Student nurses’ experiences of using a learning contract as a method of assessment

Self-assessment of clinical nurse mentors as dimensions of professional development and the capability of developing ethical values at nursing students: A correlational research study

“…A literature review by Wilkes (2006) found that for students, mentors represent an inspiration and are role models who not only take care of patient needs, but also student needs. Bailey and Tuohy (2009) emphasize that, for the learning process to be successful, students need support from teachers, relevant skills, prior experimental learning and required theoretical knowledge, among other things.…”

Nurses' perceptions of health beliefs and impact on teaching and practice: a Q‐sort study

“…Registered nurses need an awareness of their own health beliefs and the impact of their beliefs on patient care, health education and teaching both for competent nursing care and because there is a link between their own health behaviours and how they raise health issues with patients (Callaghan 1999;Dreher & Macnaughton 2002). Teachers are similarly fundamental to the quality of nursing education (Bailey & Tuohy 2009), and their beliefs can affect their students (Kenny et al 2004), which in turn affects their care of and advice to patients. High quality care requires rapid access to relevant evidence when problems arise in clinical care (Alper et al 2004).…”

Evaluating clinical competence during nursing education: A comprehensive integrative literature review

“…Of the 19 studies included in this review, four were conducted in the United States and in Taiwan, two in Sweden and Iran, and one study each in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Korea, Iran and Finland . The studies have their origin in different countries and educational paradigms and show a big variation of methods and designs (see Table ).…”

“…The methodological approaches differ from quantitative ( n = 11), qualitative ( n = 5) to mixed methods ( n = 3). Data were collected by questionnaires in 12 studies, by questionnaires combined with focus groups in two studies, by focus group interviews in two studies, and by observations, video analysis combined with questionnaire/checklist and interviews in one study. In addition to Walsh et al ., three other articles included instrument development and validation .…”

“…More qualitative ways of evaluating occurred in the use of video analysis, but especially in portfolios, and learning contracts usually covering a longer learning period and describing the development of the clinical competence.…”