Gender stereotypes influence both women and men who work as nurses as well as individuals considering nursing as a profession. The aim of this study was to explore male and female nursing students' ...experiences and perspectives regarding gender-defined roles as well as how they view their future professional roles.
The study used a descriptive qualitative design. A convenience sample included 72 full-time second- and third-year undergraduate nursing students. Data were collected in 2017 using a self-administered qualitative questionnaire consisting of 11 essay-type questions. As an additional data collection method, a drawing method was applied. The data were analysed by content analysis separately for the male and female perspectives.
Altogether, eight themes emerged, with half explaining the male and the other half the female students' perspectives. Students choose nursing for altruistic, opportunistic and organisational reasons. Among the female students, another reason "family and social incentives" was also identified. Female students' vision of their future professional role included altruism and positive representations of 'being a nurse', whereas the male students' vision included management and leadership, and technical aspects of nursing.
Both male and female nursing students face the limits of their own gender roles, yet they are prepared to challenge these gender-based perceptions. Tackling stereotypes and raising public awareness, using gender-inclusive language and strategies for recruitment, ensuring gender diversity in nursing teams and revising the nursing curriculum where appropriate, are just some of the implications that arise to help overcome gender differences.
The core competencies in disaster nursing, nurses' roles in disaster management and the potential barriers are assessed with a view to developing disaster nursing in Slovenia. Despite training and ...experience, many indicators show nurses are deficient in skills involving emergency and disaster-preparedness competencies. Nurses report little familiarity with disaster-planning skills, the implementation of disaster guidelines and assessment of patients subject to a disaster circumstance. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted based on data collected through an online survey. 118 registered nurses from different clinical settings in Slovenia participated in the study. Data were collected according to the Slovenian version of the Disaster Nursing Core Competencies Scale (Sl-DNCC-Scale). The scale was limited to a 7-point Likert response format (from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree). The results show the registered nurses perceive the core competencies of disaster nursing to be important to their preparedness for disaster situations (median = 161; range 74-189). Registered nurses who work in nursing homes and nurse managers are more aware of the importance of acquiring the listed competencies for unexpected events (p = 0.011 and 0.060 respectively) and the importance of their active role in disaster management (p = 0.027 and p = 0.004, respectively). To effectively deal with a disaster, nurses must be well prepared for unexpected events and more actively involved in disaster management. This study demonstrates that nurses regard the core disaster nursing competencies as important and greatly needed in various healthcare facilities. Future studies in this area should focus on ways to implement these competencies in nursing education.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Abstract
Background
Working in a culturally diverse environment entails a moral and professional responsibility to provide culturally competent care. This has been recognised as an important measure ...to reduce health inequalities, improve the quality of care and increase patient satisfaction. The aim of this study was to assess the level of cultural competence in nursing students a decade after the introduction of transcultural nursing content into the nursing curriculum in Slovenia.
Methods
A descriptive cross-sectional design with 180 s-year nursing students as a convenience sample was used. Cultural competence was assessed using the Cultural Competence Assessment Tool (CCATool) via an online survey. IBM SPSS facilitated statistical analysis, using descriptive statistics and inferential methods, including the chi-square test. Non-parametric tests (Mann Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H and Wilcoxon signed-rank) were used for non-normally distributed data (Shapiro-Wilk test, p < 0.05). The significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.
Results
The results indicate that students demonstrate a high level of cultural competence, although there is room for improvement in terms of cultural sensitivity, as determined by coding the CCATool. The results also show a remarkable contrast between their self-assessed scores and the objective scores obtained from CCATool coding of the statements in each subscale (p < 0.005). In addition, significant differences (p = 0.002) are found in subscale “Cultural Knowledge” particularly between students who have lived abroad for more than 6 months and those who have not. The latter group has a higher score in the CCATool, indicating greater cultural knowledge.
Conclusions
The study suggests that the presence of transcultural elements in the Slovenian nursing curriculum is associated with higher self-reported levels of cultural competence among nursing students, although the present research design does not allow for causal interpretations. This competence is of immense importance in preparing students for their future professional environment. However, it is crucial to further refine the nursing curriculum, especially through greater integration of transcultural content in all health disciplines. In addition, the introduction of innovative teaching and learning approaches can better prepare students to deal with the diverse cultural experiences they will encounter in their nursing careers.
Abstract
Background
In recent years, complex and rapidly changing healthcare settings have placed high demands on nursing graduates, who must effectively assume new professional roles with a wide ...variety of competencies. However, in an ever-altering environment it is impossible to teach students everything. This means that assessing nursing students’ perceptions of their ability to practise their competencies and assume their professional roles is critical for faculty to further develop the nursing education curriculum and to assist healthcare organisations in supporting the transition of graduates. The aim of the study was to explore newly graduated nurses’ perceptions of their new professional role and professional competency associated with this role.
Methods
A qualitative study using the focus group method. The purposive sample included 18 nursing graduates with an average of 29 years, most of whom were female. The average time that had elapsed since graduation was 1.5 years. Four face-to-face focus group interviews were conducted. Thematic analysis was employed to identify themes and subthemes.
Results
Three main themes describing newly graduated nurses’ perceptions were found: (1) significance of the transition period; (2) commitment to the nursing profession; and (3) perceived needs and challenges to professional competency.
Conclusion
The transition from a safe academic environment to turbulent clinical practice is shaped by both graduates’ expectations and reality. The results of the study indicate a high level of commitment to the profession immediately after graduation and point to groups of competencies that need greater emphasis in the nursing curriculum. Although the responsibility for adequately preparing and supporting nursing students for their new professional roles rests with faculty and healthcare organisations, the responsibility for professional development should also lie on the students themselves.
