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- Kapborg, Inez D, et al.
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Swedish student nurses knowledge of health statutes : a descriptive survey
- 2009
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In: INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW. - : Wiley. - 0020-8132 .- 1466-7657. ; 56:2, s. 222-229
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The nurses function, no matter the working area, is guided by ethical approaches, grounded in science and well-tried experiences, and has to be conducted according to national laws, statutes and instructions. To survey newly graduated Swedish nurses knowledge about current statutes and laws that govern their healthcare system. A questionnaire was developed from facts in relevant statutes and laws presented and used in the nursing education programmes. Following a pilot study testing the items, a 20-item questionnaire, with mostly open-ended questions, was distributed to student nurses in the last semester of their nursing education programme before graduation. One hundred and seventy-eight participants answered the questionnaire (response rate 59%). Only 29% of responses on all questions showed correct knowledge about the different statutes and laws that regulate their work as nurses. The best knowledge was found in the area of documentation (range 35-86%) and in the area of information (range 16-54%) on group scores. This survey concerning novice nurses knowledge about statutes and laws showed great deficiencies. It was surprising to find that, on existing demands regarding nurses delegating medical tasks, not a single respondent presented a correct answer. Evidence-based knowledge was difficult to recognize. Nurses will be more conscious of their own limitations and more prepared to meet the reality of practice if there is emphasis on relevant statutes and laws during their education.
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- Kapborg, Inez, 1936-
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Evaluation of Swedish nursing education and professional practice
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This thesis summarizes five papers reporting on different evaluations. The purpose of all the evaluations has been to investigate the relevance of nursing education to future professional practice. The evaluations were performed with the aid of a theory-based educational interaction model. Two of the papers treat the nursing students' experiences of education and professional practice (program evaluation). Three papers report on nurses' knowledge of mathematics and drug dosage calculation in relation to their educational background (individual evaluation). Evaluation is discussed in relation to the concept of quality assurance.
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- Kapborg, Inez, et al.
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Swedish student nurses solving mathematical items with or without help of a hand-held calculator : a comparison of results
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In: Nurse Education in Practice. - : Elsevier BV. - 1471-5953 .- 1873-5223. ; 1:2, s. 80-84
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Drug dosage calculations can be worrying for student nurses. Every nursing education programme therefore presupposes knowledge of basic mathematics. A well-tried and validated mathematical test was given to two groups of beginner student nurses. The purp ose of this paper is to compare the results on the diagnostic mathematical test between student nurses who used a hand-held calculator and student nurses who worked without a calculator. The results showed that student nurses who carried out the test using a calculator correctly solved considerably more items than the other group. A separate analysis of rote learning items versus concept learning items was performed. This study gave evidence that student nurses will increase their ability to solve mathematical problems, comparable to the type and level of difficulty found in drug dosage calculations, using a calculator. Therefore, all future teaching and examinations during the nursing education programme should permit the use of calculators.
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