Nursing School Students Research Articles

517 Survey of Holy Quran voice influence on Nursing School Students after Bam Earth Quake

517 Survey of Holy Quran voice influence on Nursing School Students after Bam Earth Quake

Comparative analysis of nursing staff's nursing scientific research awareness and practice

Objective To know the status quo of scientific research awareness and its practice among nursing staff, analyze the relevant factors, and explore how to cultivate their scientific research awareness and research abilities.Methods Self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate 200 clinical nurses and 200 nursing students in the school about their awareness and practice of nursing scientific research, and the results were analyzed comparatively.Results There was statistical difference on scientific research awareness and between nursing students and clinical nurses (P<0.05). The awareness of nursing research of nursing students was much stronger than that of clinical nurses, but the practice of nursing research of the clinical nurses was more than that of nursing students.Conclusions For school nursing students and clinical nurses, there are many differences between practice and scientific research and awareness. So various proposals were put forward to: nursing students in school should be provided more opportunities for participation in the provision of professional guidance to teachers, and should be given appropriate financial support.Clinical nursing staff should be increased not only the awareness of their research and research capacity but also the scientific research knowledge. Key words: Nursing staff; Nursing scientific research awareness; Practice; Investigation and analysis

Investigation of the time management disposition among nursing students ZHAO Yan,ZHANG Jing-yu.

Objective To investigate the current situation of time management disposition(TMD)among nursing students in school of nursing,Peking Union Medical College and to clarify the fields about time management disposition that need to be modified and further enhanced in undergraduate nursing students,and to offer the fundamental evidence for related education in the future.Methods This was a descriptive research which using the adolescence time management disposition scale(ATMDS)developed by Huang Xiting and Zhang Zhijie.Results 210 questionnaires were sent out to investigate the students'TMD,and the effect feedback rateis97.62%.The average ATMDS total score in nursing students is(146.04±16),which belongs to the upper level.The total score and scores in the three dimensions increased from grade two to grade four.There are significant differences on time management disposition(including its three dimensions:time value,time control,and time efficacy)among students from different grades(P<0.01).Conclusions This survey offered valuable information on current time management disposition level and existed problems among nursing students.The school should provide more instructions that focus on the weak points of TMD and help the students master the skills of time management so that they could effectively accomplish the study in the school and further daily work in the hospital. Key words: Nursing students; Time management disposition; Nursing management

A pilot study on conducting mobile learning activities for clinical nursing courses based on the repertory grid approach

In clinical nursing courses, students are trained to identify the status of the target patients. The mastery of such ability and skills is very important since patients frequently need to be cared for immediately. In this pilot study, a repertory grid-oriented clinical mobile learning system is developed for a nursing training program. With the assistance of the mobile learning system, the nursing school students are able to learn in an authentic learning scenario, in which they can physically face the target patients, with the personal guidance and supplementary materials from the learning system to support them. To show the effectiveness of this innovative approach, an experiment has been conducted on the "respiratory system" unit of a nursing course. The experimental results show that the innovative approach is helpful to students in improving their learning achievements. Moreover, from the questionnaire surveys, it was found that most students showed favorable attitudes toward the usage of the mobile learning system and their participation in the training program.

Occupational risk of human Cytomegalovirus and Parvovirus B19 infection in female day care personnel in the Netherlands; a study based on seroprevalence

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Parvovirus B19 infections acquired during pregnancy may result in developmental disabilities of the foetus. This study evaluates the occupational risk of these infections in female day care personnel. IgG seroprevalence was determined in 310 Dutch day care workers and 158 nursing school students. CMV seroprevalence was age-related, starting at 21% in those <20 years and reaching 65% in those >35 years. Between the ages of 20 and 24 years the CMV prevalence was higher in day care personnel than in controls, 50% versus 31% (p = 0.03). In the first 2 years of employment the risk of attracting CMV was significantly increased (OR(adj) = 3.80; p < 0.001) and the occupational risk was also increased (OR(adj) 2.19; p < 0.001). Parvovirus seropositivity (71-77%) was not related to age or working at a day care centre. In conclusion, an occupational risk was observed for CMV, but not for Parvovirus infection in female day care personnel.

