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Using Audio-Visual Simulation To Elicit Nursing Students’ Noticing And Interpreting Skills To Assess Pain In Culturally Diverse Patients, Michelle A. Kelly, Susan Slatyer, Helen Myers, Shelley Gower, Jaci Mason, Kathie Lasater

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Pain is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. Nurses play a vital role in assessing and managing pain and must use sound clinical reasoning to accurately make clinical judgments to notice, interpret and respond to patients’ pain.

Method: Exploratory research on the impact of a newly developed AV simulation on nursing students’ Noticing and Interpreting skills in assessing pain of culturally diverse patients. Data were collected via self-administered pre and post–intervention surveys.

Findings: The majority of participants were able to identify that the patient was in greater pain than reported, however some participants were unable to notice and interpret the …

Journeying Through Uncharted Territory: The Role Of Humour In Adaption Of Undergraduate Nursing Students In Their First Year Of Study, Marie-Josée Boulianne

Theses

Newly graduated nurses adapting to their professional role have been studied, mainly in their first year of practice. The development of coping strategies, acculturation and other adaptations to the nursing world begin at the onset of the educational journey. Understanding how these manifest early in the formative years can enable educators to tailor nursing programs to assist the future nurse to develop positive coping mechanisms and help pave the way to a successful transition into practice. This research aimed to identify elements conducive to positive adaptation and wellbeing of nursing students during their first year of nursing studies, including the …

The Influence Of The Art Of Clinical Supervision Program On Nurses' Knowledge And Attitude About Working With Students, K Russell, S Alliex, H Gluyas

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

The Art of Clinical Supervision program was developed, implemented and evaluated, to determine nursing staff knowledge and attitudes towards nursing students and the clinical supervision thereof. A key point of the program was the inclusion of strategies to promote one’s attitude towards working with students. A mixed methods approach of surveys, online reflections and interviews, was used to determine the programs effect. The findings highlighted a positive impact on participants’ self-knowledge and attitudes towards students and student clinical supervision.