Submitted in Fulfillment of the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016. / Aim The aim of the study was to examine students’ perspectives regarding their learning in a community based undergraduate nursing programme at the Durban University of Technology in South Africa. Methodology A quantitative descriptive design was used to examine student nurses’ perspectives regarding their experiences in community-based education (CBE), with specific reference to perceived academic gains, local and global gains, intrapersonal gains and interpersonal gains. Hours spent by students outside their CBE schedule as well as most preferred clinical practice Participants included 203 undergraduate nursing students drawn from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 cohorts. A stratified random sampling technique was used. A modified 4-point Likert scale version of a questionnaire designed by Ibrahim (2010), which also comprised of open-ended questions for supportive qualitative information, was used to collect data. Analysis was done accomplished using SPSS Version 22 for the quantitative data and identification of themes for the supportive qualitative information. Results The study results revealed that students had benefited from CBE in all the four domains under study. Participants rated the impact of CBE on academic gains lowest ( ̅x = 3.09, SD = .38) with perceived impact of CBE on local and global gains rated highest ( ̅x = 3.33, SD = .38). The personal gains subscale was the second highly rated subscale with a mean of 3.27 (SD = .43), followed by the intrapersonal gains domain ( ̅x = 3.15, SD .48). No significant differences were found between groups on all the variables of interest. Furthermore, the results revealed that participants spent a varying number of hours outside of scheduled CBE placement. The majority of the participants spent 200 hours to 399 hours (n= 119) = 58.6% in the first semester and (n = 120) = 59% in the second semester. The majority (72%) of the participants indicated that their preferred clinical practice environment was Primary Health Care. / M

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Technology in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015. / Abstract The HIV pandemic continues to intensify in most countries, especially in Sub­ Saharan Africa, with 1.8 million new people becoming infected with the disease in 2011. Sub- Saharan Africa is the world's worst HIV and AIDS affected region. The intensity of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa creates additional challenges for health workers. Apart from the fact that they could be infected, they have to deal with an increasing number of people who suffer from a fatal disease for which no cure has been found. Nurses are expected to give all the necessary care to these patients. The HIV and AIDS epidemic in South Africa poses challenges for an overburdened health care system. There is limited knowledge about health care perceptions and emotional experiences of providing HIV and AIDS related care and support. It is against this backdrop that the researcher has chosen to explore the experiences of first-year student nurses, caring for HIV and AIDS patients. Aim of the study The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of first-year student nurses, nursing HIV and AIDS patients. Methodology A descriptive phenomenological research design was used to explore the experiences of first-year student nurses, caring for HIV and AIDS patients. The research setting was two colleges of nursing in the uMgungundlovu District that offer the four-year nursing diploma programme. The type of purposeful sampling that was used was criterion sampling, which entailed studying cases which met pre-set criteria. In-depth interviews with the first-year student nurses, who had experienced nursing HIV and AIDS patients, were conducted. The data was analysed manually and put into categories and sub-categories as they emerged. Results The findings revealed that the participants had positive and negative experiences when they provided nursing care to HIV positive patients. The positive experiences were that the participants did not fear meeting HIV positive patients and they were not traumatized. These participants nursed HIV positive patients like any other patient. The participants expressed their feelings as sad and bad. Participants who had negative experiences were shocked, scared and cried when they met HIV positive patients. Six participants reported that they did not know of any facilities available for debriefing and sharing of experiences. The remaining participants identified the group lecturer, group mates, the psychologist and registered nurse in the ward. There was a lesson in class that was dedicated to debriefing and the sharing of experiences. The majority of the participants (n=10) stated that HIV and AIDS was transmitted through contact with infected body fluids and blood. The participants identified similar methods of transmission, which were unprotected sexual intercourse, needle-stick injuries, use of contaminated needles and mother- to- child transmission of HIV and AIDS. The participants were able to correctly identify the modes of transmission, except for one participant who was not sure if HIV and AIDS was transmitted through breast-feeding, due to a lack of knowledge of the modes of transmission. Six participants identified voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) as a support service available for nurses exposed to HIV and AIDS. Three participants verbalised that they did not know of any services available to student nurses. Some participants were not sure