The practice of the integrated check-up evaluation systern in nursing teaching

Objective To explore the use of the integrated check-up evaluation system in the process of nursing teaching,we will foster high-quality nursing talents with comprehensive abilities who can meet the social needs.Methods Dividing 110 students making a specialty of nursing into experimental group and contrast group.The traditional check-up method is introduced into the contrast group,and the integrated check-up evaluation system is adopted in the experimental group.Results Subsequently,both the comprehensive abilities and theoretic test marks of the experimental group excel that of the check group(P＜0.05).Conclusion The integrated check-up evaluation system reflects the integrated,overarching testing concept,which is favorable for coordinative development of knowledge,ability and quality of the nursing school students;the reasonable transference and application of knowledge,which is favorable for the cultivation of nursing school students'integrated analyzing ability and flexibly using skill method;the spirit of must-know,must-be-good-at and must-be-that,which is favorable for improving teaching and mobilizing the students to study actively;and the objective,reasonable testing concept,which is favorable for reducing the psychological pressure of nursing school students about test. Key words: Nursing teaching; Integrated check-up evaluation; Nursing school students; Comprehensive abilities

The Effectiveness of a Training Program on Reducing Needlestick Injuries/Sharp Object Injuries among Soon Graduate Vocational Nursing School Students in Southern Taiwan

Needlestick/sharp injuries (NSIs/SIs) are a serious threat to medical/nursing students in hospital internships. Education for preventing NSIs/SIs is important for healthcare workers but is rarely conducted and evaluated among vocational school nursing students. We conducted an educational intervention for such students after their internship rotations before graduation. This program consisted of a lecture to the students after the internship training and a self-study brochure for them to study before their graduation. This study used the pre-test questionnaires completed by all students and the post-test questionnaires completed by 107 graduates after work experience as licensed nurses to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. After educational intervention, the incidence of NSIs/SIs decreased significantly from 50.5% pre-test to 25.2% post-test, and the report rate increased from 37.0% to 55.6%, respectively. In conclusion, this intervention significantly reduced the incidence of NSIs/SIs and increased the report rate of such events.

Association between appropriate knowledge and recognition on own weight among nursing and midwifery school students

Association between appropriate knowledge and recognition on own weight among nursing and midwifery school students

Nivel de conducta académica deshonesta entre los estudiantes de una escuela de ciencias de la salud

Objectives To determine the proportion of health sciences students who engage in academic misconduct and to identify their opinion of this behavior. Method An anonymous, voluntary, self-administered questionnaire was given to all students in the Blanquerna School of Nursing,Physiotherapy and Nutrition, in February 2004. The questionnaire consisted of three sections: the first aimed to evaluate academic behavior during exams and practical sessions and when handing in coursework, the second was designed to determine students’opinion of copying, and the third aimed to determine their knowledge of academic misconduct among fellow students. Results A total of 468 questionnaires were analyzed (participation rate 42.5%). Twenty-eight percent (120/468) (95% CI: 19.11-26.7) of the students reported they had copied during an exam. Twenty percent (95% CI: 16.6-23.9) admitted to copying entire texts from other authors without referencing the sources. Approximately 49.7% (95% CI: 45.1-54.2) gave their own work to other classmates to be used as a model. Sixty-eight percent (95% CI: 64.1-72.5) believed that all students cheated at some time during their university course. Students believed that the only punishment that should be applied was to invalidate the corresponding exam,exercise or test while about 20% considered no punishment was necessary. Discussion Our students are similar those in other countries in terms of copying exams, plagiarizing texts or passing off material from the internet as their own. However, the students in this study tended to see academic misconduct as not especially serious.

情報リテラシー・サービス 慶応義塾大学信濃町メディアセンターにおける情報リテラシー教育事例

Information literacy education at Shinanomachi Media Center, Keio University (Kitasato Memorial Medical Library), has been enhanced since the 1980s, when end-user searches using CD-ROM databases began. This article introduces the libraries current education programs, i. e., “Seminar for Electronic Resources, ” for researchers unlikely to come to the library and accessing electronic resources, including electronic journals, online from their laboratories and offices; an official selective course for medical school students in their curriculum; and new education opportunities for nurses and nursing school students. It also discusses programs by targeted user and tips on constructing customized educational opportunities such as “Seminar for Electronic Resources.” Further issues in improving programs are also discussed.

Stethoscope: a friend or an enemy?

