Abstract:This article is a philosophical review of school nursing and its constructs framed by Barbara Dossey’s holistic nursing theory. The author describes the application of holistic nursing theory within the school nurse’s area of activity. The review suggests that holistic nursing theory can be applied in several areas of school nursing. School nurses have a multifaceted occupation that includes meetings with students, parents, and school staff. Barbara Dossey’s holistic nursing theory offers the school nurse tool… Show more
“…High demands on adolescent's performance and the accompanying feelings of not being able to live up to these expectations can cause the adolescent to feel inadequate. School nurses have the opportunity to impact students via health dialogs (Garmy et al, 2021) including conversations about mental health (Jönsson et al, 2019), to identify and support students experiencing stress-related problem, and refer students further if needed. School nurses may also work with students at the group level and or together with other school personal, e.g., the school social worker at school (Martinsson et al, 2021) can prevent stress or promote health.…”
Adolescence can be a stressful period in life. The period contains challenges associated with the transition from childhood to adulthood (body changes, changes in interpersonal relationships, and identity changes). The aim was to investigate experiences of stress among adolescents in addition to stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus group interviews (n = 8) were conducted with girls (n = 22) and boys (n = 19) aged 13–15 in southern Sweden. The transcribed interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Analysis of the collected material resulted in two categories with four sub-categories each of which highlights adolescents’ experiences of stress. The results show that adolescents’ have a variety of experiences of stress, i.e., what they mean are the sources of stress and how stress is manifested. The adolescents experienced how stress was manifested both physically and emotionally. This affected both their sleep and performance. The adolescents reflected on both positive and negative manifestations of stress.
“…High demands on adolescent's performance and the accompanying feelings of not being able to live up to these expectations can cause the adolescent to feel inadequate. School nurses have the opportunity to impact students via health dialogs (Garmy et al, 2021) including conversations about mental health (Jönsson et al, 2019), to identify and support students experiencing stress-related problem, and refer students further if needed. School nurses may also work with students at the group level and or together with other school personal, e.g., the school social worker at school (Martinsson et al, 2021) can prevent stress or promote health.…”
Adolescence can be a stressful period in life. The period contains challenges associated with the transition from childhood to adulthood (body changes, changes in interpersonal relationships, and identity changes). The aim was to investigate experiences of stress among adolescents in addition to stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus group interviews (n = 8) were conducted with girls (n = 22) and boys (n = 19) aged 13–15 in southern Sweden. The transcribed interviews were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Analysis of the collected material resulted in two categories with four sub-categories each of which highlights adolescents’ experiences of stress. The results show that adolescents’ have a variety of experiences of stress, i.e., what they mean are the sources of stress and how stress is manifested. The adolescents experienced how stress was manifested both physically and emotionally. This affected both their sleep and performance. The adolescents reflected on both positive and negative manifestations of stress.
“…[ 10 ] Vision: From 2017 to 2026, Swedish universities must be world-class and work to improve the world and the human condition. [ 11 ] Mission: Nursing education should be able to have all the expertise needed for advanced patient care and Teamwork to develop evidence-based performance, quality, and safety. [ 12 ]…”
BACKGROUND:
The comparison of the educational curriculum improves the content and quality of the curriculum and needs to be revised and modified in line with the current needs of society. Development of nursing knowledge, the emergence of emerging diseases requires that the nursing curriculum be codified and provide the necessary skills to provide quality and safe care.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
The study aimed to Comparison of Iranian and Scandinavian Bachelor of Nursing Curriculum (Sweden). This descriptive–comparative study was conducted based on the Bereday model in four stages: Description, Interpretation, Juxtaposition, Comparison, and Analysis in 2022. We use relevant electronic databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Iran Medex, SID, Magiran, Google Scholar, Iran Doc, and Science Direct databases.
RESULTS:
The results showed that despite the similarities, the Swedish nursing curriculum had special features in most of the mentioned dimensions. Including decentralized admission, Fits the need, competency-based curriculum, attention to holistic care and intercultural care, use of new digital technologies in education, and clinical training and evaluation.
CONCLUSION:
It seems that the Iranian nursing curriculum is far from the mentioned perspective. Using the experiences of the world's top universities, such as Sweden, can improve the quality of nursing undergraduate programs and improve the nursing profession by eliminating current shortcomings.
“…In this way, it is possible to get a more comprehensive picture that can facilitate reflection on the multifaceted everyday life in both nursing and higher education. Here is personal and professional maturity and competence development essential ( Garmy et al, 2021 ).…”
Introduction Being a teacher of nursing education can be challenging. Nursing theories can guide clinical nurses in their work, but is it possible to apply a nursing theory in the context of academic teaching? Purpose To investigate if it is possible to apply Dossey's holistic nursing theory into the context of teaching the subject of nursing. Conclusion This article proposes that Dosseys holistic nursing theory could be applied in the context of nursing education.
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