if the services were available and accessible and had no idea if the services were available and accessible to the student nurses. There were various problems that were encountered by the participants with regards to accessing the services. These included a lack of privacy, fear of giving information to colleagues, early closure of the clinic and unavailability of the counsellor when needed. Recommendations were made concerning the need for adequate preparation of student nurses in their early training, with regard to VCT, PMTCT, home- based care and support groups. The stigma for HIV and AIDS needs to be adequately addressed. Support for student nurses needs to be provided when dealing with death of HIV and AIDS patients, as a large majority voiced not being able to cope. Conclusion Student nurses who shared their experiences nursing HIV and AIDS patients had positive and negative experiences when they provided nursing care to HIV positive patients. The participants needed the relevant support and counselling to be available when needed. Stigma still exists, even though HIV and AIDS has existed for at least thirty years. / PDF copy unavailable. please refer to hard copy for full text information / M

O advento da internet e sua constante evolução exigiu o desenvolvimento de sistemas de informação em saúde, permitindo aos alunos de enfermagem o acesso à informação mais amplo, rápido e eficaz, agregando qualidade às buscas bibliográficas. Apesar da evolução e dinâmica atualização desses recursos informacionais, além da sua disponibilização gratuita, alguns alunos ainda apresentam fragilidades quando se envolvem com a busca e recuperação dessa informação. O objetivo desse estudo qualitativo é conhecer e analisar como são realizadas as buscas bibliográficas quanto à elaboração das estratégias de busca, determinação dos descritores de assunto, uso de bases de dados bibliográficas, recuperação de documentos em texto completo e quais são as dificuldades e os avanços encontrados nesse processo por alunos de graduação em enfermagem, dos cursos de Bacharelado e Bacharelado e Licenciatura da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto-USP. Foram entrevistados 21 alunos desses cursos no mês de novembro de 2010. A partir da análise temática, foram configurados alguns temas: 1 - necessidades e práticas de busca da informação: dificuldades experimentadas pelos estudantes de enfermagem; 2 - a organização do ensino da busca bibliográfica e o papel do professor e 3 - o bibliotecário como educador. O Google destaca-se como principal recurso de busca da WEB privilegiado pelos estudantes, tendo em vista dificuldades de acesso às bases de dados bibliográficas, de domínio da língua inglesa e de recuperação de texto completo. Os alunos apontam a necessidade de orientações e apoio por parte dos professores, assim como destacam atividades educativas desenvolvidas pelo bibliotecário de modo pontual. Nesse contexto, faz-se necessário rever o ensino da busca bibliográfica, inserindo atividade educativa de modo mais integrado às disciplinas dos currículos dos cursos envolvidos, ao longo do processo de formação; reconstruir as práticas pedagógicas dessas atividades, a partir de referencial problematizador e fortalecer a parceria entre professor e bibliotecários. Este estudo também desperta reflexões sobre a formação e a prática profissional do bibliotecário, tendo em vista sua inserção mais significativa no apoio ao desenvolvimento dos cursos de graduação, no contexto da Universidade. / The advent of the Internet and its constant evolution demanded the development of health information systems, which has provided nursing students broad, fast and efficient access to information, adding quality to bibliographic searches. Despite the improved and dynamic actualization of these information resources and their free access, some students still experience difficulties when attempting to search and retrieve information. This qualitative study identifies and analyzes how these bibliographic searches are performed in terms of search strategies, choice of subject descriptors, use of bibliographic databases, recovery of full text documents and also investigates the difficulties faced and advancements achieved in this process by undergraduate nursing students from the Bachelor and Teaching Degree Programs at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto, College of Nursing. A total of 21 students from these programs were interviewed in November 2010. Some themes emerged from the thematic analysis: 1 - Needs and information-seeking practices: difficulties faced by nursing students; 2 - Organization of teaching bibliographic searches and the role of professors; and 3 - The librarian as an educator. Google stands out as the main search resource on the web used by students given the difficulties faced in accessing bibliographic databases, English-based databases, and in the recovery of full texts. Students point to the need to obtain guidance and support from professors and also stress one-time educational activities developed by the librarian. The need to review the teaching of bibliographic searching is identified in order to include educational activities in a more integrated manner with the courses from the involved programs over the educational process, reconstruct the pedagogical practices of such activities based on the problematizing framework, and strengthen the partnership between professors and librarians. This study also encourages reflecting on the education and professional practice of librarians toward a more significant participation in supporting the development of undergraduate programs in the university context.

