Exploring internship nursing students’ perception of gerontological nursing competencies: A descriptive study at Cairo University Hospitals

Objective:This research study explores the perceptions of gerontological nursing competencies,attitudes toward older individuals,and the willingness to provide care for the elderly among internship nursing students.Materials and Methods:A convenience sample of 350 internship nursing students from Cairo University Faculty of Nursing participated in the study.Data were collected using a set of comprehensive tools,including personal data and work experience assessment,the Hartford geriatric nurse competency tool,Kogan’s attitudes toward old people scale,and the modified elderly patient care inventory.Results:Descriptive analysis revealed balanced gender representation,with 60%identifying as female.Seventy percent of participants reported prior experience in gerontological care.Self-assessed competency scores indicated moderate proficiency in communication,physiological changes,and functional status assessment.Areas such as pain management and restraint use demonstrated potential gaps in self-perceived skills.Attitudes toward older individuals were predominantly positive,and the willingness to provide care showed positive tendencies,with a minor degree of hesitation noted.Conclusion:The findings underscore the need for targeted interventions in nursing education to address competency gaps,enhance positive attitudes,and alleviate potential hesitations in caregiving for older individuals.As the elderly population continues to grow,nursing education programs must prepare future practitioners to deliver comprehensive and compassionate care tailored to the unique needs of older adults.

The Discussion About the Practice of University Students＇ Off-campus Internship Organization

The role of practice teaching in the cultivation of college talents is becoming more and more important. Students＇ off-campus internships are an essential part of practice teaching. The organizational implementation of off-campus internship is the foundation of the success of the internship and the realization of the goal of training talents. The university should improve the system construction, ensure the student＇s off-campus program, the organization, the teacher, the financial support and so on. In line with the principle of mutual benefit, the author will strengthen communication and exchanges with enterprises and establish a long-term and stable basis for after-school internship. To guarantee the practice effect and achieve the goals of talents cultivation, stimulating students＇ enthusiasm to participate in the internship is necessary through the establishment of scientific and reasonable practice performance evaluation system.

The effects of Professional Commitment and Patient Safety knowledge-attitude-practice on Undergraduate nursing students’ Humanistic Care Ability in clinical practice

Objective:To describe the status quo of humanistic care ability,the knowledge-attitude-practice of Patient Safety and professional commitment among Undergraduate Nursing Students in clinical practice,and to determine the effects of professional commitment and patient safety knowledge-attitude-practice on humanistic care ability.Methods:Two hundred and thirty-two undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice were investigated with the general questionnaire,Caring Ability Inventory(CAI),Patients Safety knowledge-attitude-practice(KAP)Questionnaire and the Nursing Professional Commitment Scale.Results:The score of humanistic care ability of nursing undergraduates was 185.19±20.95,patients safety KAP score was 106.94±11.62,professional commitment score was 74.93±10.44.Undergraduate nursing students’humanistic care ability were positively correlated with professional commitment and patients safety KAP(P<0.05).Multiple Linear regression analysis showed that professional commitment,patient safety KAP entered the humane care equation(F=24.051,P<0.001),and explained 39.1%of the total variation in humane care.Intermediate effect analysis shows that patient safety played a partial mediating role in professional commitment and humane care.Conclusion:The professional commitment and patient safety KAP of undergraduate nursing students were positively related to their humanistic care ability.Improving the professional commitment and knowledge and patients safety KAP of nursing students can strengthen their humanistic care ability to provide high-quality nursing for patients.

Application effect of nursing safety education in practical nursing students: a systematic evaluation

Objective To evaluate the effects of nursing safety education in nursing interns.Methods We searched databases such as CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,PubMed,Web of Science,Cochrane library and Embase for randomized controlled tri-als.Endnote software was used for literature screening and duplication review,and RevMan5.3 software was used for data consolidation analysis.Results A total of 12 RCTs were included and the object of study of 1046 people,The result of Meta analysis showed that there were significant differences between nursing safety education group and traditional teaching group in nursing students’theoretical examination scores[SMD=2.80,95%CI(2.06,3.54),P<0.01],operational scores[SMD=2.73,95%CI(2.12,3.33),P<0.01]and nursing safety assessment(nursing safety assessment scores,nursing safety ability and safety consciousness)[SMD=4.74,95%CI(3.33,6.14),P<0.01].Conclusion It is of great significance for colleges and teaching hospitals to carry out nursing safety education for nursing students,which is helpful to improve their safety culture knowledge and safety protection consciousness,and effectively reduce the occurrence of adverse nursing events.

When Students Become“Prisoners”:A Game Theory Analysis of Internship by Beijing College Students

Purpose-The oversupply of college graduates and increasing competition in the Chinese urban labor market have forced college students to undertake internships much earlier and to a greater intensity in the hope of boosting their employment prospects.It may be argued that the considerable time and energy thus spent on internships is deleterious to their university studies.The paper considers the factors that determine the intensity of an internship experience.Design/Approach/Methods-Building on a Cobb-Douglas utility function,the paper constructs a Prisoners’Dilemma game to model the internship behavior of Chinese college students,and then examines the determinants of internship using data from a 2011 survey of approximately 10,000 Chinese college students from 47 higher education institutions in the Beijing metropolitan area and multivariate regression analysis.Findings-Empirical results confirm three key hypotheses derived from our model:first,students’perceptions of higher differentials across available jobs in the labor market entice them to intern excessively;second,the improving quality of college teaching and the consequent benefit for knowledge acquisition mitigates the need for excessive internship;third,student preferences for fundamental knowledge acquisition also tilts the balance towards more study and less internship.Originality/Value-These findings suggest that in the context of a tight graduate labor market,improving the quality of college teaching provides a viable alternative to excessive internship by students.