Publications by authors named "Kristin A Laugaland"

Background And Aims: Co-creation in educational design and development is evolving and increasingly recognised as a vital component of contemporary nursing education. However, there remains a need to strengthen the knowledge base for this approach. Therefore, this study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of empirical research on co-creation within nursing education and identify gaps in knowledge and areas requiring further investigation.

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Background: Nursing education should improve clinical placements in nursing homes to foster and enhance student nurses' learning experiences. Initiatives for digital educational resource used to teach and supervise students to complement learning are increasingly being adopted and considered important in nursing education. However, little is known about how digital educational resources can facilitate learning in placements.

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Background: Despite the increased use of technology for teaching and learning in clinical nursing education, relatively little attention seems to be directed toward the usefulness of digital educational resources (DERs) to support nurse educators' educational role in clinical nursing education.

Methods: An interpretive descriptive qualitative study design was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of a DER to support nurse educators in clinical nursing education. Data were collected through two focus group interviews with part-time and novice educators (n = 5) and full-time, more experienced educators (n = 5), after they had overseen student nurses in nursing home placements.

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Aim: To report a methodological, co-creative approach for developing an interactive digital educational resource to enhance the quality of student nurses' clinical education in nursing homes and to elucidate the lessons learned from this approach.

Design: This study applied a co-design methodology that builds on participatory design principles.

Methods: Co-creating the digital educational resource included multiple sequential and interactive phases inspired by the design thinking framework.

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Introduction: According to EU standards, 50% of the bachelor education program in nursing should take place in clinical learning environments. Consequently, this calls for high quality supervision, where appropriate assessment strategies are vital to optimize students' learning, growth, and professional development. Despite this, little is known about the formal assessment discussions taking place in clinical nursing education.

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Aim: To explore first-year student nurses' lived experience of learning in clinical placement in nursing homes.

Background: Nursing homes traditionally represent students' first clinical placement sites during nurse education, and nursing home residents' care needs can provide opportunities for student nurses to acquire both fundamental and specialised nursing skills. In clinical placements, students have opportunities to apply and integrate theoretical knowledge, practical skills and ethical competence in a clinical setting.

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Introduction: Improved quality in clinical supervision and assessment of student nurses in nursing home clinical placements is vitally important to effective recruitment and preparation for this healthcare sector. Knowledge regarding supervision and assessment practices within these settings is limited. Also, knowledge of evolving e-learning tools on the quality and effectiveness of these educational practices seems to be absent.

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Aims And Objectives: To explore older patients' participation during hospital admission and discharge.

Background: Patient participation is suggested as a means to improve the quality of transitional healthcare. Older people with chronic diseases, physical disabilities and cognitive impairments often need to transfer from primary to hospital healthcare and vice versa.

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Introduction: Although international studies have documented that patients' transitions between care providers are associated with the risk of adverse events and uncoordinated care, research directed towards the quality and safety of transitional care between primary and secondary health and care services, especially for the elderly receiving care from multiple healthcare providers due to complex health problems, is lacking. This study investigates how different aspects of transitional care can explain the quality and safety of elderly healthcare services in Norway. The overall aim of the study was to explore different aspects of transitional care of the elderly, in different contexts and how they might explain the quality and safety of care.

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