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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing programs were challenged to continue educating students at practice sites, and educational institutions limited or eliminated face-to-face education. The purpose of this article is to report on a university and community college nursing program and an academic medical center that implemented an academic-practice partnership with the goal of creating opportunities to continue clinical experiences for nursing students during the pandemic. Principles and implementation of this successful partnership provide direction for other nursing programs and practice settings that may continue to have challenges in returning students to clinical and keeping them in clinical as the pandemic continues.
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COVID-19 , Community Networks/organization & administration , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration , Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration , Hospitals, Community/organization & administration , Interprofessional Relations , Nursing Staff/education , Adult , Cooperative Behavior , Female , Humans , Male , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , United StatesABSTRACT
In this study, the authors explored the perceptions of effective teaching-learning strategies from the perspective of graduates of a second-degree prelicensure nursing program. Data were collected using interviews and analyzed using qualitative description. Seven themes were identified. These findings provide a unique perspective in identifying teaching strategies for use with these students and may provide insight and direction to others who have considered or are considering second-degree prelicensure programs.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/methods , Learning , Needs Assessment , Students, Nursing/psychology , Education, Nursing, Graduate , Humans , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Methodology Research , Qualitative ResearchABSTRACT
PURPOSE: Identify educational needs of parents of children born with clubfoot and the role of healthcare providers throughout the treatment process. METHOD: A qualitative study using interviews with 30 parents. All subjects were asked the same 12 questions regarding their perceptions and experiences. Common themes were identified from the data collected. FINDINGS: The parents' educational needs fell into the following 2 categories: (1) understanding the process of treatment and (2) problems concerning the bracing portion of treatment. Themes exposed the effects on daily living and accommodations made to follow treatment. Parents perceive that the role of the healthcare provider is to present how-to information, specify consequences of the risks, promote awareness, provide encouragement and support, and remind them of positive effects to be expected when treatment is completed.