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Values, Assumptions, Behaviours, And Practices Influencing The Professional Development Of Nursing Students Within Acute Care Practice Environments In Rwanda: A Focused Ethnographic Study, Benoite Umubyeyi

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The future of the nursing profession in Rwanda in large part depends on the nursing students who join the workforce and the training they have received. Preparing them to enter the profession with the necessary clinical competencies, values, and attitudes requires practice-based learning environments to become more supportive of facilitating their professional development. The current learning environments experienced by nursing students in Rwanda, and the values, assumptions, practices, and behaviours of different stakeholders involved in preparing them to enter professional practice, have not yet been explored.

The aim of this study was to address that knowledge gap by exploring the …

The Influence Of Authentic Leadership On Fourth-Year Nursing Students' Experience Of Workplace Bullying And Withdrawal Intentions, Lindsay Anderson

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Background: Nursing students are experiencing workplace bullying during clinical placements. Such experiences contribute to a loss of trust and decrease in communication, ultimately affecting patient care. This has resulted in nursing students contemplating leaving the profession. If projections are accurate, Canada will be short 60,000 nurses by the year 2022. With the current nursing shortage crisis and an aging workforce, it is cause for concern when future nurses report intentions to leave the profession.

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of preceptors’ authentic leadership on fourth-year nursing students’ experience of workplace bullying and withdrawal intentions …

An Exploration Of Medication Errors Generated By Baccalaureate Nursing Students Using Electronic Medication Administration Record (Emar) Technology In Clinical Simulation, Ryan Chan

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Background: Medication errors continue to be a significant issue within both academic and clinical settings, posing substantial threats to the safety and well-being of patients. Through Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy, nursing students’ self-efficacy (confidence) and preparedness related to medication administration were examined to investigate their influence on the generation of medication errors in clinical simulation.

Research Questions: The research questions of this study aimed to examine the generation of medication errors and the differences that may exist based on nursing students’ perceived confidence and preparedness.

Method: An exploratory secondary analysis of previously collected data that examined nursing students’ generation of …

Nursing Students' Understanding And Enactment Of Resilience: A Grounded Theory Study, Andrew T. Reyes

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The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students’ understanding and enactment of resilience. Stress is considered to be a major factor affecting the health, well-being, and academic performance of nursing students. Resilience has been extensively researched as a process that allows individuals to successfully adapt to adversity and develop positive outcomes as a result. However, relatively little is known about the resilience of nursing students. A constructivist grounded theory study design was used. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 38 nursing students enrolled in a four-year, integrated baccalaureate nursing degree program at a university in Ontario, Canada. Face-to-face …