O investimento da pesquisa consiste em colocar em evidência as estratégias de ensino capazes de promover o pensamento crítico (PC) em estudantes de cursos de graduação em Enfermagem. Esse assunto toma relevância mundial pelos desafios presentes no atual século e pelas competências necessárias e requeridas aos sujeitos em formação, futuros profissionais, para responderem de maneira eficaz às demandas da sociedade em um mundo em transformação. Os objetivos do estudo foram: identificar as estratégias de ensino utilizadas e testadas nos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem para desenvolver o PC eavaliar as evidências disponíveis na literatura sobre a efetividade das estratégias de ensino utilizadas para o desenvolvimento do PC em estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem. Trata-se de uma Revisão Sistemática (RS) da literatura que seguiu as recomendações do Joanna Briggs Institute. Para a busca dos estudos foi utilizada a estratégia PICOS (P= estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem; I e C= estratégias de ensino; O= pensamento crítico e S= Ensaio Clínico Randomizado), nas bases de dados PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, LILACS, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsychINFO e ERIC, além de banco de teses e dissertações de universidades dos quatro continentes. Não foi determinadolimite temporal para a busca e esta foi finalizada em 31 de janeiro de 2014. A seleção e avaliação inicial dos estudos e a avaliação da qualidade metodológica foi realizada por dois revisores de forma independente. A extração dos dados dos estudos foi feita pelo revisor primário, analisada, discutidae apresentada de forma descritiva e com metanálise. Foram incluídos 12 estudos do tipo Ensaio Clínico Randomizado (ECR). As estratégias de ensino utilizadas e testadas nos ECR incluíram: o Problem-Based Learning (PBL Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas), o mapa conceitual, a simulação, a escrita reflexiva, o Role Modeling e os Animated Pedagogical Agents. Na metanálise dos quatro estudos incluídos na RS que utilizaram a estratégia do PBLcomparada a palestras foi demonstrada a efetividade do PBL, estatisticamente significativa(SMD=0,21 e 95%IC=0,01-0,42; p=0,0434) para o desenvolvimento do PC em estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem e os estudos demonstraram ser homogêneos (Qui quadrado= 6,10, p=0,1068). Na metanálise dos três estudos que testaram o mapa conceitual, não foi demonstrada efetividade estatisticamente significativa (SMD=-0,53; 95%IC -0,79- -0,28; p<0,0001) para o PC em estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem e os estudos se mostraram heterogêneos (Qui quadrado=10,82, p=0,0044). Para as outras estratégias, os resultados são inconsistentes e a amostra é pequena para se chegar a conclusões mais fidedignas. Na síntese, a RS da literatura com metanálise demonstrou a efetividade do PBL no aumento dos scores de PC global a partir de estudos homogêneos. Novos estudos precisam ser feitos com o objetivo de desenvolver, implementare avaliar novas estratégias de ensino,bem como para testar as estratégias existentes para o desenvolvimento do PC em estudantes de graduação em Enfermagem, que sejam pautados em alto rigor metodológico e amparados em modelos teóricos de ensino-aprendizagem. / The investment of this research is to highlight the teaching strategies that promote critical thinking (CT) in students of undergraduate courses in Nursing. This subject has global relevance for the challenges present in the current century and the skills needed and required for the subjects used in the training of future professionals to effectively respond to the demands of society in an ever changing world.The objectives of this study were to identify the teaching strategies used and tested in undergraduate nursing to develop CT and evaluate the evidence available in literature on the effectiveness of teaching strategies used for the development of CT in undergraduate nursing students.This is a systematic review (SR) of literature following the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute. To research the studies the PICOS strategy was used (P = graduate students in Nursing; I and C = learning strategies, O = critical thinking and S = Randomized Clinical Trial), in the databanks of PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web data of Science, Scopus, LILACS, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsychINFO and ERIC, and banks of theses and dissertations from universities on five continents. There was no time limit established for the research and this was completed on January 31, 2014. Selection and Initial evaluation of the studies and the methodological quality assessment was performed by two reviewers independently. The