Undergraduate Nursing Course Research Articles

SALA DE ESPERA: ESPAÇO PARA EFETIVAR A EDUCAÇÃO EM SAÚDE EM UMA UNIDADE DE SAÚDE

O objetivo desse trabalho foi relatar a implementação das ações de educação em saúde na sala de espera em uma unidade de saúde, enquanto os usuários aguardavam atendimento. Trata-se de um relato de experiência, parte do estágio supervisionado da disciplina em Saúde Coletiva do curso de Graduação em Enfermagem de uma universidade pública. Foi implantado o projeto “Sala de Espera”, destinado aos usuários que aguardavam atendimento. Para isso houve a confecção de um calendário com datas comemorativas relacionadas à saúde, abordando a cada mês a temática comemorada. A intervenção proporcionou momentos lúdicos, de bem-estar, expressividade, troca de conhecimentos e experiências. Considerando-se todas as atividades educativas na sala de espera entre agosto e novembro de 2017, obteve-se a participação de 290 usuários, com 15 encontros, numa média de 15 a 20 pessoas em cada um deles. Os participantes expuseram suas dificuldades a respeito dos temas abordados. Com a criação da sala de espera, percebe-se que se estabeleceu um maior vínculo/confiança entre a equipe de saúde e a população local.

Patient safety content and delivery in pre-registration nursing curricula: A national cross-sectional survey study

BackgroundPatient safety is a core principle of health professional practice and as such requires significant attention within undergraduate curricula. However, patient safety practice is complex requiring a broad range of skills and behaviours including the application of sound clinical knowledge within a range of health care contexts and cultures. There is very little research that explores how this is taught within Australian nursing curricula. ObjectivesTo examine how Australian nursing curricula address patient safety; identify where and how patient safety learning occurs; and describe who is responsible for facilitating this learning. DesignA cross-sectional study. SettingEighteen universities across seven Australian States and Territories. ParticipantsThe sample consisted of 18 nursing course coordinators or those responsible for the inclusion of patient safety content within a Bachelor of Nursing course at Australian universities. MethodsAn online survey was conducted to evaluate the patient safety content included and teaching methods used in Australian pre-registration nursing curricula. ResultsApproaches to teaching patient safety vary considerably between universities where patient safety tended to be integrated within undergraduate nursing course subjects rather than explicitly taught in separate, stand-alone subjects. Three-quarters of the surveyed staff believed patient safety was currently being adequately covered in their undergraduate nursing curricula. ConclusionAlthough there is consensus in relation to the importance of patient safety across universities, and similarity in views about what knowledge, skills and attitudes should be taught, there were differences in: the amount of time allocated, who was responsible for the teaching and learning, and in which setting the learning occurred and was assessed. There was little indication of the existence of a systematic approach to learning patient safety, with most participants reporting emphasis on learning applied to infection control and medication safety.

Métodos de ensino na graduação de enfermagem sobre uso prejudicial de álcool: implicações na prática profissional

O presente relato procura refletir a respeito de como vem sendo desenvolvida a metodologia de ensino nos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem sobre o tema do uso prejudicial de álcool. Verifica-se que o ensino dessa temática está atrelado às tradicionais disciplinas relacionadas à saúde mental e à enfermagem psiquiátrica, nas quais ainda prevalece o enfoque psiquiátrico, tendo poucas horas dessas disciplinas dedicadas para o ensino desse assunto, o que é insuficiente para instrumentalizar futuros enfermeiros aptos para atuarem frente a essa questão. Assim, sugerem-se mudanças no modo de ensino e reformulação da grade curricular de enfermagem para que esse tema seja melhor contemplado na graduação.

