To provide competent and respectful sexual health care, a critical and comprehensive assessment of students' attitudes towards sexuality is needed, which implies using reliable and valid questionnaires.
To assess whether the extended version of the Students Attitude Towards Addressing Sexual Health (SA-SH-Ext) provides different, additional information about students' attitudes towards providing sexual healthcare compared to the Sexual Attitude and Beliefs Survey (SABS), to explore SA-SH-Ext potential response patterns through latent class analysis and to assess students' attitudes towards providing sexual healthcare and evaluate the differences in their attitudes to the cultural background and sociodemographic characteristics.
Multicentre, descriptive, analytical, comparative, and correlational cross-sectional study at three nursing faculties.
Nursing students n = 514 (Serbia n = 180, Poland n = 150 and Lithuania n = 184).
A general questionnaire for obtaining sociodemographic data, SA-SH-Ext and SABS were used as students' report measures.
One part of the variance of each instrument does not overlap with the other, indicating that these instruments, in addition to the shared variance, provide different, additional information. A solution with three latent classes was found in the domain of responses to the SA-SH-Ext items. The response pattern placed nursing students in the class Comfortable and prepared in some situations, and the SABS score revealed students' moderately positive attitudes towards providing sexual healthcare. Significantly more conservative attitudes were demonstrated by students from Poland, those identifying their religious affiliation as Catholic and females, while first-year students showed more positive attitudes than those in later years of study.
The SA-SH-Ext and SABS enable a reliable and quick assessment of nursing students' comfort and competence in providing sexual healthcare. However, the differences in students' attitudes towards sexuality concerning belonging to a specific group imply a need for curriculum redesign and facilitating students to be more open to communication about sexuality with people with mental illnesses and intellectual and physical disabilities.
While studies regarding the learning experiences of international nursing students are increasing, a summary of previous evidence about the challenges, support, and strategies to learning in those students was scarce. The current review was to examine the qualitative literature exploring challenges, support, and strategies for learning in nursing students who have English as an additional language.
A meta-synthesis.
A search for relevant reports published between January 2000 and July 2023 was conducted across four electronic databases. Reports focusing on learning experiences among EAL nursing students were eligible for inclusion. Qualitative data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique and all included reports were appraised by the CASP checklist.
A total of 16 reports were included. The results exhibited that EAL nursing students faced multiple challenges like language barriers, balancing responsibilities, immigration issues, and more, but might benefit from a range of support systems and employ various strategies that enhance their skills and lead to academic success.
This meta-synthesis on EAL nursing students highlighted their complex academic journey with unique barriers, support systems, and strategies employed to achieve success. The findings also underscored a need for tailored support and inclusive curricula to address their unique needs, fostering an equitable learning environment and enabling their full academic potential in this population.
The advancement of endoscopic techniques has resulted in an increasing need for comprehensive competency in endoscopy nursing. However, there is currently no unified competency evaluation index system for nurse endoscopists in China.
To develop and validate of a competency evaluation index system for nurse endoscopists with different stages performing endoscopy nursing in China.
A modified Delphi study.
Data were collected in a medical university affiliated hospital.
A total of 569 participants in different fields were included at various phases of this research.
The preliminary indicators were designed after conducting a literature review, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Two rounds of correspondence with 30 experts using the Delphi method were conducted to evaluate the content of the index followed by reliability and validity tests. The competency evaluation index system for nurse endoscopists at different stages was developed through expert meetings based on the Delphi consultation results according to the novice-to-expert model.
After two rounds of Delphi method consultation, we have established 4 first-level indicators (‘Cognitive skill’, ‘Practice professional skills’, ‘Professional development skills’ and ‘Personal characteristics and inner qualities’) and 21 s-level indicators, which are the detailed description of first-level indicators. According to the index weight analysis, the four first-level indicators are ranked from the largest to the smallest as practical professional skills, cognitive skills, professional development skills, personal characteristics and intrinsic qualities. Three different stages of nurse endoscopists competency evaluation forms and criteria were developed: primary stage (New skilled), intermediate stage (Capable) and advanced stage (Expert).
The establishment of a competency evaluation index system based on the novice-to-expert model can accurately assess competency levels and help to effectively train the nurse endoscopists at different stages. Future research should focus on imbedding these competencies in nurse education.