Brazilian Sign Language teaching in undergraduate nursing courses
Objective: to characterize the Brazilian Sign Language teaching in undergraduate nursing courses. Method: a cross-sectional study, carried out on the curriculum matrices of 553 higher education nursing courses.
Leonardo Silva da Costa+6 more
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Facilitating positive attitudes towards an innovative programme for baccalaureate nursing education:
A survey of nurse ward leaders understanding of, and their attitude to, community/ problem based learning (CPBL) approach adopted for the education of nursing students in the degree programme of the University of Natal in Durban (UND) was conducted. This
O. Adejumo, M. Ganga-Limando
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Development and validation of Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory for Chinese medical college students (CTDI-M) [PDF]
PURPOSE: Critical thinkers in medical context must be not only "able" but also "willing" to think critically. To develop and conduct psychometric testing of Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory which measure the critical thinking disposition of Chinese medical college students.
arxiv
Baccalaureate Nurses’ Experiences and Understanding of Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease [PDF]
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, genetic blood disorder with most treatment interventions geared toward the acute phase of the disease, which often leads to fragmented care.
Reid, Shelia Ann
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The transformation of Baccalaureate Nursing curriculum: a multicultural approach to optimize clinical competence [PDF]
This action research study sought to address the need for multicultural awareness in nursing education. The purpose of this action research study was to improve baccalaureate nursing students\u27 cultural competence and multicultural awareness through ...
Burke, Sharon
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The Correlation between Perceived Attributes of Evidence Based Practice and Its Adoption in Baccalaureate Nursing Students Based on Rogers\'s Diffusion of Innovation [PDF]
Introduction: Evidence based practice (EBP) is an essential in nursing education. Several factors affect the adoption of education and practice that Rogers's Diffusion of Innovation explains them.
Tahereh Ashktorab+3 more
doaj
Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Minorities in Astronomy at the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral Levels (Paper I) [PDF]
If the ethnic makeup of the astronomy profession is to achieve parity with the general population within one generation (~30 years), the number of underrepresented minorities earning graduate degrees in astronomy and astrophysics must increase in the coming decade by a factor of 5 to 10.
arxiv
A Liberal Education: Making the Essentials Practical [PDF]
The newly revised Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice states that “a solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for the practice and education of nurses.”1(p3) Liberal education is thought to provide ...
Debrew, Jacqueline K.+2 more
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Social well-being of a sample of Iranian nurses: a descriptive-analytic study [PDF]
Nurses social well-being deserves special attention. Effective well-being promotion strategies should be executed for promoting their social well-being particularly in areas of social integration and social acceptance. Moreover, nurses, particularly female nurses, need strong financial, emotional, informational, and social support for ensuring their ...
arxiv
Nurse Staffing under Absenteeism: A Distributionally Robust Optimization Approach [PDF]
We study the nurse staffing problem under random nurse demand and absenteeism. While the demand uncertainty is exogenous (stemming from the random patient census), the absenteeism uncertainty is \emph{endogenous}, i.e., the number of nurses who show up for work partially depends on the nurse staffing level.
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