A Nurse-Initiated Protocol for Interprofessional Management of Changed Behaviours in Hospital Patients With Dementia and/or Delirium: A Modified e-Delphi Study.

Aim: To develop a nurse-initiated protocol for early ward-based interprofessional coordination and formulation of person-centred care plans to assist in point-of-care management of behaviour in older patients on general hospital wards.

Design: A modified e-Delphi method was employed to establish expert consensus.

Method: Multidisciplinary acute-care experts experienced in hospital care of patients with dementia and/or delirium in Australia were recruited by email from 35 professional networks.

Comparable achievement of workplace performance of student and graduate nurses: A quantitative cohort evaluation.

Aim: This study explored the achievement of workplace capabilities synonymous with nursing practice. It investigated progressive development of workplace performance, against requisite standards of practice, of corresponding cohorts of student nurses during their final year placement and registered nurses during their graduate year, in south-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Background: A capable nursing workforce is vital for the provision of safe, quality health care.

Nursing student voices: A qualitative thematic synthesis of education elements supporting nursing students' clinical learning during placement.

Aim: to report a thematic synthesis of students' narratives in free text comments from a national quality survey of Australian nursing degree students' clinical placements.

Background: Nursing student evaluation surveys are submitted to the Australian National Placement Evaluation Centre. Students in 36 Australian nursing programs are included.

Learning in the workplace: Development of a simple language statement assessment tool that supports second-level nurse practice.

Aim: To focus learning through clarity of the enrolled nurse (EN) role (a second tier nurse position) through development of a user-friendly workplace performance assessment tool commensurate with EN standards for practice.

Background: Internationally, the nursing workforce comprises regulated and unregulated staff. In Australia, similar to other western countries, there are two tiers of regulated workforce, namely Registered Nurses (RNs) and Enrolled Nurses (ENs).

Competency domains for registered nurse preceptor professional development: Evidence from a modified e-Delphi study.

Aim: To develop an evidence-based framework of nurse preceptor competency domains and competency descriptors for use in nurse preceptor professional development.

Background: Nurse preceptors are registered nurses who coach, support and assess nursing students while simultaneously caring for patients. Working as both clinician and educator requires preceptors to develop additional skills.

Appraising differential capabilities of new graduate nurses: Development across the first nine months of employment.

Background: Effective transition to practice for new graduate nurses (NGNs) is of national and international concern. Development of NGNs expands well beyond higher education studies and relies heavily on support during their first year of employment. Little is known of the differential development of NGNs, namely the trajectory of developing capability.

Measuring changes in nursing students' workplace performance following feedback encounters: A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Work-integrated learning and performance is intimately linked with assessment and feedback; however, empirical evidence concerning the impact of feedback on student performance in workplace settings is limited. A novel practice-based feedback intervention-the REMARK (nuRse fEedback iMplementAtion frameworRK) program-was developed and implemented. Sustainable feedback processes that involve both learners and learning partners can ultimately maximise learning outcomes, optimise self-regulation, and impact performance.

The contribution of paid employment for students during their pre-registration nursing studies: An integrative review.

Objective: This integrative review of the literature explores potential associations between paid employment during students' pre-registration study period and development of workplace capabilities. The capacity to demonstrate attainment of standards of practice upon registration as a nurse is essential for the delivery of safe, quality care. The increasing shift, internationally, to higher education, concerns have been raised about limited time in practice settings and consequently nurses' capability upon employment.

Impact of a work-based feedback intervention on student performance during clinical placements in acute-care healthcare settings: a quasi-experimental protocol for the REMARK programme.

Introduction: Current perspectives present feedback as a dynamic, dialogic process. It is widely accepted that feedback can have an impact on workplace performance, however, how dialogic feedback is enacted with the learner in authentic healthcare settings is less apparent. This paper seeks to describe the design and development of an implementation study to promote the learner voice in the feedback process and improve feedback encounters between learners and learning partners in healthcare settings.

What attributes guide best practice for effective feedback? A scoping review.

There has been an observed increase in literature concerning feedback within the last decade, with the importance of feedback well documented. Current discourse promotes feedback as an interactive, dialogic process between the learner and the learning partner. While much has been written about effective feedback, less is known about key elements that support dialogic feedback.

Validation of the Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT): A pilot study.

Background: Workplace-based learning and assessment are essential elements of all nursing education programs. There is, however, limited evidence of validity and reliability available regarding assessment instruments, based on the professional competency standards for nursing in Australia.

Objective: The aims of this project were to advance the assessment properties of a new instrument, the Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) and investigate the acceptability of this instrument when applied to the evaluation of the professional competence of nursing students in authentic practice settings.

'What matters to graduates': An evaluation of a structured clinical support program for newly graduated nurses.

Effective guidance in practice is necessary for safe practice of clinicians upon entering the workforce. The transition period is recognised as a time of significant stress as newly graduated nurses (novices) endeavour to consolidate their nursing knowledge and gain mastery in a new working environment. This study explored novices perception of a structured clinical support program designed to assist their assimilation and development of good practice in the real world.

Achieving success in intervention studies: an analysis of variable staff engagement across three midwifery settings.

Aims And Objectives: To critically analyse the success of staff's behaviour changes in the practice setting. Facilitators were employed to initiate and facilitate a four-step process (optimism, overcoming obstacles, oversight and reinforcing outcomes) that fostered development of behaviours consistent with learning in everyday practice.

Background: Many studies seek to engage staff in workplace behaviour improvement.

Impact of engaging middle management in practice interventions on staff support and learning culture: a quasi-experimental design.

Aim: This study evaluated the impact of different levels of engaging middle management in ward based strategies implemented by a project educator.

Background: The challenge for learning in practice is to develop effective teams where experienced staff engage and foster learning with students and other novice staff.

Design: A quasi-experimental pre- and post- intervention four group design was conducted from November 2009 to May 2010 across four general surgical and four general medical inpatient matched units in two settings in South East Queensland, Australia.