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Test anxiety, performance expectancy, and actual performance on the professional licensure examination among diploma nursing graduates
This prospective study examined the relationship between test anxiety and performance on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) in diploma nursing graduates. A convenience sample of 77 ... -
A tool to evaluate simulations in nursing education
The purpose of the study is to test the interrater reliability of a tool to evaluate student performance during clinical simulations, using a convenience sample of senior Baccalaureate nursing (BSN) students and clinical ... -
Tuberculosis screening and education in the urban public school district
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest curable communicable infectious disease. The eradication of TB is a significantly important intractable global public health challenge for health agencies at all levels. Global ... -
Understanding engendered trust: Facilitating school-nurse trustworthiness behaviors
School nurses are involved in a complex framework of interactions with students, other professionals, parents and administrators. Trust between nurse and student is critical for interaction effectiveness. Little extant ... -
Underutilization of palliative care related to the associated stigmatism: Time to change the service name within the Veterans Affairs healthcare setting
Advances in medicine and technology have transformed cancer into a chronic disease state: enabling earlier, treatable, diagnoses and longer lives. However, the focus in medicine remains in quantity of life: failing to ... -
Unintentional injuries and violence in schools
Approximately two thirds of all deaths among children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years result from injury related causes. Unintentional injuries and violence at schools is one of the main categories of injury related ... -
What. What. What. Clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education
(11/24/2014)This study explored two facets of clinical judgment in Tanzanian nurse education. The first was to examine the perceptions of Tanzanian nurses regarding the use of clinical judgment during their nursing education. ... -
Who uses residential hospice in Ontario?
This retrospective case study was designed to describe the characteristics of individuals who use residential hospice for end of life care and death. Historical usage and demographic information for patients who used one ... -
Why day zero matters in early ambulation for postoperative patients: An evidence-based project
(5/11/2018)The purpose of this evidence-based practice project is to review the literature to determine if ambulation on postoperative day zero improved patient outcomes when compared to ambulation on postoperative day one. The ...