[Stress experience of teachers in nursing education: A qualitative survey]. / Belastungserleben von Lehrenden in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege.

Stress experience of teachers in nursing education: A qualitative survey Abstract: Background: Teachers in nursing operate in a special area of tension. In addition to the demands of teaching, stress factors arise out of the nature of nursing. Aims: The main question is how teachers in health care and nursing describe their professional stress experience. Supportive and stressful factors as well as coping strategies of the teachers should be identified and described. Methods: This is descriptive qualitative research. Twenty-six guideline-based telephone interviews were conducted with nursing teachers in northern Germany. After transcription these were subjected to qualitative content analysis according to 21-2Mayring (2015). Results: The teachers in nursing indicate varying degrees of professional stress. Main aspects are general conditions, high workload, misconduct and problems of students and cooperation with the collegial team and school management. The proximity to the professional field of nursing has both mitigating and reinforcing factors on the experience of stress. Conclusions: Stress experience is described by the teachers in the context of a lack of support and appreciation of professional performance. In order to maintain the high level of motivation and identification with nursing and the professionalization of nursing, and to ensure high-quality education, teachers need support in the form of solid personnel, material and space resources, as well as more visible recognition of their work.

Evidence-based decision-making in nursing - development and piloting of a train-the-trainer concept for teachers at schools for health care professionals: A pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Train-the-trainer concepts (TTT concepts) to impart evidence-based practice competences aim at promoting the implementation of evidence-based practice. The aim of this study was to develop and pilot-test a TTT training program for teachers at schools for health care professionals. The program is based on the core curriculum "Evidence-based Decision-making" set up by the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine e.V. (DNEbM). METHOD: The study was conducted according to the UKMRC framework for complex interventions and consisted of Phase 1 (Development) and Phase 2 (Piloting). In Phase 1, the intervention was modelled on the basis of a systematic literature search. In Phase 2, the TTT concept was piloted with teachers at two schools for health care professionals. For the evaluation, short interviews with the participants were carried out after each module; classroom observations took place during the training and were followed by a focus group interview. In addition, baseline characteristics were collected prior to the training and descriptively evaluated. Critical health competence was surveyed using the Critical Health Competence Test (CHC test) before and after the course. The questionnaires, interviews and classroom observation protocols were processed according to Mayring's qualitative content analysis. Person parameters ±SD were calculated to determine the level of competence. RESULTS: Piloting took place in September 2018 and from September to November 2019. Eight teachers from two training institutions participated. The evaluation of the focus group interviews and the classroom observation protocols resulted in a category system comprising 6 main and 17 subcategories. The feasibility of the materials and methods could be demonstrated in both pilot tests. Reactivation and extension of prior knowledge were confirmed by the participants. The small group size was appreciated; the participants took an active part during the lessons and were stimulated to plan their own lessons. The evaluation of the CHC test revealed average person parameters of 432 ± 45 (pretest, n=8) and 512 ± 65 (posttest, n=8). DISCUSSION: Using mixed methods, the results show the feasibility of the curriculum. CONCLUSION: Further evaluation in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is needed to prove the efficacy of the curriculum.

Learning in one minute: survey of the One Minute Wonder Network.

BACKGROUND: Continuous education of clinicians improves quality of care. One Minute Wonder (OMW) summarize best practice knowledge on one page that can be hung on a wall and can be read during waiting times of just one minute. OMW are a fast, efficient and easy-to-adapt educational method and can easily be shared. Since 2018, an interprofessional network has been set up for OMW in German-speaking countries, but the benefits have not been evaluated yet. AIM: The primary objective of this evaluation study was to examine whether and to what extent the members of the OMW network used OMW for training in different settings. Secondary objectives were subjective educational gain, OMW as a training method, and OMW-related structures and processes. METHODS: An online survey within the OMW network with 301 members over a period of 3 weeks in 2020 was conducted. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Response rate was 62.8% (n = 191). Most participants have used OMW for < 6 months (32.5%, n = 62), developed 1-10 OMW (42.4%, n = 81) by themselves and changed them infrequently (43.5%, n = 74). Topics were most often nursing interventions (79.6%, n = 152), diseases (71.2%, n = 136), drugs (64.4%, n = 123) and others. Participants reported that OMW extended professional knowledge, stimulated them to reflect on their work and are useful for sharing best practice knowledge. Authors of OMW were most often nurses (53.9%, n = 103), who were inspired by the OMW network or by questions of the team. CONCLUSION: Participants use OMW in practice to share best practice knowledge.