Uvod: Nosečnost in porod sta naravna dogodka, čeprav ju danes – ob upoštevanju dejstva, da živimo v »družbi tveganja« – opredeljujemo skozi prizmo patologije in potencialnih nevarnosti. Cilj ...raziskave je bil razumeti izkušnje in doživljanja žensk, povezana z rojevanjem v porodnišnicah skozi prevladujoče porodne prakse, ki so po prepričanju žensk pomembno krojile njihovo porodno izkušnjo.Metode: Uporabljena je bila sekundarna analiza kvalitativnih podatkov. Primarni podatki so bili zbrani leta 2014 v okviru raziskave Medikalizacija nosečnosti in poroda kot družbena konstrukcija z narativno metodo. V vzorec sekundarne analize je bilo vključenih 18 transkriptov intervjujev z ženskami, ki so rodile v porodnišnici. Analiza kvalitativnih podatkov je bila izvedena s pomočjo računalniškega programa NVivo, verzija 12.Rezultati: V analizi so bile identificirane tri teme: (1) pomembnost podpore zdravstvenega osebja in avtonomija odločanja; (2) sprememba fokusa v dojemanju carskega reza kot naravnega načina rojevanja; (3) rutinizacija in tehnifikacija porodnih praks.Diskusija in zaključek: Rojevanje tako danes kot nekoč usmerjajo negativne in pozitivne porodne izkušnje. Poznati je treba oboje. Za ženske je prva porodna izkušnja poučna in obenem določujoča, saj na njeni podlagi presojajo prihodnje porodne izkušnje. Podpora zdravstvenega osebja ter avtonomija odločanja sta ključni za pozitivno porodno izkušnjo. K temu bi lahko v prihodnje pomembno prispevale tudi spremembe nekaterih utečenih porodnih praks, ki bi morale hitreje slediti praksi, utemeljeni z dokazi.
Background: Measurements of nursing students’ cultural awareness are needed to evaluate education that intends to improve nurses’ cultural competency skills. The purpose of this study was to assess ...the level of cultural awareness held by undergraduate nursing students. Method: A nonexperimental, cross-sectional design was applied to a purposive sample of 149 undergraduate nursing students. Data were collected based on the Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS). Results: The results show that the nursing students had a moderately high level of cultural awareness for all CAS subscales (M = 194.0). However, no statistically significant differences were seen between the students’ demographic (gender and age) and other data (year of study and religion) related to the overall CAS score (p > .05). Discussion: Building on the satisfactory results obtained from this study, in the future, both the transcultural nursing contents as well as various strategies for teaching cultural competencies should be carefully evaluated.
Precise epidemiologic and demographic characteristics of immigrant women admitted to gynecology or obstetrics departments are rarely explored. The aim of this retrospective observational study was to ...analyze the epidemiologic and demographic characteristics of immigrant female patients hospitalized between 2012 and 2017 in one maternity hospital in south-west Slovenia. Clinical data retrieved from hospital electronic information system were used to analyze these characteristics. In the mentioned period, 605 immigrant women were hospitalized, most of them originating from countries of the former Yugoslavia (60.50%) or former Eastern Bloc (14.05%). The results show that in recent years there has been a constantly growing trend of immigrant women being admitted compared to the total number of hospitalizations. No statistical differences were established in the incidence of abortion, preterm delivery or vacuum extraction between Slovenian and immigrant women, although the analysis revealed a higher rate of cesarean section among immigrant women (χ2=26.960, p<0.01). Education level seems to be a significant predictor of the likelihood of an abortion in the group of immigrant women (B=-0.492, p=0.015), where less educated women are at a greater risk. To improve what is known about the sexual and reproductive health-related problems of immigrant women, a large-scale epidemiologic study is needed in the near future.
Uvod: Zadovoljstvo na delovnem mestu je ključni dejavnik kakovostno opravljenega dela v zdravstveni negi. Namen raziskave je bil preučiti pogled medicinskih sester na zadovoljstvo z delom ter kako ...slednje prispeva k razvoju izgorelosti.Metode: Uporabljena je bila kvalitativna opisna metoda. Na namenskem kvotnem vzorcu 12 medicinskih sester, zaposlenih na primarni, sekundarni in terciarni zdravstveni dejavnosti, so bili opravljeni delno strukturirani intervjuji. Pridobljeni podatki so bili analizirani s pomočjo metode analize vsebine. Rezultati: Identificirane so bile naslednje teme: (1) negativni dejavniki delovnega okolja; (2) motivacijski dejavniki na delovnem mestu; (3) vpliv zadovoljstva medicinskih sester na zasebno življenje ter (4) osebni pomen zadovoljstva z delom.Diskusija in zaključek: Za zaposlene v zdravstveni negi je pomembno, da vladajo dobri medsebojni odnosi v timu. Le z dobrimi medsebojnimi odnosi bomo uporabnikom zdravstvenih storitev omogočili strokovno in kakovostno obravnavo. Rešitev, s katero bi zmanjšali izgorelost zaposlenih v zdravstveni negi in pripomogli k njeni prepoznavnosti, vidimo v povečanju ozaveščanja o sindromu izgorelosti. Treba bi bilo prispevati k politiki oblikovanja ukrepov za premagovanje oziroma preprečevanje težav, povezanih z izgorevanjem medicinskih sester na delovnem mestu. Proces obvladovanja stresa in izgorevanja bi moral postati sestavni del organizacijskega procesa, saj prispeva k večji učinkovitosti organizacije. Z ustreznim usmerjanjem in zadostnim kadrovskim normativom je možno stroške, povezane z boleznijo zaposlenih, precej zmanjšati. Organizacija namreč s skrbjo za zdravje zaposlenih prispeva tudi k njihovi večji motiviranosti.
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