were from a variety of nursing health care settings, including mental health. Mental Health and Adult Nursing students describing a less positive experience said they felt anxious, were not …
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Research and evidence use in experiential learning: perspectives and experiences of undergraduate nursing students.
… that reports on the challenges faced by nursing in the implementation of research and evidence into practice. Concomitant with the development of research and EBP in nursing, providers of preregistration nursing education have developed a range of educational approaches to support the …
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