The stethoscope is a universal tool in the hospital that is in direct contact with many patients and can therefore be a vector in the dissemination of bacterial infections. To research the presence of bacteria, fungi and yeast on the stethoscope diaphragm and the resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial drugs. Descriptive, prospective, non-controlled. A tertiary care hospital. Samples were taken randomly from 300 stethoscopes employed by medical staff (medical residents, medical students, nurses and nursing school students) and other sectors of the hospital. Three hundred stethoscope diaphragms used in several sectors of the hospital facilities by medical doctors (63 samples), medical residents (54 samples), medical students (106 samples), nursing school students (33 samples) and specific sectors (36 samples) were analyzed. Material was collected randomly. It was collected with the aid of a sterile swab moistened in physiological solution, inoculated into Brain Heart Infusion media and incubated in an oven for 24 to 48 hours. After this period, the samples were inoculated into blood agar, MacConkey agar and Sabouraud media and identified by Gram staining and biochemical assays. An assay to test bacteria sensitivity to antibiotics was also carried out by the Kirby-Bauer method. Eighty-seven percent of the analyzed stethoscopes were contaminated. Gram-positive cocci, yeasts, fungi and Gram-positive and negative bacilli were isolated. There was no significant association between the most predominant microorganisms and professional category. Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus negative coagulase and Bacillus were significantly more frequent in relation to the presence of more than one microorganism on the stethoscope diaphragm. Stethoscopes presented a high rate of contamination and their use without precautions can spread nosocomial infections.

Results of two-step tuberculin skin test against medical and nursing school students and treatment according to the results of the test

To assess the risk of tuberculosis infection in medical and nursing school students, tuberculin skin tests were carried out in the two-step manner. The second tuberculin skin test was repeated two weeks later excluding those who were strongly positive in the first test. BCG vaccination was done with the consent of students who showed negative reaction twice. Medical interview and revaluation of prior routine chest radiogram were made on students who were strongly positive. Prophylactic INH medication was considered to those who are at high risk of tuberculosis. Eight hundred thirty eight students underwent the two-step tuberculin skin test, and among them, 771 students showed the positive reaction on the first test (92.0%) which included 58 weakly positive (6.9%), 347 intermediately positive (41.4%) and 366 strongly positive (43.7%) and 2 not-measurable (0.2%), and 65 students were negative (7.8%). The average size of the erythema was 30.9 +/- 18.8 mm on the first test and 37.9 +/- 20.6 mm on the second test. Twenty one students were negative on the second tuberculin skin test, and among them, 15 received BCG vaccination. Out of eight students who were vaccinated with BCG in 1999 and were followed up in the next year, 6 (75.0%) converted to positive. Strongly positive reaction was seen in 28 students (3.3%) and one of them underwent prophylactic medication of INH according to her family history of exposure to tuberculosis.

A comparison of smoking habits between nursing school and nursing college students

This study was conducted through anonymous questionnaires in order to compare the smoking habits of nursing school students with those of nursing college students, and to identify factors that might possibly indicate causes of smoking habits, among students of two major courses (a 3-year nursing school course and a 4-year nursing college course) for becoming nurses. The subjects were students in two nursing schools and two nursing colleges in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. The results showed that the smoking prevalence among nursing school students in the first to the third grades was 26%, and that among nursing college students of the same grades was 12%. As to factors related to smoking habits of the students the smoking patterns of mothers and friends were shown to largely influence those of the nursing students. Among nursing college students, 21% agreed to a smoking ban in their schools, compared with 14% of the nursing school students.

“The Whole is More than the Sum of its Parts”: The Effects of Grouping and Randomizing Items on the Reliability and Validity of Questionnaires

This investigation was concerned with the widely spread practice to extract subscales from extensive psychodiagnostic inventories and to present their items in questionnaires as homogeneous item-blocks. By way of examining the effects of the mode of item-presentation on the reliability and validity, the frequently used and validated SCL-90-R was analyzed as a prototype of multidimensional symptom self-report inventories. Two studies were conducted in different contexts of application (study I: controlled group testing, study II: non-controlled individual testing) and involved different groups of subjects (study I: 130 nursing school students, study II: 134 university students). In both studies the standard item-arrangement was contrasted with the item-block presentation, which groups together items measuring the same dimension. The results revealed significant effects of item-blocking on the mean values, on the reliability, and the validity of the questionnaire. The findings seriously call into question the admissibility of subscale-extraction for self-report inventories. We conclude that the Gestalt paradigm, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts,” is valid for multidimensional psychodiagnostic inventories.

Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo

The department of maternal-child and public health nursing of the University of Sao Paulos Ribeirao Preto School of Nursing focuses on mother and child health during pregnancy and the puerperium providing assistance to children throughout their development to adolescence and to hospitalized cases. The department consists of 5 teachers of them 2 titular professors 3 associate professors 8 doctors 10 assistants and 2 auxiliary teachers who cover 3 areas of nursing instruction: child health maternal health and public health. The teachers instruct nursing school students and carry out postgraduate instruction. Programs of the school include a Primary Assistance Program of Student Health implemented from the first grade in all public schools in Ribeirao Prato (75000 students). Another program Studies on Child and Adolescent Health promotes research about health and disease and assisting in the health care of children family relations and schooling. This program is carried out in collaboration with other institutions with the participation of 7 teachers. The third assistance program is called Support of Children with Cancer and is comprised of doctors nurses social workers psychologists and nutritionists with the aim of easing the suffering of children. Two teachers also take part in pediatric nursing. The field of maternal health includes a segment on breast feeding providing humane and scientific assistance to the mother and child. The teaching assistance and research in the rehabilitation of women who underwent mastectomy started in 1989 by providing assistance to women with mammary cancer and to their families. This work involves three teachers one nurse and a technician as well as two other teachers from other departments. Transcultural research in maternal health focuses on different cultures regions and countries with particular emphasis on sexuality. The area of public health embodies the segment on research and study in collective health; the AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases public education segment; the human resources in nursing component; and the health and work studies segment.

Caries experience in subjects 18-22 years of age after 13 years' discontinued water fluoridation in Okinawa.

The purpose of this study is to compare the state of teeth in young adults who had consumed fluoridated water from birth to 5-8 yr of age with the subjects who had non-fluoridated water. The sample consisted of 117 18-22-yr-old female nursing school students. The data obtained in dental examinations were sorted according to their place of residence, and then divided into groups depending on whether their place of residence had been supplied with fluoridated water or not. The fluoride concentration in the water had been 0.7-1.0 ppm in the six water supply systems which were under the control of the US military base. In the subjects who had fluoridated water, the following differences were found when compared to the control subjects: missing teeth and highly progressed caries occurred less frequently; significantly lower caries prevalence was present on free smooth and approximal surfaces; the overall DMFT differences in favor of the fluoridated subjects were small and non-significant.

Nursing Students Rank High in Autonomy at the Exit Level

Professional status based on the criterion of autonomy continues to elude nursing. It is important to determine if this condition is due to the denial of professional status by employing organizations or to the lack of individual autonomy possessed by nurses. Female nursing school students were compared to women students from the schools of education, business, technology, and arts and sciences just prior to graduation. Nursing students scored as high on autonomy and masculinity as other female students, and higher on autonomy-related attitudes and behaviors specific to women. These findings conflict with earlier studies and with the position that nursing's denial of professional status is due to a lack of individual autonomy in nurses.

Field-Dependence/Independence: Considerations in Staff Development

Clinical nurse preceptors, staff development specialists, and staff nurses are becoming more involved with the clinical learning experiences of new graduates, nursing school students, and the highly mobile, experienced nurse. Assessment of learning styles and the cognitive process is necessary for the implementation of successful orientation programs. Consideration of the bipolar learning style of field-dependence/independence can be useful for preceptors involved with teaching in the clinical setting. This article reviews the development of the concept of field-dependence/independence, identifies associated characteristics, and discusses assessment of learning style. Specific teaching strategies for both field-dependent and field-independent learners are discussed.

SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE, MATRICULATION GRADES, AND GROUP INTERVIEW AS PREDICTORS OF PERFORMANCE IN NURSING SCHOOL

ABSTRACT This study examines the predictive validity of three commonly used nursing school admission indices, that is, scholastic aptitude test scores, matriculation grades, and evaluations of performance in a group interview situation, in a sample of 321 Israeli nursing school students. Grade point average, supervisor evaluation of clinical internship, and scores on a government certification exam served as primary indices of criterion performance. Whereas composite aptitude test scores correlated moder ately with both grade point average and certification exam scores, matriculation grades correlated negligibly with all three criterion measures. Group interview ratings correlated moderately with clinical performance, but negligibly with the remaining criteria. Aptitude test scores were not found to be biased predictors of criterion performance by ethnicity or social background. The implications of these findings for the selection of nursing school candidates in Israel are discussed.

Prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia among adolescent women in Japan

This study examined by questionnaire the prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia among 220 women at a school of nursing and 236 women at a junior college, all from 18 to 21 years old, in two different areas of Japan. Binge-eating more than once a week was found in 14 (6.5%) of the nursing school students and 21 (9.1%) of the college women. Self-induced vomiting and use of purgitives were found in 19 (8.7%) and 12 (5.5%) of the nursing school students, and 19 (8.1%) and 9 (3.8%) of the college women, respectively. The difference between these two groups was not significant. The prevalence of binge-eating more than once a week, together with self-induced vomiting or purgative use, was 3.6% in the nursing school students, 2.1% in the college women, and 2.9% in the total sample. These women appeared to meet both DSM-III criteria for bulimia and Russell's criteria for bulimia nervosa.