extraction of data from studies was made by the primary reviewer, analyzed, discussed and presented descriptively and with meta-analysis. Twelve (12) studies of the type Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) were included. The teaching strategies used and tested in RCTs included: the Problem Based Learning (PBL Problem-Based Learning), the conceptual map, simulation, reflective writing, Role Modeling and Animated Pedagogical Agents. In a meta-analysis of four studies included in the RS, which used the strategy of PBL, compared the lectures and demonstrated the effectiveness of PBL as statistically significant (SMD=0,21 e 95%IC=0,01-0,42; p=0,0434) for the development of CT students in undergraduate nursing and the studies have shown to be homogeneous (Chi square=6,10, p=0,1068). In a meta-analysis of three studies that tested the conceptual map, it was not demonstrated any statistically significant efficacy (SMD= -0,53; 95%IC=-0,79--0,28;p<0,0001) for the CT in undergraduate nursing students and studies have shown to be heterogeneous (Chi square=10,82, p=0,0044). For the other strategies, the results are inconsistent and the sample is too small to reach more reliable conclusions. In summary, the RS literature with meta-analysis demonstrated the effectiveness of PBL in increased scores of global CT from homogeneous studies. Further studies need to be done in order to develop, implement and evaluate new teaching strategies as well as to test for the development of the existing CT into undergraduate nursing students, that are guided by sustained high methodological rigor and theoretical modeling strategies for teaching and learning.

Estudo com objetivo de avaliar e comparar o desempenho teórico e prático de estudantes de enfermagem submetidos a estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem, aula expositivo-dialogada e atividade prática em laboratório de habilidades ou aula simulada, no manejo da via aérea em emergências por meio da máscara laríngea (ML). Estudo com delineamento experimental, abordagem quantitativa, de intervenção tipo Ensaio Clínico Randomizado Controlado. A população consistiu dos estudantes do oitavo período, bacharelado, da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto e a amostra de 17 estudantes, randomizados para grupo controle (GC) e grupo intervenção (GI). O GC foi submetido à aula expositivo-dialogada seguida de atividade prática em laboratório de habilidades com manequim de baixa fidelidade e o GI à aula simulada em laboratório utilizando o mesmo manequim. Elaboraram-se os instrumentos de avaliação escrita, cenário de simulação e avaliação clínica objetiva e estruturada no cenário de simulação (checklist), validados em aparência e conteúdo por comitê de juízes. A estratégia de coleta de dados foi Workshop intitulado \"Manejo da via aérea em emergências: uso da ML\". Foram avaliados teste escrito e OSCE (Exame Clínico Objetivo Estruturado) - avaliação clínica estruturada em Laboratório de Simulação, este último empregando como ferramenta o manequim de média-fidelidade. A atividade foi filmada e analisada por três avaliadores. Analisaram-se os desfechos: desempenho teórico no teste escrito e prático no OSCE, tempo de execução do OSCE, tempo para obtenção da primeira ventilação eficaz, número de tentativas para inserção da ML até obtenção de ventilação efetiva. Resultados: 16 estudantes eram do sexo feminino e um do sexo masculino, a idade média 24,4±4,2 anos. No pré-teste a nota média do GC de 6,6±1,0 e do GI de 6,5±0,5 e a mediana para ambos 6,5. No pós-teste a nota média do GC foi 8,4±0,8 (mediana 8,5), do GI de 8,6±1,1 (mediana 8,6). Comparando-se as médias obtidas no pré-teste por ambos os grupos, não há diferença estatisticamente significante (p=07427). Tal fato também pôde ser constatado no pós-teste (p=0,7117). Comparando as notas pré e pós-teste do GC evidenciou diferença estatisticamente significante (p=0,0025) o que também ocorreu para o GI (p=0,0002). A média no OSCE do GC foi 7,8±0,52 e GI 8,4±0,89; comparou-se tais notas verificando-se que não há diferença estatisticamente significante (p=0,0822). A média obtida pelo GC no pós-teste foi maior que a média obtida no OSCE e, para o GI, são equivalentes. O tempo médio de execução do OSCE pelo GC foi 479,8±183,3s (mediana 468,5s) e no GI 520,3±157s (mediana 506s), não havendo diferença estatisticamente significante (p=0,6311) e também para obtenção da primeira ventilação eficaz (p=0,9835). A média do nº tentativas para inserção da ML pelo GC 1,63±0,74 e GI 1,56±0,63. Embora os resultados não apontem diferença estatisticamente significante entre as médias dos grupos no pós-teste, para o GI os escores foram superiores. No presente estudo, apesar de diferentes estratégias de ensino abordarem o manejo da via aérea em emergências com a ML, os