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Nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel on 2 medical-surgical units were asked about their perceptions regarding patient falls. Their responses reflect learned helplessness and a lack of nurse empowerment that are relevant findings as nurse executives work to decrease patient falls.
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Accidental Falls/prevention & control , Attitude of Health Personnel , Helplessness, Learned , Nursing Assistants/psychology , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: When advanced practice nurses (APNs) encounter the need to address a bereaved individual's spirituality, gaps in educational preparation may prevent effective intervention. In addition, past and current research studies have not provided clear guidance for spiritually based bereavement care curricula within the graduate APN program. METHOD: Graduate advanced practice faculty successfully introduced classroom-based spiritual bereavement care education modules for APN students. RESULTS: Course evaluations indicated student appreciation for the new content and practicum experiences provided. Students felt the new content to be essential in their development as expert practitioners. CONCLUSION: Through this innovation, the authors found that a variety of learning activities that addressed spiritual needs during the bereavement process was perceived as highly satisfactory by APNs. Within an ever increasingly diverse society, APNs have a significant role in performing responsibilities for bereaved individuals. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(7):439-442.].
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Advanced Practice Nursing/education , Bereavement , Education, Nursing, Graduate/methods , Spirituality , Students, Nursing/psychology , Curriculum , Humans , Nursing Methodology Research , Philosophy, Nursing , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to describe reflections of parental communication from the perspective of pregnant adolescents prior to pregnancy and during pregnancy. This qualitative design, using grounded theory methodology and semistructured interviews collected data from a convenience sample of predominantly Hispanic adolescent women (n = 30) in 4 settings. Participants were recruited from 3 area clinics and a transitional high school in California. The findings identified 7 themes from the interview data to support the adolescent perceptions of poor communication and unstable relationships with parents prior to the pregnancy and difficulty in communicating about the pregnancy to parents. Most participants identified a significant improvement in relationships and communication when pregnancy occurred. It is important for nurses to incorporate family communication strategies in their adolescent health interventions to help decrease the adolescent pregnancy rate.
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Communication , Parent-Child Relations , Pregnancy in Adolescence , Adolescent , Adult , California , Female , Humans , Interviews as Topic , Male , Pregnancy , Pregnancy in Adolescence/psychologySubject(s)
Computer-Assisted Instruction/methods , Education, Nursing, Graduate/organization & administration , Internet/organization & administration , Nursing Theory , Teaching/methods , Adult , Attitude of Health Personnel , California , Communication , Female , Humans , Interprofessional Relations , Male , Middle Aged , Models, Educational , Models, Nursing , Nursing Education Research , Philosophy, Nursing , Pilot Projects , Program Evaluation , Psychology, Educational , Students, Nursing/psychology , ThinkingABSTRACT
The sharing of experiences in advanced practice nursing clinical courses allows for application of core principals to different facets of practice, with the potential to promote discussions beyond the course objectives, create opportunities for mentoring, foster critical thinking, and facilitate change and socialization into advanced practice. A pilot test of online, directed journaling, an innovative sharing and reflection strategy, was incorporated in a two-quarter community health advanced practice nursing clinical course in an attempt to enhance clinical learning. Six female graduate nursing students completed the journaling. A 10-item evaluation measure demonstrated that the online journaling strategy was highly effective and valuable for the students. An assessment of the journaling entries found multiple examples of discussion, mentoring, critical thinking, and socialization. Innovative online strategies should become the standard for sharing in advanced practice nursing education.