Construction of Practical Courses f or Nursing Undergraduate Nursing Students

To explore the method and effect of the construction of nursing undergraduate nursing practice course. The nursing undergraduate of nursing school practice teaching in the course of construction and in theory cou rse increased introduces Japanese support basic technical knowledge and wellbeing concept and Taiwan nursing philosophy teaching; geriatric nursing practice class hours and in practice in the class by situational teaching method, organize students to volu nteer to homes for the elderly field visits; in course assessment increase part of practical evaluation. To study the course of the 88 undergraduate course assessment, in practice before and after the use of the attitude of the elderly questionnaire for st udents to investigate. The learning course 84.1% of student achievement is well above levels, the attitude score for the elderly is higher than that of the learning before (P < 0.05), after learning of undergraduate nursing students on elderly care courses are interested by 78.41% increased to 92.05%, take care of the wishes of the elderly by 71.59% to 88.64% (P < 0.05). The construction of nursing undergraduate nursing courses can effectively improve the learning interest of nursing students, improve stude nts' attitude to the elderly, and improve the students' willingness to take care of the elderly.

Descortinando enfermagem através da arte: uma experiência integradora em busca da interdisciplinaridade

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-0221.2017v14n25p173O enfermeiro necessita abrir novos olhares de atuação profissional, refletindo a interdisciplinaridade e buscando atender aos princípios da transversalidade e integralidade das ações de saúde e cuidado. Assim, o presente artigo objetiva relatar a vivência na construção e realização de atividades integradoras e interdisciplinares no curso de graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fronteira Sul (UFFS), campus Chapecó, durante a reformulação de seu Projeto Político Pedagógico (PPP). Trata-se de um relato de experiência acadêmica do Grupo de Trabalho Catavento, o qual lançou, no primeiro semestre de 2015, a proposta da atividade integradora com o tema central “O que eu penso da Enfermagem”. Durante a realização da atividade, constatou-se a grande interação entre discentes e docentes de diferentes fases e componentes curriculares. Assim, a atividade foi avaliada pelos participantes como uma atividade de extrema importância para a integração do curso, com sugestões de novas estratégias para os próximos semestres.

Cinema as a Didactic Instrument for Approaches Related to Respect for Diversity and Sexual Orientation

Objective: reporting the experience of nursing students related to the educational practice through the cinema as a didactic tool to address issues related to respect for diversity and sexual orientation. Method: experience report that aims to describe aspects experienced in the opportunity of an educational action that was developed by seventh-year undergraduate students in nursing at a private institution of higher education in BelA©m, ParAi, in the period April to May 2017. Nineteen students from the first year of undergraduate nursing course participated of the activity. Results: the experience provided the verification of the importance of actions of Health Education, which must be performed in the different scenarios. It was verified that a Health Education activity based on the real needs of the studied population, can cause significant changes in the habits of life, promoting health. Conclusion: the intervention project proved to be a powerful educational tool to contribute to paradigmatic changes in formation. The experience and thematic approach provided deep reflections on the importance of Health Education and the systematic planning of educational activities that meet the real needs of the population, which was facilitated in this experience by the choice of methodological strategy.

Team-based Learning in the teaching of perioperative care in undergraduate Nursing

Objective: To analyze the use of Team-based Learning from the perspective of an undergraduate nursing school of a public university in Brazil. Methods: This study used a mixed method with 127 students of the Undergraduate Nursing Course of a public university in southern Brazil. Data were collected by questionnaire applied between July 2015 and September 2016. Using thematic analysis, data were grouped by similarity using simple frequencies and qualitative data. Results: Several thematic categories emerged from the experiences of the students in respect to Team-based Learning: Dynamism and organization, Student-centered learning, Critical thinking, and Interaction. Conclusion: The results show that this method favors student-centered learning, aiming at interactions and propitiating arguments that leads to an approximation to the perioperative care praxis and consequent development of clinical reasoning.

