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Building The Research Enterprise In The Academic Environment:, Geraldine Polly Bednash, Jane Kirschling, Eileen T. Breslin, Robert Rosseter

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

The preponderance of nursing research conducted in the United States occurs in schools of nursing. Accordingly, a major role for academic leaders in nursing education is the development of a resource base to support and expand the research mission of the nursing program. The intersection of research and practice is also an essential element for assuring the relevance of nursing research and advancing the application of the evidence generated by nursing scientists. The following paper presents an introduction to nursing research in the U.S. with an emphasis on the educational and operational resources needed to maintain a robust research enterprise …

Interprofessional Simulation Learning With Nursing And Pharmacy Students: A Qualitative Study, Pauline Paul, Joanne K. Olson, Cheryl Sadowski, Brian Parker, Angele Alook, Deirdre Jackman, Cheryl Cox, Stewart Maclennan

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Health science students are increasingly learning in simulated situations within their own disciplines, but interprofessional simulation learning (ISL) does not occur as often and is rarely investigated. This research explored perceptions of undergraduate nursing (n=5) and pharmacy (n=4) students with respect to how ISL contributed to discipline-specific learning, to learning about the other profession, and to the development of interprofessional skills. The students were exposed to three ISL activities with data gathered from observation of the simulation sessions, individual interviews, and field notes. Content analysis was conducted. Student participants described the ISL activities as a positive learning experience. They learned …

Exploration Des Facteurs Influençant La Mobilisation Des Savoirs Par Une Pensée Critique Chez Des Étudiantes Infirmières Bachelières Lors De Stages Cliniques, Kathleen Lechasseur, Ginette Lazure, Louise Guilbert

Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière

Pour contribuer activement à la santé des personnes, les infirmières doivent faire appel à une diversité de savoirs dans leur pratique. Face à l’augmentation constante de la complexité des soins, la formation de la relève comporte des enjeux majeurs. L’étude visait à caractériser le processus de mobilisation des savoirs par une pensée critique chez des étudiantes infirmières bachelières en situation de soins en vue de mieux comprendre son déploiement et de le soutenir. Une approche qualitative, inspirée de la théorisation ancrée a mis au jour certains des facteurs d’influence sur ce processus en recourant à un entretien d’explicitation mené auprès …

Clinical Nursing Reasoning In Nursing Practice: A Cognitive Learning Model Based On A Think Aloud Methodology, Johanne Goudreau, Louise Boyer, Dimitri Létourneau

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Background. The current context of increasingly complex nursing care requires a high level of clinical reasoning in nursing practice. Still, teaching clinical reasoning in nursing remains a challenge for educators in the field. Although several studies have been conducted to try to understand clinical reasoning in nursing, neither its developmental stages nor the corresponding critical milestones have been uncovered. Therefore, nursing educators cannot rely on a cognitive learning model (a description of how people learn and develop a specific competency) to facilitate the learning of this crucial competency.

Objectives. This study was conducted to develop a cognitive learning model of …

Story Based Learning: A Student Centred Practice-Oriented Learning Strategy, Karen Mackinnon, Lynne E. Young

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Story based learning (SBL) has evolved as a way to promote quality in nursing education by assisting faculty to develop a student-centred learning environment. SBL is a teaching/learning strategy that also strengthens learners’ capacities to provide quality nursing care. Health professional education has been identified as a key contributor to advancing quality care. Key documents identify the pillars of quality health professional education as client–centred care, inter-professional education, teamwork and collaborative learning, knowledge mobilization and evidence-based practice, awareness of the limits of one’s knowledge as a foundation for reflective practice and life-long learning, and mastery of a field of practice. …

Confronting The Social Mandate For Nursing Scholarship – One School Of Nursing’S Journey., Susan M. Duncan, Star Mahara, Victoria Holmes

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The move to advance the qualification of nurses has necessitated the expansion of baccalaureate degree level nursing education to colleges and other less research-intensive post-secondary institutions in Canada and beyond. Shifts in the post-secondary institutional contexts of nursing education necessitate a re-thinking of the mandate and purpose of scholarship in nursing and how it can be sustained. Over a span of forty years, Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing has evolved from a community college program to one situated in a university college, and most recently within a new university. In this paper, we describe the purpose and process of …