Nursing students' experiences from clinical education using the TPSN model.

BACKGROUND: The TPSN model is an innovative model to create an integration and structured relationship between educational and healthcare provider institutions. This model is done to reduce the theoretical-practical gap in nursing. The present study aimed to explore the experiences of nursing students. METHODS: In a conventional content analysis, 11 undergraduate nursing students, 7 graduate nursing students, and 4 doctoral students were selected. Data was collected through focus group discussions and individual interviews. RESULTS: The findings from analyzing the students' experiences who had received education using this model resulted in four main categories: the feeling of being a nurse, an integrated and collaborative clinical education platform, the development of nursing clinical education, and educational challenges. CONCLUSION: The TPSN model provides a suitable platform for nursing clinical education. This model helps students integrate theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and helps them act as professional nurses in the future.

An introduction to the TPSN model: a comprehensive approach to reducing the theory-practice gap in nursing.

BACKGROUND: There are still concerns about the effectiveness of clinical education models which are done with the aim of reducing the theoretical-practical gap in nursing. In this article, we intend to describe an innovative model to create an integration and structured relationship between educational and healthcare provider institutions. The basis of this work is the full-time presence of nursing teacher in the clinical settings and the development of their role to improve the education of students and nurses and the quality of nursing services. METHODS: This was a participatory action research. This action research was implemented in four steps of problem identification, planning, action and reflection. Interviews, focus groups and observation were used for the qualitative part. Clinical Learning Environment Inventory (CLEI), Job Satisfaction in Nursing Instrument questionnaires and Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire were completed before and after the study. Qualitative content analysis, paired and independent t test were used for data analysis. RESULTS: The academic-practice integration Model of TPSN is a dynamic and interactive model for accountability in nursing Discipline. Unlike the medical education model that includes patients, students, and physicians as the three points of a triangle, this model, which is shaped like a large triangle, places the person in need of care and treatment (patient, client, family, or society) in the center of the triangle, aiming to focus on the healthcare receiver. The model consists of three components (Mentoring component, Preceptorship component, and integrated clinical education component). Each of the components of this model alone will not be able to eliminate the ultimate goal of bridging the theory-practice gap. CONCLUSIONS: A new and innovative model was proposed to reduce the theory-practice gap in the present study. This model increases the collaboration between educational institutions and healthcare settings compared with the previous models. The TPSN model helps students, nurses, and nursing instructors integrate theoretical knowledge with clinical practice and act as professional nurses.

Factors Moderating the Influence of Intergenerational Contact on Ageism: A Systematic Review.

The authors conducted a systematic review of factors that moderate the influence of intergenerational contact on ageism. MEDLINE (using PubMed), EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Proquest databases were searched, using terms and keywords including intergenerational conflict, intergenerational relation, intergeneration gap, and ageism, and no date restrictions. The search yielded a total of 247 articles, of which 23 met eligibility criteria for the review. Findings revealed that the experience of ageism for older adults is widespread and highly prevalent in Western and Eastern countries. In addition, culture, age, and gender played important roles in young people's decisions to contact older adults. These factors were important moderators of intergenerational relationships and ageism. Robust, trans-disciplinary research is needed to examine factors related to intergenerational relations, particularly with older adults in clinical populations. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58(8), 48-55.].

The impact of institutionalizing the nursing process based on TPSN model on the quality and quantity of nursing diagnoses.

AIM: Nursing diagnosis is the basis of applying nursing process and evidence-based care in nursing. This issue has been affected by the gap between theory-practice in nursing. The attending nursing teachers Project aims to create an organizational link between health care centres and nursing schools, reducing the gap between theory-practice and empowering nurses to apply nursing diagnosis. DESIGN: The present study was part of the second cycle of an action research study conducted in the cardiology ward in 2019-2020. METHODS: Interventions were performed in the form of Teacher, Patient, Student, Nurse Model to empower nurses in quantity and quality of nursing diagnosis. RESULTS: The results indicated a significant increase in the number of nursing diagnoses recorded. Moreover, the qualitative criteria based on PES components were found to have changed significantly after the interventions. Empowering nurses in the form of this Project could suggest that creating proper structures between nursing schools and health care centres, full-time presence of faculty members in hospitals, and enhancing their roles in these institutes will lead to improvements in educational as well as health care systems.