The impact of educational experiences on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward people with Alzheimer's disease: A mixed method study

BackgroundAs the population ages, the effects of Alzheimer's disease will be felt by all nurses. Providing proper care for people with Alzheimer's disease is difficult and requires specific skills, attitudes, and knowledge. Limited data exists regarding nursing students' attitudes and knowledge toward people with Alzheimer's disease, whether undergraduate education prepares students to care for this population, or the best methods to support students in learning in an innovative and interactive environment. ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of different educational experiences on nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward people with Alzheimer's disease and to explore nursing students' knowledge and attitudes surrounding the care of people with Alzheimer's disease. DesignA convergent mixed method design. A three group (Alzheimer's disease clinical experience, online learning module, and no dementia-specific intervention), pretest and posttest design served as the quantitative arm of the study. A focus group discussion with themes extracted served as the qualitative piece of the study. SettingCollege of Nursing in North Texas. ParticipantsConvenience sample of 94 senior level nursing students enrolled in the undergraduate nursing program's Community Health course. MethodStudents completed pre and posttest surveys which included Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale, Dementia Attitudes Scale, and demographic questionnaire. Content analysis was conducted on focus group responses to qualitative interview questions. ResultsThe Alzheimer's disease clinical group experienced increased knowledge and improved attitudes toward people with Alzheimer's disease compared with students who completed the online module or had no dementia-specific intervention. Four themes emerged from focus group data: Basic Alzheimer's disease knowledge, need for Alzheimer's disease experiential learning, negative feelings related to behaviors, and appropriate responses to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. ConclusionExperiential learning in the form of clinical placements increased knowledge and improved attitudes about Alzheimer's disease compared with an online module and no dementia-specific intervention.

Evaluating Health Mobile Apps: Information Literacy in Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Courses.

Evaluating Health Mobile Apps: Information Literacy in Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Courses.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the nursing students’ attitudes toward mental health nursing and consumers instrument

The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the instrument “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” for use among Nursing students in Brazil. The subjects were 91.3% female and 8.7% male and their ages ranged from 18 to 58 years, with a mean (M) of 21.9 years and a standard deviation (sd) of 3.88 years. The study included students from the undergraduate course in Nursing of five higher public education institutions, with a total of 393 students. Of these, 365 answered the questionnaires at their two application times, resulting in 92.87% full participation in the study. Regarding the school year, 23.9% were from 2013 and 76.1% from 2014. The data were entered into the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program, v.21, to be analyzed by descriptive exploratory analysis, correlations analysis, means comparison and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with the exploratory factor analysis technique and oblique rotation. Convergent validity was used as the form of validation, using the Authoritarianism and Minority View dimensions of the Opinions about Mental Illness (OMI) Scale. After generating the structure of the instrument to be tested, the Confirmatory Factor Analysis technique (CFA) was used, through the Structural Equation Modeling technique (SEM), with AMOS/SPSS, v.22, to identify and specify the model, through Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation. The fit was given by the X2 model, and the absolute, incremental and parsimonious fit indices.

"To be a nurse": a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s.

to analyze the factors that influenced the choice for nursing made by graduates from the first class of the Undergraduate Nursing and Obstetrics Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in the 1970s and to understand the senses and meanings of being a nurse when choosing this profession. a qualitative socio-historical study was performed, using oral history to collect data. the analysis generated the following categories: "To be a nurse: a professional choice" and "The ideal of being a nurse: senses and meanings". The senses of "being a nurse" are associated with graduates' perspective of this profession and the meanings included the traditional conceptions that have historically affected it. professional choice was influenced by family and work expectations and the nursing course had an effect on the construction of nurses' professional identity.

The construction and validation of an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses.

Objective: to construct an instrument for the assessment of graduates of undergraduate nursing courses and to validate this instrument through the consensus of specialists. Method: methodological study. In order to elaborate the instrument, documental analysis and a literature review were undertaken. Validation took place through use of the Delphi Conference, between September 2012 and September 2013, in which 36 specialists from Brazilian Nursing participated. In order to analyze reliability, the Cronbach alpha coefficient, the item/total correlation, and the Pearson correlation coefficient were calculated. Results: the instrument was constructed with the participation of specialist nurses representing all regions of Brazil, with experience in lecturing and research. The first Delphi round led to changes in the first instrument, which was restructured and submitted to another round, with a response rate of 94.44%. In the second round, the instrument was validated with a Cronbach alpha of 0.75. Conclusion: the final instrument possessed three dimensions related to the characterization of the graduate, insertion in the job market, and evaluation of the professional training process. This instrument may be used across the territory of Brazil as it is based on the curricular guidelines and contributes to the process of regulation of the quality of the undergraduate courses in Nursing.

