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Nursing Student Confidence And Self-Efficacy In Simulation: Evidence Synthesis Project, Serena Shirey
Nursing Student Confidence And Self-Efficacy In Simulation: Evidence Synthesis Project, Serena Shirey
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
The use of simulation-based activities is a growing trend in nursing pedagogy and requires evaluation to assess and improve outcomes. This project completed a review of multiple research studies and reviews to evaluate the effects of simulation and simulation methods on students’ sense of self-efficacy and confidence. The findings support the use of simulation and found that simulation does increase students’ perception of confidence and self-efficacy. The data collected included both qualitative and quantitative data. A few studies lacked generalizability due to small sample size and scenario selection. However, multiple methods were noted to improve the simulation experience and they …
The Impact Of Reflection On The Development Of Critical Thinking For Novice Nurses, Katherine D. Taylor
The Impact Of Reflection On The Development Of Critical Thinking For Novice Nurses, Katherine D. Taylor
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
This capstone project explores the use of intentional reflection as and educational intervention during the orientation process and the development of critical thinking skills in new graduate nurses. Nurse educators in the clinical practice setting could potentially impact one aspect of the transition to practice for the novice nurse through the development of critical thinking through by facilitating the incorporation of reflection during the onboarding of a novice nurse. Further investigation in the form of an evidence syntheses specifically related to the impact of reflection on the development of critical thinking in the new graduate nurse was necessary. The results …
The Impact Of Cross-Cultural Experiences On The Expression Of Cultural Humility, Teri L. Witter
The Impact Of Cross-Cultural Experiences On The Expression Of Cultural Humility, Teri L. Witter
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
Cultural humility is a process in understanding and accepting differences between diverse groups of people. Nurses are challenged to develop cultural humility to care for the changing population in the United States. Nurse educators are tasked with the challenge of facilitating students’ awareness and expression of cultural humility. Immersion experiences are one approach to helping students grow in their cultural humility. Along with teaching cultural humility, educators must evaluate a student’s level of cultural humility. Measuring an abstract concept such as cultural humility can be a difficult. Limited instruments have been developed and used to measure the concept of cultural …
Effectiveness Of Cultural Competence Education In Baccalaureate Nursing, Sharon Kessler
Effectiveness Of Cultural Competence Education In Baccalaureate Nursing, Sharon Kessler
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
Health disparities based on race and socioeconomic status persist despite efforts to improve access to care. Culturally competent nurses play an important role in providing quality care and reducing health disparities. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has asked colleges to develop programs to prepare students to decrease health disparities, resulting in nursing programs working to increase cultural competence among students in response to the changing demographic makeup of this country. This paper reviewed and critically appraised current literature regarding methods baccalaureate programs use to develop culturally competent nurses. The evidence based practice question guiding this project was, …
The Value Of An Established Nursing Mentorship Program For Novice Pre-Licensure Undergraduate Nursing Students, Christina Morgan
The Value Of An Established Nursing Mentorship Program For Novice Pre-Licensure Undergraduate Nursing Students, Christina Morgan
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
The purpose of this literature review is to discover the effect that a mentor relationship can have on novice pre-licensed undergraduate nursing students and provide recommendations for future mentor programs. The studies reviewed had to meet specific criteria including: found in scholarly peer reviewed journals, original research studies or systematic reviews, and current literature, completed within or near five years. There were ten pieces of evidence reviewed which included one randomized-controlled trial, four quasi-experimental studies, four qualitative studies and one integrative review. Participants in the primary studies included undergraduate nursing students (mentees) and the mentors which were the more experienced …