Design and Evaluation of Using Head-Mounted Virtual Reality for Learning Clinical Procedures: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: The capacity of health care professionals to perform clinical procedures safely and competently is crucial as it will directly impact patients' outcomes. Given the ability of head-mounted virtual reality to simulate the authentic clinical environment, this platform should be suitable for nurses to refine their clinical skills for knowledge and skills acquisition. However, research on head-mounted virtual reality in learning clinical procedures is limited.

Enhancing professional competency in clinical procedures using head-mounted display virtual reality - a mixed method study.

Background: The maintenance of nursing professional competency is essential to ensure patients' health outcomes. With the current shortage of nursing workforce, a novel approach is necessary to refresh clinical skills and update practice.

Objective: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of using head-mounted display virtual reality to refresh knowledge and skills and explore nurses' perceptions towards using this technology for refresher training.

Mid-career switch nursing students' perceptions and experiences of using immersive virtual reality for clinical skills learning: A mixed methods study.

Background: There has been an increase of mid-career professionals joining nursing. These adult students possess significant expertise in other areas and may benefit substantially in deliberate practice to acquire skills competency using immersive virtual reality (IVR) for clinical procedures before they practise in actual clinical settings.

Objectives: This study aims to (1) examine the impact of IVR clinical procedures on mid-career switch students in knowledge, game perception and user reaction; (2) to explore the mid-career switch students' perceptions and experiences in using the IVR clinical procedures.

Cord Lining Mesenchymal Stem Cells Have a Modest Positive Effect on Angiogenesis in Hindlimb Ischemia.

We investigated the use of human Cord Lining Mesenchymal Stem Cells (CL-MSCs) (US Patent number 9,737,568), in a rabbit hindlimb ischemia model, and evaluated their potential in stimulating neovascularization. Allogenic human CL- MSCs could potentially be used to treat patients with lower limb ischemia and non-healing wounds. Twenty rabbits were divided into two separate groups.

Why are physical assessment skills not practiced? A systematic review with implications for nursing education.

Background: Physical assessment skills are taught in pre-registration nursing programs to equip nurses with the competencies to provide holistic nursing care. However, only a fraction of the skills they acquired during training are routinely performed in clinical practice thus highlighting a disconnect between learning and practicing.

Objective: To better understand the issues surrounding the teaching and practice of physical assessment skills among nurses as described in the literature.

The use of the community of inquiry survey in blended learning pedagogy for a clinical skill-based module.

Aim And Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the blended learning pedagogy in a clinical skill-based module using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. The secondary objectives were to assess the effectiveness of blended learning in improving the nursing knowledge, and students' satisfaction with this approach.

Background: Blended learning is increasingly adopted in education as more online resources are made available for tutors to use for the benefit of their students.

Wound healing properties of magnesium mineralized antimicrobial nanofibre dressings containing chondroitin sulphate - a comparison between blend and core-shell nanofibres.

The development of antimicrobial nanofibre dressings that can protect the injured tissues from commensal pathogens while promoting tissue regeneration finds enormous potential in plastic and reconstructive surgery practices. To achieve this goal, we investigated the effect of chondroitin sulphate on the morphology, mechanical properties, wettability and biocompatibility of polydopamine crosslinked electrospun gelatin nanofibres containing mineralized magnesium. To extend the durability of dressings, we prepared composite dressings containing polycaprolactone (PCL) and gelatin as blend or core-shell nanofibres.

Multifunctional Antimicrobial Nanofiber Dressings Containing ε-Polylysine for the Eradication of Bacterial Bioburden and Promotion of Wound Healing in Critically Colonized Wounds.

Bacterial colonization of acute and chronic wounds is often associated with delayed wound healing and prolonged hospitalization. The rise of multi-drug resistant bacteria and the poor biocompatibility of topical antimicrobials warrant safe and effective antimicrobials. Antimicrobial agents that target microbial membranes without interfering with the mammalian cell proliferation and migration hold great promise in the treatment of traumatic wounds.

Factors influencing medication adherence in patients with gout: A descriptive correlational study.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the factors influencing adherence to urate-lowering therapy in patients with gout in Singapore.

Background: Gout is the most common type of chronic inflammatory arthritis. Urate-lowering therapy is used to treat gout by reducing serum uric acid levels.

Self-efficacy and depression predicting the health-related quality of life of outpatients with chronic heart failure in Singapore.

Background: Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains as a debilitating disease that has high mortality among adults worldwide. CHF negatively impacts an individual's health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but only few studies have investigated such an impact in the Asian population.

Aims: This study aims to investigate the HRQoL of outpatients with CHF and identify its predictors among this group of patients in Singapore.

Using simulation learning through academic-practice partnership to promote transition to clinical practice: a qualitative evaluation.

Aim: To explore the effect of an innovative simulation education programme on nursing students' transition-to-practice experiences.

Background: Academic-practice partnership is emerging as an important vehicle for improving nursing students' transition-to-practice. Using existing university resources, academic educators and alumni developed an innovative simulation educational programme known as the Simulated Professional Learning Environment (SIMPLE) to align the educational process with the realities of nursing practice.