Learning To Learn The Nursing Consultation: Comprehensive Analysis In The Perspective Of The Student

This is a qualitative study of a descriptive nature with an approach in the sociological phenomenology of Alfred Schutz. Twenty students participated. They were from the Undergraduate Nursing Course of a School in the Serrana Region - RJ, Brazil. Data collection was carried out from April to June 2015, after approval by the Ethics and Research Committee, according to opinion 874.087. Objectives: To describe the students´ learning about the Nursing Consultation Action; to understand the meaning of the Nursing Consultation Assistance Action learning by the students who undertook the supervised internship in the Basic Care Network. For the data collection, a phenomenological interview was performed. The discourse of the students resulted in four categories: Category 1 “Using learning theory and practice in Nursing Consultation”; Category 2 “Learning how to learn about nurses´ assignments”; Category 3 “Building the learning process with satisfaction” and Category 4 “Learning to learn the Social Action of the nurse to resolve”. The answers obtained by the students contributed to understanding the experience in the universe of learning the Social Action of the Nurse - Nursing Consultation. From then, it is possible to devise strategies of teaching and learning, in a way that contemplates the student, considering the singularity. Keywords: Consultation, Nursing, Learning; Nursing Education.

Estratégia lúdica no ensino de boas práticas de higiene à crianças hospitalizadas

Contextualization: This study reports the experience of the use of play strategies in the teaching-learning process for good body-hygiene practices aimed to children and their families, involving students, teachers, care staff, users and their caregivers during supervised training of the curricular component: Nursing in Pediatrics of the Undergraduate Nursing Course of the Amazon Metropolitan College (FAMAZ), in a well-known and highly regarded trauma hospital in Ananindeua, in the State of Para. The objective of this study was to present the experiences and activities of nursing students as part of orientation on body hygiene for hospitalized children and their caregivers. Description of the experience: All the hospitalized children participated in the study, a total of 38 participants - this being nineteen children and their respective caregivers. The question to be solved were selecting the methodology to plan the activities. During the observation phase of the real situation, the students were instigated by the teacher, starting with the theme “Healthy Habits and Quality of Life”, to identify the needs of hospitalized children and their caregivers, with a view to developing an educational initiative. An educational health initiative was implemented for body hygiene, focusing on hand hygiene, nail cutting and cleaning, bathing and dental brushing, with the purpose of incorporating these habits not only within the hospital environment, but also in the daily life of the individuals concerned. Final considerations: The experience provided to all the protagonists involved confirmation of the importance of the Health Education initiatives, which must be carried out in the most diverse scenarios, including in the hospital environment and always based on the real needs of the target population, in order to bring about significant changes in living habits, promoting a healthy living environment.

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Should undergraduate nursing and midwifery courses include education about domestic abuse?

International Practicum: Not just another overseas jaunt--Supporting learning objectives and the development of graduate attributes

The nursing profession faces ongoing challenges related to the globalization of nursing education, research, and practice. An online review of undergraduate nursing course offerings and opportunities demonstrates that universities strive to broaden their nursing experience as part of the education experience. Universities and schools of nursing work hard to offer international practicum to students and there are financial implications and risks associated with overseas travel. A literature search using Library One which includes CINAHL Plus, OVID, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, and PubMed demonstrated limited description in the literature on whether or not international nursing practicum placements achieve the learning objectives designated in an undergraduate nursing unit, as well as whether or not these practicums support the development of graduate attributes for nusing students. This discussion paper will be one of the first to fill this identified gap in the literature as a reflection on four overseas placements for undergraduate nursing students and how the placements met the stated learning objectives and desired graduate attributes. The Nurse Academics involved in the international practicums critically reflected on the activities of the students and determine the placements support the intent of the units and they help student nurses develop a cross-cultural and international outlook which underwrites provision of patient- and family-centred care for a multicultural population such as that of Australia.

