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Governance Education: Preparing Nurses Of Influence In Contemporary Times / La Formation À La Gouvernance : Préparer Des Infirmières D’Influence Dans Le Contexte Actuel, Florence Myrick, Jacinthe I. Pepin

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

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Development And Validation Of A Tool For Measuring The Professional Identity Of Nursing Students: The Q-Ipei / Le Développement Et La Validation D’Un Instrument De Mesure De L’Identité Professionnelle Chez Les Étudiantes Infirmières : Le Q-Ipei, Eric Tchouaket, Dominique Houle, Dominique Therrien, Catherine Larouche, Annie Denoncourt, Pascale Reny

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Background: The various pressures on nurses in their practice environment, given the complexity of care, have exposed the confusion around the role definition and level of professional identity (PI) of future nurses. To support them in their practice, it is important throughout their education to know their commitment, representations, and sense of identity with respect to their future profession. To our knowledge, there is no measurement tool in the literature that can be used to measure the PI of nursing students throughout their education, given its complex multidimensional nature.

Objective: Based on a framework that takes into account …

Facilitation Of Disorientating Events For The Rpn To Bscn Learner / Soutenir, Par Des Occasions Déconcertantes, Les Apprentissages De L’Infirmière Diplômée D’Un Programme Collégial (Rpn En Ontario) Pour Devenir Infirmière Bachelière (B.Sc.), Maurine Parzen, Katharine Janzen

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Jack Mezirow’s transformative learning theory provides a framework in which to explore learning experiences that facilitate the Registered Practical Nurses (RPN) who returns to school to upgrade their credentials to that of a Registered Nurse (RN). It is through self-exploration and critically reflection upon previous nursing knowledge that RPNs can begin to enhance their knowledge and transform their practice. Mezirow claims there are precursor steps that adult learners contemplate as they engage in the process of perspective transformation which is initiated by disorientating dilemmas. RPNs who return to school to upgrade their credentials to that of an RN need to …

Moving Forward In Nursing Education Through A Participatory Mode Of Thinking / Aller De L’Avant En Formation Infirmière En Adoptant Un Mode De Pensée Participatif, Jacinthe I. Pepin, Florence Myrick

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

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Beyond Checklists: A Nursing Informatics Education Strategy For Undergraduate Nursing Students Appraising Health Information On Social Networking Sites (Sns) / Au-Delà Des Listes De Vérification : Une Stratégie De Formation Infirmière Au Numérique Pour L’Évaluation, Par Les Étudiantes De Premier Cycle, Des Informations Sur La Santé Présentes Sur Les Sites Des Réseaux Sociaux (Srs), Maggie J. Theron, Barbara Astle, Duncan Dixon, Anne Redmond

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Increasingly internet social networking sites are used in healthcare to support, communicate and offer information platforms between healthcare providers, users, and the public. Undergraduate nursing students draw on various sources of evidence to inform best-practice decisions in collaboration with patients and the healthcare team. Student or patient-initiated access of information from social networking sites necessitates high levels of informatics literacy. While students may reveal adept social networking site navigation skills, their capacity to appraise and apply information from these sites to their nursing practice, in ways that demonstrate informatics competence, requires further exploration. The purpose of this education project was …

Clinical Reasoning On An Assignment: Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions / Raisonnement Clinique À Partir D’Un Travail Écrit : La Perception D’ Étudiantes Au Baccalauréat En Sciences Infirmières, Karen Oostra, Barbara Astle, Heather Meyerhoff

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Baccalaureate nursing students must develop strong clinical reasoning skills to make sound clinical judgments regarding patient care. The purpose of this Interpretive Descriptive qualitative study was to explore how students understand the evolution and application of their own clinical reasoning skills. Eight nursing students were interviewed about their perceptions regarding the use of clinical reasoning skills on a written, patient scenario based assignment. An overarching theme of Over Time emerged along with two themes: Understanding of Clinical Reasoning and Making Sense of the Assignment. Sub-themes were identified as not knowing, knowing, applying knowing and valuing knowing. Students understood their …

Near Peer Learning To Facilitate Nursing Students’ First Medical Surgical Clinical Experience / Apprentissage Par Les Pairs Proches De Manière À Faciliter Les Premières Expériences Cliniques En Médecine Et Chirurgie Pour Les Étudiantes En Sciences Infirmières, Patricia Alfaro, Vanessa Di Criscio, Sandie Larouche, Margaret A. Purden, Alexander Sasha Dubrovsky

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Introduction and Background: Ensuring an appropriate clinical experience for students is becoming more challenging in the context of a global nursing shortage, more acutely ill clientele, and limited numbers of educators, academics and clinical instructors. Near Peer Learning Activities (NPLA) have been shown to be effective and may help students to feel prepared and confident to begin the clinical rotation. This study explored nursing students’ experiences in their first medical-surgical practicum following a NPLA involving Health and Physical Assessment (HPA). Methods: Educators at one Canadian University recently designed and implemented a NPLA in the clinical setting where junior nursing …

Canadian Nursing Students’ Experiences With Medical Assistance In Dying / Les Expériences D’Étudiantes En Sciences Infirmières Au Regard De L’Aide Médicale À Mourir, Cedar Mcmechan, Anne Bruce, Rosanne Beuthin

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

The recent introduction of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has significant implications for healthcare workers, nurse educators, and society at large. Nursing students are being asked to participate directly or indirectly with a medically assisted death. Little is known about nursing students’ experiences with or attitudes toward MAiD in Canada.The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of fourth-year nursing students in caring for patients who choose MAiD. The aim was to understand students’ perceptions of their educational preparation regarding MAiD and identify potential gaps in existing knowledge and skills. A qualitative design and thematic analysis were used. …