Nursing students' experiences from clinical education using the TPSN model.

BACKGROUND: The TPSN model is an innovative model to create an integration and structured relationship between educational and healthcare provider institutions. This model is done to reduce the theoretical-practical gap in nursing. The present study aimed to explore the experiences of nursing students. METHODS: In a conventional content analysis, 11 undergraduate nursing students, 7 graduate nursing students, and 4 doctoral students were selected. Data was collected through focus group discussions and individual interviews. RESULTS: The findings from analyzing the students' experiences who had received education using this model resulted in four main categories: the feeling of being a nurse, an integrated and collaborative clinical education platform, the development of nursing clinical education, and educational challenges. CONCLUSION: The TPSN model provides a suitable platform for nursing clinical education. This model helps students integrate theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and helps them act as professional nurses in the future.

The impact of institutionalizing the nursing process based on TPSN model on the quality and quantity of nursing diagnoses.

AIM: Nursing diagnosis is the basis of applying nursing process and evidence-based care in nursing. This issue has been affected by the gap between theory-practice in nursing. The attending nursing teachers Project aims to create an organizational link between health care centres and nursing schools, reducing the gap between theory-practice and empowering nurses to apply nursing diagnosis. DESIGN: The present study was part of the second cycle of an action research study conducted in the cardiology ward in 2019-2020. METHODS: Interventions were performed in the form of Teacher, Patient, Student, Nurse Model to empower nurses in quantity and quality of nursing diagnosis. RESULTS: The results indicated a significant increase in the number of nursing diagnoses recorded. Moreover, the qualitative criteria based on PES components were found to have changed significantly after the interventions. Empowering nurses in the form of this Project could suggest that creating proper structures between nursing schools and health care centres, full-time presence of faculty members in hospitals, and enhancing their roles in these institutes will lead to improvements in educational as well as health care systems.

Promoting evidence-based nursing through journal clubs: an integrative review.

Background: The journal club has been proposed as a tool to fill the gap between theory and practice. Aim: The present research is an integrative review of studies focussing on journal clubs. Methods: An integrative review. We searched the databases during 2010-2019 to find papers using the keywords journal club, nursing, evidence-based practice. The modified version of Cooper's five-stage integrative review was applied. Results: The results are presented in two sections - the benefits and challenges of nursing journal clubs and an outline of presentation guidelines. We also discuss the effectiveness of journal clubs in the promotion of evidence-based nursing. Conclusions: The purpose of the nursing journal club is to review existing literature, discuss the latest information and evidence and identify practical changes required to ultimately improve patient outcomes. Further studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of journal clubs in patient care.