Evaluation of the quality of the teaching-learning process in undergraduate courses in Nursing.

Objective: to identify aspects of improvement of the quality of the teaching-learning process through the analysis of tools that evaluated the acquisition of skills by undergraduate students of Nursing. Method: prospective longitudinal study conducted in a population of 60 secondyear Nursing students based on registration data, from which quality indicators that evaluate the acquisition of skills were obtained, with descriptive and inferential analysis. Results: nine items were identified and nine learning activities included in the assessment tools that did not reach the established quality indicators (p<0.05). There are statistically significant differences depending on the hospital and clinical practices unit (p<0.05). Conclusion: the analysis of the evaluation tools used in the article "Nursing Care in Welfare Processes" of the analyzed university undergraduate course enabled the detection of the areas for improvement in the teachinglearning process. The challenge of education in nursing is to reach the best clinical research and educational results, in order to provide improvements to the quality of education and health care.

Integrating hand-off communication into undergraduate nursing clinical courses

With the growing complexity of healthcare, the ability to communicate becomes essential within the interprofessional team. Healthcare organizations have great expectations for new graduate nurses to communicate skillfully while promoting safe patient care. Nursing students may lack experience with interprofessional communication skills and are fearful of making mistakes which may jeopardize patient safety and undermine student self-confidence. Hand-off is the communication of information between people or disciplines. A student hand-off communication activity was developed and implemented as a clinical skill-building activity across several undergraduate clinical nursing courses. Evaluation of this activity revealed positive perceptions from both students and staff.

Interdisciplinary in Promoting Improvements in the Quality of Undergraduate Education in Clinical Nursing

The university monitoring is an auxiliary activity of educational support offered to students interested in deepening content and solving questions about the topics learned in the classroom, as well as an opportunity for the development in the student-monitor relationship next to the teaching practice. This study aimed to report the experience lived by the student-monitors linked to monitoring project entitled “Interdisciplinary for improving the quality of education: Physiology, Anatomy and Pathology for Clinical Nursing teaching”. It is an experience report experienced by student-monitors linked to the project developed for curriculum component Comprehensive Health Care I, taught in the fifth period of the Undergraduate Nursing course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. This project has four stages: preparation of laboratories and fellows training, construction and application of clinical cases, development of simulations in the laboratory with the students and the final evaluation of the changing process in curriculum practice. The monitoring project has provided contact with a simulation environment for students, for the development of skills and attitudes in solving clinical nursing problems through an innovative approach to integrating disciplinary learning in the classroom and development initiation skills in student-monitors teaching. The approximate relationship with the teacher allows the exchange of knowledge, which makes proactive student-monitor in the very process of teaching and learning, as well as the teacher provides the formation of a more qualified and secure professional for the exercise of appropriate assistance.

Knowledge of undergraduate nursing course teachers on the prevention and care of peristomal skin

ObjectiveTo evaluate the knowledge of undergraduate nursing course teachers on peristomal skin care in individuals with intestinal stoma. MethodsThis is an exploratory, analytical and cross-sectional study, conducted with undergraduate nursing course teachers from two private universities in the city of São Paulo, named A and B. The sample consisted of 42 teachers/nurses, being 22 from University A and 20 from University B, who supervised the internship at Hospital Vila Nova Cachoeirinha. With the aim to collect data, a structured questionnaire consisting of 10 questions (checklist) was used; each question in the checklist had correct and wrong answers. The teachers had to indicate with “x” the correct answer. The questionnaire was delivered to teachers/nurses on a predetermined day. Data collection was carried out on August 2006. ResultsThe majority of study participants know that stoma demarcation must be performed preoperatively, and that it is important to educate the patient about surgery, care for the stoma and on the collecting device, as well as to perform a sensitivity test for the equipment. The hygiene should be performed with mild soap and water and with a piece of clean, soft, damp cotton cloth without rubbing, and the skin must be kept dry. The hair removal should be done with curved tip scissors, cutting close to the abdominal wall. ConclusionThe results showed that, although most of the participants have a basic knowledge about stomized patients care, updating and improvement are needed.