Incivility behaviours exhibited by nursing students: clinical educators' perspectives of challenging teaching and assessment events in clinical practice.

: The increase in the frequency and severity of student incivility and unprofessional behaviours in clinical education is of concern. : To determine the types and frequency of incivility and unprofessional student behaviours, triggers for disruptive behaviour and situations that clinical educators find challenging.An exploratory study using online surveys and interviews investigated perspectives of 71 respondents from two Schools of Nursing within Australia and one in the United States.

Clinical simulation in Australia and New Zealand: through the lens of an advisory group.

Across Australia, innovations in simulation to enhance learning in nursing have been occurring for three decades and nursing is, and needs to be, a leading player in simulation knowledge diffusion. However, expertise is unevenly distributed across health services and education providers. Rather than build on the expertise and achievements of others, there is a tendency for resource duplication and for trial and error problem solving, in part related to a failure to communicate achievements for the benefits of the professional collective.