resultados demonstram que as mesmas foram eficazes e os objetivos de aprendizagem foram alcançados, pois houve incremento nas notas obtidas no pós-teste e no OSCE em ambos os grupos. / Study aimed to evaluate and compare the theoretical and practical performance of nursing students subjected to teaching and learning strategies, exhibition-dialogued class, and practical activity in skill lab or simulated class in airway management in emergencies through laryngeal mask (LM). This is a study of experimental design, quantitative approach, intervention type, Controlled Randomized Trials. The population consisted of students in the eighth semester from the Bachelor\'s Degree of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing and the sample consisted of 17 students, randomly assigned to the control group (CG) and the intervention group (IG). The CG was subjected to exhibition-dialogued class followed by practical activity in skill lab with low-fidelity mannequin and the IG to simulated class in the lab using the same mannequin. Written evaluation instruments, simulation scenario and objective structured clinical evaluation in simulation scenario (checklist) were developed and validated in appearance and content by a committee of judges. The strategy for data collection was the workshop entitled \"Airway management in emergencies: use of LM\". They were evaluates through written test and the OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) - structured clinical evaluation in Simulation Laboratory, the latter employing the medium-fidelity mannequin as tool. The activity was filmed and analyzed by three evaluators. The outcomes were analyzed: theoretical performance in written and practical test in the OSCE, the OSCE runtime, time to obtain the first effective ventilation, number of attempts to insert the LM to obtain effective ventilation. Results: 16 students were female and one male, mean age 24.4±4.2 years. In the pre-test the score average of CG was 6.6±1.0 and of IG was 6.5±0.5 and the median for both was 6.5. At post-test, the average score of CG was 8.4±0.8 (median 8.5), of IG was 8.6±1.1 (median 8.6). Comparing the averages obtained in the pre-test for both groups, there was no statistically significant difference (p=0.7427). This fact could also be observed in the post-test (p=0.7117). Comparing notes of pre and post-test of CG there was a statistically significant difference (p=0.0025) which also occurred for IG (p=0.0002). The mean of the OSCE for CG was 7.8±0.52 and for IG was 8,4±0,89; compared to such notes and it was verified that there is no statistically significant difference (p=0.0822). The average obtained by CG in the post-test was higher than the average obtained IG in the OSCE, and for IG they were equivalent. The average execution time of the OSCE for CG was 479.8 ± 183.3s (median 468.5s) and for IG 520.3±157s (506s median), with no statistically significant difference (p=0.6311) and also for obtaining the first effective ventilation (p=0.9835). The average of attempts to insert the LM by CG was 1.63±0.74 and by IG was 1.56±0.63 GI. Although the results do not indicate a statistically significant difference between the averages of the groups in the post-test, the scores were higher for IG. In this study, although different teaching strategies addressing airway management in emergencies through LM were used, the results show that they were effective and the learning objectives have been achieved, because there was an increase in the scores obtained in the post-test and in the OSCE in both groups.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T13:10:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Janaina Daniel Ouchi.pdf: 885308 bytes, checksum: b75370f4369c210e43a0db35a66f510d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-25 / The care process, which involves the practice of nursing care to patients who are in the terminal phase of life, in addition to professional competence requires emotionally prepared to accept the moment of death. This force that nurse needs to have, is not always possible due to their (dis) academic preparation. Therefore it is necessary to include the issue of termination of life in nursing education, offering tools for development of total nursing care. Understand the social representations of nursing students about death and loss of the patient, revealing the weaknesses of this approach in the teaching learning process can contribute to a curriculum proposal that contemplates the development of trained nurses for care at end of life. Objectives: Understand the representations of nursing students about death; identify the feelings of the graduating before death the patient to their care; describe how undergraduates evaluate their training for care at end of life. Methods: This is a