The development of a six-station OSCE for evaluating the clinical competency of the student nurses before graduation: A validity and reliability analysis.

Background: Assessing clinical competency in undergraduate nursing students is essential before they enter clinical practice. The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is widely used and is part of clinical competency assessment. Aim The aim of this study was to develop and validate a six-station OSCE for evaluating the clinical competency of the student nurses before graduation.

Situated teaching improves empathy learning of the students in a BSN program: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Empathy is an important clinical skill for nursing students, but it is a characteristic difficult to teach and assess.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of situated teaching on empathy learning among undergraduate nursing students.

Design: A cohort study with pre-post-test quasi-experimental design.

[Chlorhexidine Bed-Bath Improves CLABSI: A Meta-Analysis].

Background: Central catheters are used primarily in ICU settings. Bloodstream infections in the central line of central catheters have been shown to cause longer hospital stays for patients and result in higher medical costs.

Purpose: The present study applies a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effect of a 2% chlorhexidine (CHG) bed-bath on the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI).

Exploring health behavior determinants for people with chronic illness using the constructs of planned behavior theory.

The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been successfully applied to various health behaviors. Previous research using this theory has not described the health behaviors of Taiwanese people diagnosed with various different chronic illnesses. Because TPB constructs and determinants are abstract, qualitative interviews were conducted with 36 people with various chronic illness diagnoses to identify such determinants and establish measurement indicators for further quantitative study.