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Lewis LS, Hartman AM, Leonard C, Cadavero A, Reynolds SS. Impact of Nursing Clinical Elective Courses on New Graduate Nurses' Clinical Practice: A Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study. Nurse Educ 2024; 49:152-157. [PMID: 37890459 DOI: 10.1097/nne.0000000000001551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical elective courses provide additional specialty knowledge for prelicensure nursing students; however, it is unknown how these courses impact nurses' clinical practice after graduation. PURPOSE To describe how clinical nursing electives impact graduates' clinical practice. METHODS A mixed-methods descriptive design was used. Students who graduated from a prelicensure nursing program were sent an electronic survey and participated in qualitative interviews. RESULTS Thirty-three graduates completed the survey, with 9 participating in interviews. Sixteen graduates worked in the clinical practice areas that were the same, or related to, the clinical elective they took. Many graduates felt that taking the elective course improved their confidence in the clinical setting and provided increased knowledge that put them at an advantage over their peers. CONCLUSION Clinical electives may offer a means to meet health care system needs by preparing a more confident, knowledgeable new graduate in specialty areas in which nurses are needed most.
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- Lisa S Lewis
- Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Drs Lewis and Reynolds) and Assistant Professor (Drs Leonard and Cadavero), Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina; Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean (Dr Hartman), Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina; and Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dr Reynolds), Infection Prevention Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
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Oliveira TZ, de Rezende CZ, Cardoso HW, Nascimento SF, Cunha JPA, Lemos CA, Varallo FR, Pereira LRL. A Scoping Review of Pharmacists' and Pharmacy Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Medical Emergencies. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION 2024; 88:100606. [PMID: 37839555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Competence can be defined as a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. In a medical emergency scenario, competent pharmacists are increasingly required, mainly as a result of the expansion of professional functions in this context. Therefore, the objective of this study was to map the scientific evidence that shows the development of knowledge and/or skills, and/or attitudes in the training of pharmacists and pharmacy students to work in emergency care. FINDINGS The scoping review was conducted in the PubMed, Embase, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases in January 2021, as recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute. Our study retrieved 6276 files, and 31 articles met the inclusion criteria. It was observed that the studies were developed mainly in the United States of America and addressed the development and/or assessment of knowledge and skills, and training in cardiac emergencies. The most used teaching strategy was simulation, and the most used assessment strategy was feedback and/or debriefing. SUMMARY Publications involving the development of at least 1 domain of clinical competence have increased in the last decade. Thus, the mapping of studies has provided subsidies for identifying gaps in the teaching-learning process, as well as the identification of methodologies applied in the development and assessment of clinical competence for the referred population.
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- Thalita Zago Oliveira
- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Wiedyaningsih C, Nugroho AK, Widyakusuma NN, Prasetyo SD. How to Best Prepare Pharmacy Students for Disaster Management: A Qualitative Study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2023; 17:e319. [PMID: 36789656 DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study explores the opinions of academic and practicing pharmacists about ways to prepare pharmacy students for disaster management to enable them to optimize their role in disaster health management. METHODS Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted for data collection from April through June 2021. The research participants were 9 pharmacists who were involved in disaster management. The interview guide was developed following a comprehensive literature review on disaster management. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS The main themes identified are knowledge of health and disaster management, specific skills in disaster management, positive attitudes toward involvement in disaster management, and appropriate behavior in the face of a disaster, as well as personal readiness and training to achieve competence and readiness. Participants mentioned that special training in soft skills, especially communication and problem-solving, is essential for students. CONCLUSION Disaster-specific competencies and personal readiness through training can prepare pharmacy students for disaster management. Soft skills such as communication and problem-solving must be the highest priority.
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Marks K, Chung S, Li J, Waltzman M, Manzi S, Shah D. Experience of pharmacy involvement in a disaster simulation exercise within a pediatric hospital emergency department: A pilot project. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2021; 79:e124-e134. [PMID: 34953164 DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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DISCLAIMER AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time. PURPOSE In this descriptive report, we describe a unique trial of pharmacist participation in a multidisciplinary pediatric emergency department disaster simulation exercise. With the number of disasters increasing worldwide, the role of pharmacists in disaster response is of particular interest to the profession. SUMMARY This observational study describes pharmacist participation in a disaster simulation exercise. An evaluation tool was developed to assess participants' performance in the following domains: communication, pharmacotherapy, problem solving/decision making, and teamwork/organization. The observers used a rating scale of "concise/prompt," "needs improvement," or "not done" to evaluate performance on each objective. The participants' self-perceived knowledge of disaster response was assessed with pre- and postsimulation surveys using Likert scales. Five simulation exercises were held from June to October 2019, with 2 pharmacists participating in each simulation. Within the problem solving/decision making and communication domains, pharmacists were concise/prompt 66% of the time, while they were concise/prompt for 88.8% and 92.5% of tasks in the teamwork/organization and pharmacotherapy domains, respectively. Surveys of self-perceived knowledge revealed that while only 10% of pharmacists felt "moderately prepared" prior to the simulation exercise, 80% of pharmacists felt moderately prepared to care for patients during a disaster event after the simulation exercise. CONCLUSION This report describes a unique approach of including emergency department-trained pharmacists in disaster simulation exercises to enhance their professional development, improve team dynamics in a mass casualty scenario, and increase their own reported level of preparedness to effectively manage a surge in critically ill pediatric patients.
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- Kayla Marks
- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Hassan Gillani A, Mohamed Ibrahim MI, Akbar J, Fang Y. Evaluation of Disaster Medicine Preparedness among Healthcare Profession Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17062027. [PMID: 32204391 PMCID: PMC7143317 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17062027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Disasters are devastating incidents, especially when occurring suddenly and causing damage, great loss of life, or suffering. Disasters can affect health and the social and economic development of a nation. The article analyzes the knowledge (K), attitude (A), and readiness to practice (rP) of healthcare professional students in universities in Pakistan. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study using a pretested and validated self-administered disaster medicine and preparedness questionnaire. The study recruited 310 students. Responses were scored and categorized as high (75th quartile), moderate (75-25th quartiles), and low (25th quartile). Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and regression analyses were performed at an alpha level of 0.05. Results: The study found that most of the students had moderate knowledge, attitude, readiness to practice, and total KArP scores. All K, A, and rP scores were significantly correlated with overall KArP scores. Knowledge and attitude factors were significant predictors of readiness to practice. Conclusions: We strongly believe that educators and health policymakers should build a strong curriculum in disaster medicine management and preparedness to prepare competent future healthcare professionals for the nation.
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- Ali Hassan Gillani
- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China; (A.H.G.); (Y.F.)
- Center for Drug Safety and Policy Research, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
- Shaanxi Centre for Health Reform and Development Research, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
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- Department of Clinical and Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Superior College, Lahore 75500, Pakistan;
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- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China; (A.H.G.); (Y.F.)
- Center for Drug Safety and Policy Research, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
- Shaanxi Centre for Health Reform and Development Research, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
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