qualitative and quantitative study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, conducted through oral interviews with 23 graduating students of undergraduate nursing. The interview covered three guiding questions concerning representations of death, feelings caused by the death of the patient and evaluation of training for care at end of life. The statements were organized according to the Collective Subject Discourse and analyzed on thematic analysis method. Results: It was found that the profile of the participants was mostly represented by young adults, women who do not work in the nursing field. Discourses about the representations of death fell mainly about death as a passage. These participants believe that life, though invisible, continues after death. There are also respondents who regard death as a process inherent to life and get hold of it. Others see death as shocking, devastating. Multiple feelings surfaced this experience: frustration, shock, empathy, sadness, relief, loneliness, guilt. All study participants showed dissatisfaction with the teaching and learning of care at the end of life process. They considered themselves unprepared to care at end of life, mentioned that the death is not addressed in theory and practice, cited many missing content in their training, the teacher would like to have on the practice field and problematize the practice in the classroom. Conclusion: In addition to the technical and scientific knowledge about care at the end of life, addressing the feelings and different situations in which death is presented and individual coping difficulties that cannot be forgotten in the curricula of graduate courses in Nursing. Strategies of teaching-learning and problem-solving skills of nursing faculty for these approaches are equally important / O processo de cuidar ao fim da vida requer além de competência profissional preparo emocional para aceitar o momento da morte. Essa força que o profissional enfermeiro necessita ter, nem sempre é possível devido ao seu (des) preparo acadêmico. Portanto é necessária a inclusão da temática da cessação da vida na formação do enfermeiro, ofertando ferramentas para o desenvolvimento do cuidado integral. Conhecer as representações sociais dos estudantes de enfermagem sobre a morte e a perda do paciente, desvelando as fragilidades dessa abordagem no processo de ensino aprendizagem, poderá contribuir para uma proposta curricular que contemple a formação de enfermeiros capacitados para o cuidado no fim da vida. Objetivos: Conhecer as representações dos graduandos de enfermagem sobre a morte; identificar os sentimentos desses graduandos frente à morte do paciente aos seus cuidados; descrever como os graduandos avaliam a sua formação para o cuidado no fim da vida. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo qualiquantitativo ancorado na Teoria das Representações Sociais, conduzido por meio de entrevistas orais com 23 estudantes concluintes do curso de graduação em Enfermagem. A entrevista abrangeu três questões norteadoras referentes às representações da morte, sentimentos causados pela morte do paciente e avaliação da formação para o cuidado no fim da vida. Os depoimentos foram organizados segundo o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e analisados na modalidade Análise Temática. Resultados: Constatou-se que o perfil dos participantes foi constituído em sua maioria por mulheres, adultos jovens que não atuam na área de enfermagem. Os discursos sobre as representações da morte recaíram principalmente sobre a morte como passagem. Estes participantes acreditam que a vida, embora invisível, continua após a morte. Também há os entrevistados que encaram a morte como um processo inerente à vida e se apropriam dela. Os demais veem a morte como chocante, devastadora. Múltiplos sentimentos afloraram dessa vivência: frustração, choque, empatia, tristeza, alívio, solidão, culpa. Todos os participantes do estudo demonstraram insatisfação com o processo ensino-aprendizagem do cuidado no fim na vida. Eles consideraram-se despreparados para o cuidado no fim da vida, referiram que a morte não é abordada na teoria e na prática, citaram vários conteúdos ausentes em sua formação, gostariam de ter o professor no campo de prática e de problematizar a prática na sala de aula. Conclusão: Além do conhecimento técnico e científico sobre o cuidado no fim da vida, a abordagem dos sentimentos e situações diversas em que a morte se apresenta e das dificuldades individuais nesse enfrentamento não pode ser esquecida nos currículos dos cursos de graduação em Enfermagem. Estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem problematizadoras e capacitação dos docentes enfermeiros para essas abordagens são igualmente importantes

