Team-based learning (TBL), which encourages students to become active rather than passive learners, has gained world-wide popularity in medical education due to its proven positive effect on more than one aspect of the educational process. At King Abdulaziz University (KAU), clinical biochemistry is still taught in the form of didactic lectures,…

New graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) face a great challenge during the transition from school to clinical practice. We conducted a quasi-randomized controlled study to evaluate the effects of a new training mode for newly recruited NGRNs in a Chinese teaching hospital. A total of 150 NGRNs were recruited from a teaching hospital and assigned…

Many factors revolve around scholarly writing, especially in an RN to BSN program. Many nursing leaders have reported scholarly writing as an area students struggle with during their academic careers. Online writing orientations can help aid in this dilemma, yet few universities are currently using this option. There is little research to support…

Incivility occurs in many nursing workplace settings including academia. The presence of incivility impedes the development and continued growth of employees and creates a negative work environment. An ongoing nursing faculty shortage further plagues the nursing profession, limiting enrollments in nursing programs, resulting in the continued…

This study examines the impact of grit (Duckworth et al., 2007), demographic characteristics, and environmental pull factors on academic outcomes for nursing students at an urban commuter institution. Undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students (N = 243) completed a survey that collected demographic information, assessed environmental pull…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how university school administrators navigated preparing undergraduate registered nursing students for practice in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining self-care. Theoretical Framework: The two theoretical frameworks that guided this autoethnographic study were the professional…

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in English for Nursing instruction has become increasingly important as healthcare becomes more technologically driven and globally connected. This systematic review analyzes 28 studies published from 2022 to 2024 to examine the current state of AI implementation in nursing ESP education. The findings…

This study explores the extent to which learner autonomy can be cultivated through a digital storytelling (DST) project within a collaborative learning environment. Additionally, it examines students' attitudes towards the DST project. The research was conducted with 90 nursing students enrolled in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course,…

Human Anatomy and Physiology I is a rigorous course where developing strong study habits poses a challenge that many students have difficulty overcoming. In an attempt to help students better prepare for exams and improve their overall performance, we introduced incentives for participating in study groups. Here we examine the possible impact…

Educational methods should be continuously evaluated. In this study, the views, perceptions and recommendations of undergraduate nursing students with regard to a screen-based computer simulation are defined. This was a qualitative research study. Two focus group interviews were conducted. The students said that the simulation was beneficial for…

This study aimed to identify the specific needs of faculty to create, execute, and trouble shoot the technology associated with clinical simulation. How faculty experiences and the use of simulation in the clinical environment is a critical topic to explore because there seems to be a lack of training and resources to properly execute simulation.…

Student engagement has been identified as a predictor to academic success in the literature. Engagement is described as a multidimensional construct which includes behavioral, cognitive, and emotional factors. One dimension of engagement, emotional engagement (EE), is a strong predictor of student outcomes in education related to learning, grades,…

In this dissertation, a generic qualitative study was conducted to understand the perceptions of female American Muslim nursing students as they learn in the classroom and on the clinical floor. With the increase in global unrest in the world in the past two years there is a need to understand how female American Muslim nursing students describe…

This review of the literature summarizes recent exploration of nursing student attrition. Attrition places financial burdens on students who leave a program, results in lost revenue for the college, and compounds the existing nursing shortage. Some research investigated the student selection process, which seeks to decrease attrition by admitting…

Librarians play a key role in the understanding, retrieval, and assessment of gray literature (also spelled "grey literature") as it pertains to evidence-based clinical practice, particularly nursing. With the rise of evidence-based research and curriculum-specific requirements in advanced nursing programs, gray literature instruction…