Effectiveness of a virtual reality triage simulation program for nursing students: A mixed-methods study.

Aims: To examine the effectiveness of a virtual reality simulation (VRS) triage in improving students' learning motivation, attitudes, satisfaction and learning experiences in an emergency nursing course.

Background: VR facilitates the realization of clinical scenarios that are significant for teaching emergency nursing. Triage presents a unique challenge in emergency nursing courses, where practical learning opportunities are seldom available.

[Gamification and Game-Based Learning in Nursing Education].

With the recent rapid changes in the medical environment and technology, traditional teaching methods are no longer sufficient to meet current professional needs. There is an increasing demand for emerging technologies in higher education, necessitating more interactive and personalized educational approaches. Hence, educators are exploring innovative teaching interventions, including digital simulations and gamified learning, to enhance motivation and engagement in learning.

Training students to serve as standardized patients in an objective structured clinical examination is feasible: A mixed-methods study.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate examinees' perceptions of the performance of student standardized patients (SPs) and to explore student SPs' experiences.

Background: Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a standard approach to the task of evaluating students' clinical competency that relies on SPs. However, professional SPs are characterized by high costs and insufficient availability.

Impact of an immersive virtual reality simulator education program on nursing students' intravenous injection administration: A mixed methods study.

Background: Undergraduate nursing students often face limited opportunities to gain hands-on experience in performing invasive procedures and techniques. Immersive media tools may be helpful in training and enhancing skill development among nursing students.

Objectives: The specific aims of this study were threefold: (1) to describe the development process of an intravenous injection virtual reality simulator (IIVRS) program, (2) to determine the effect of the IIVRS program on intravenous injection knowledge, and (3) to examine the acceptability, learning motivation, and experience of the IIVRS program among nursing students.

Challenges faced by community connectors: lessons learned from a Taiwan public health initiative.

Background: Effective solutions that meet the diverse community health needs of older adult populations are of critical importance. To address these needs, a nationwide community connector team-tasked with providing referral support to older adult populations and completing an asset mapping resource inventory initiative centered around the needs of older adult populations-was developed in Taiwan. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore community connectors' experiences and challenges.

A pediatric seizure management virtual reality simulator for nursing students: A quasi-experimental design.

Background: Seizures are a common neurologic disorder observed in children. A virtual reality (VR) simulator trains nursing students to understand and respond to pediatric seizures.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine knowledge acquisition and acceptance of a pediatric seizure management VR simulator.

A Profile of Novice and Senior Nurses' Communication Patterns during the Transition to Practice Period: An Application of the Roter Interaction Analysis System.

Novice nurses' successful transition to practice is impacted by their interactions with senior nurses. Ensuring that novice nurses are adequately supported during their transition to practice has wide-ranging and significant implications. The aim of this study is to explore the communication patterns between novice and senior nurses by applying an interaction analysis technique.

Effects of a simulation-based nursing process educational program: A mixed-methods study.

Aims: To examine the effects of a simulation-based nursing process educational program on nursing students' confidence in communication and foundational understanding of the nursing process.

Background: The nursing process is a core component of patient-centered nursing care that is underpinned by effective communication. However, learning how to engage patients and carry out the distinct steps of the nursing process can be challenging if students are not able to apply knowledge to practice.

[Challenges to the Nursing Practicum During the COVID-19 Pandemic].

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted first-line medical staff as well as nursing-student clinical practicum programs. How to cooperate with the government's pandemic-prevention policies and reduce the gap between education and clinical practice represent significant challenges. In this paper, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology (CCUST) is used as an example to show how schools in Taiwan have effectively adapted the fundamentals of nursing practicum programs to the current pandemic using e-learning, group discussions, case analysis, clinical skill practice, and clinical case simulation scenario exercises.

Learning outcomes of a flipped classroom teaching approach in an adult-health nursing course: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: New teaching strategies must be developed not only to enhance nurse's competence but also to allow nurses to respond to the complex health care needs of today's society. The purpose of this study was to explore the learning outcomes of a flipped classroom teaching approach in an adult-health nursing course for students in a two-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Methods: The study had a quasi-experimental design.

Association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and parathyroid hormone in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes which may result from an increase in systemic inflammation. Previously we have shown that serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels are independently associated with inflammatory indicators. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an inexpensive, widely available marker of inflammation.

[The Establishment and Examination of the Reliability, Validity, Discrimination, and Difficulty of Nursing Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)].

Background: The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is one of the evaluation strategies used to examine the clinical competence of nursing students. More attention needs to be paid to establishing an examination that is based on the standardized protocol and on reliability and validity.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to develop an OSCE that is based on a standardized protocol and to analyze the content validity and predictive validity, inter-rater consistency, internal consistency, item-to-total correlation, and the degree of discrimination and difficulty of this OSCE.

[Construction and Application of Innovative Education Technology Strategies in Nursing].

The evolution of information and communication technologies has deeply impacted education reform, promoted the development of digital-learning models, and stimulated the development of diverse nursing education strategies in order to better fulfill needs and expand in new directions. The present paper introduces the intelligent-learning resources that are available for basic medical science education, problem-based learning, nursing scenario-based learning, objective structured clinical examinations, and other similar activities in the Department of Nursing at Chang Gung University of Science and Technology. The program is offered in two parts: specialized classroom facilities and cloud computing / mobile-learning.

Performance evaluation of nursing students following competency-based education.

Background: Competency-based education is known to improve the match between educational performance and employment opportunities.

Objectives: This study examined the effects of competency-based education on the learning outcomes of undergraduate nursing students.

Design: The study used a quasi-experimental design.

Monitoring patient-centered outcomes through the progression of breast reconstruction: a multicentered prospective longitudinal evaluation.

Studies have shown that having breast reconstruction has a positive influence on patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at the conclusion of treatment. However, no study has critically evaluated changes to these patient-reported outcomes during the process of undergoing breast reconstruction. This study was to prospectively evaluate changes to patient-centered metrics through the progression of breast reconstruction.

Simultaneous scarless contralateral breast augmentation during unilateral breast reconstruction using bilateral differentially split DIEP flaps.

Background: : Simultaneous contralateral augmentation is performed with unilateral breast reconstruction to achieve pleasing and symmetric breast mounds. This prospective study investigated the outcome of simultaneous scarless contralateral augmentation with unilateral breast reconstruction using bilateral differentially split deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps.

Methods: : Between August of 2009 and May of 2010, six patients with a mean age of 46.

The efficacy of acupoint stimulation for the management of therapy-related adverse events in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review.

The aim of the present study was to scrutinize the evidence on the use of acupoint stimulation for managing therapy-related adverse events in breast cancer. A comprehensive search was conducted on eight English and Chinese databases to identify clinical trials designed to examine the efficacy of acupressure, acupuncture, or acupoint stimulation (APS) for the management of adverse events due to treatments of breast cancer. Methodological quality of the trials was assessed using a modified Jadad scale.