Magister Public Health - MPH / This is a qualitative study, the aim of which is to explore experiences influencing the academic performance of 1st Year nursing students at the Western Cape College of Nursing, South Africa, during 2008 when the College was confronted with unprecedented failure rates among 1st Year students. It describes the College's collaboration with a higher education institution and the changes that emanated from this collaboration. The influence of situational factors on 1st Year nursing students is explored. These include the legacy of the inequality of past learning opportunities, institutional factors which hamper students' sense of belonging, and the social and academic integration of students into their learning environment. The methodology used in the process of exploring these factors included focus group discussions with students and in-depth interviews with staff in order to explore their respective perceptions of the problem. From this it is hoped that the quality of human resources for health will be enhanced. / South Africa

Adjunct faculty members make up a growing proportion of nursing school clinical faculty in the United States due to a nurse educator shortage in higher education. Many of the nurses hired as clinical faculty members have years of experience providing patient care, but they lack experience in clinical instruction and assessment. At a state community college in the southeastern United States, nursing students have expressed dissatisfaction in their course evaluations with inexperienced faculty in clinical programs. The experiences of both nursing students under the guidance of novice clinical instructors and clinical faculty were examined in this case study. The National League for Nursing's (NLN) standards for practice for academic nurse educators served as the conceptual framework for this study and was used to develop research questions related to clinical practice and assessment. Data were collected from 9 students and 6 clinical nursing faculty members who participated in anonymous, open-ended electronic questionnaires regarding use of the standards in instruction and assessment. Student clinical experience collective evaluations from 3nursing programs across the state were also used for data collection and analysis. Data were coded and themes were identified and verified through triangulation. Themes were inconsistent with the NLN standards and included no formal orientation, no preparation for the clinical instructor role, use of subjective instructor evaluations, and lack of instructor feedback. Results were used to develop a professional development program to prepare novice clinical instructors for the clinical environment according to the NLN standards. This study may result in positive social change by improving clinical experiences for nursing students in community colleges, resulting in better patient care as they assume their roles in the larger medical community.

High nursing student attrition has been a pervasive problem in the nursing program at the research site of this study. The purpose of this project study was to investigate the relationship between attrition and nursing student characteristics, including age, gender, ethnicity, English as Second Language (ESL) background, licensed practical nurse (LPN) licensure, grade point average (GPA), the number of preadmission college credits, and the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) scores. This correlational study of archival data was guided by Jeffreys's nursing undergraduate retention and success model and included a convenience sample of 240 students admitted to the program between the Spring 2011 and Fall 2013 semesters. Point biserial and phi coefficient statistical analyses indicated that significant relationships existed between attrition and ethnicity, GPA, TEAS scores, college credits, and LPN status. There were no significant relationships between attrition and age, gender, and ESL background. Student characteristics correlated with higher attrition included ethnic minority background, more college credits, lower TEAS composite and math scores, lower GPA scores, and not having LPN licensure. These research results were the basis for policy recommendations for changes to the admission process within the nursing program and for early identification of students at risk for attrition, with the goal of providing early supportive measures. The overall goal of the policy recommendations was to decrease attrition at the local research site, which may help foster positive social change by promoting the educational and professional progress of nursing students. Nursing student attrition can negatively affect a nursing program's finances and reputation. For students, attrition represents lost time, lost finances, and a limited possibility for achieving socioeconomic progress.