Promotion of self-regulated learning through internalization of critical thinking, assessment and reflection to empower learning (iCARE): A quasi-experimental study.

Background: Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) is key in developing healthcare professionals and lifelong learner. iCARE (internalization of Critical thinking, Assessment, Reflection to Empower learning) model was designed to enhance nursing students' SRL.

Aim: This study investigated the effects of iCARE on nursing students' reflective practice, SRL, self-efficacy and skill performance as compared to conventional group reflection.

Evaluation of a psychological readiness program and final clinical practicum among final year nursing students: A mixed methods study.

Background: Final year nursing students may experience higher levels of stress owing to the increasing complexity and expectations from their clinical practicums. Enhancing psychological readiness may be a potential strategy to enhance nursing students' transition to the clinical area.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a psychological readiness enhancement for transition to professional practice program and a 10-week clinical practicum on students' psychological wellbeing, resilience, practice readiness and confidence.

Virtual reality-based reminiscence therapy for older adults to improve psychological well-being and cognition: A systematic review.

Background: Virtual reality-reminiscence therapy (VR-RT) has increasingly been applied to older adults to improve psychological well-being and cognition.

Objective: This review aims to identify (1) the design characteristics of conducting a VR-RT and (2) the effects of VR-RT on the user experience, cognitive outcomes and psychological well-being.

Design: Systematic review.

Telemedicine entrustable professional activities for nurses in long-term care: A modified Delphi study.

Background: As the use of telemedicine proliferates in community care, it is essential to ensure practice recommendations and guidelines are available to assist healthcare providers in providing telemedicine-based care. This study aimed to develop entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for nursing home nurses involved in telemedicine consultations.

Aim: To develop entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for nursing home nurses involved in telemedicine consultations.

Perceptions of community care among nursing students: A cross-sectional study with implications to nursing workforce.

Background: A shift of health care services towards community care has driven the need to develop the community care nursing workforce. However, challenges exist in attracting nursing graduates to a career in community care.

Aim: To examine perceptions of community care and placement preference among undergraduate nursing students across different years of study in a Singapore university.

Global migration and factors influencing retention of Asian internationally educated nurses: a systematic review.

Background: Given nurses' increasing international mobility, Asian internationally educated nurses (IENs) represent a critical human resource highly sought after within the global healthcare workforce. Developed countries have grown excessively reliant on them, leading to heightened competition among these countries. Hence, this review aims to uncover factors underlying the retention of Asian IENs in host countries to facilitate the development of more effective staff retention strategies.

Educational escape rooms for healthcare students: A systematic review.

Objectives: To synthesize evidence on the implementation and evaluation of educational escape rooms for healthcare students.

Design: A systematic review.

Data Sources: A search of seven databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Education Resources Information Center was conducted for published studies from inception to January 2023.

Development and psychometric properties testing of the Non-Cognitive Skills Scale for nursing students.

Background: Non-cognitive skills are crucial for nursing students to achieve their academic performance successfully and perform clinical practice effectively. Although different non-cognitive assessment tools have been established in various disciplines, few are focused on nursing students.

Objective: The study aims to develop and psychometrically validate the Non-Cognitive Skills Scale (NCSS) for nursing students.

A hybrid systematic narrative review of instruments measuring home-based care nurses' competency.

Aim: The aim of the study was to identify and synthesize the contents and the psychometric properties of the existing instruments measuring home-based care (HBC) nurses' competencies.

Design: A hybrid systematic narrative review was performed.

Review Methods: The eligible studies were reviewed to identify the competencies measured by the instruments for HBC nurses.

Healthcare professionals' experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic review.

Objectives: This study explores interprofessional collaboration amongst healthcare professionals in patient education.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. A search in seven databases was conducted from 2011 to 2022 and screened against the inclusion criteria.

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.

Artificial Intelligence Versus Human-Controlled Doctor in Virtual Reality Simulation for Sepsis Team Training: Randomized Controlled Study.

Background: Interprofessional communication is needed to enhance the early recognition and management of patients with sepsis. Preparing medical and nursing students using virtual reality simulation has been shown to be an effective learning approach for sepsis team training. However, its scalability is constrained by unequal cohort sizes between medical and nursing students.

Interprofessional collaboration in telemedicine for long-term care: An exploratory qualitative study.

Background: Widespread and sustained adoption of telemedicine in long-term residential care is emerging. Nursing home (NH) nurses play a key role in collaborating with remote physicians to manage residents' medical conditions through videoconferencing. Therefore, understanding of interprofessional collaboration and effective communication between nurses and physicians is critical to ensure quality of care and safety during teleconsultations.

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.

Collaborative practice among general ward staff on escalating care in clinical deterioration: A systematic review.

Aim: To understand the issues surrounding collaborative practice and collaboration experiences among general ward staff in the escalation of care for clinically deteriorating patients.

Design: A systematic synthesis without meta-analysis.

Review Methods: Seven electronic databases (CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus and ProQuest Theses and Dissertations) were searched from their inception to 30 April 2022.

Automated rapid response system activation-Impact on nurses' attitudes and perceptions towards recognising and responding to clinical deterioration: Mixed-methods study.

Aim: To explore general ward nurses' attitudes and perceptions towards recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in a hospital with automated rapid response system activation.

Background: There is growing interest in deploying automated clinical deterioration notification systems to reduce delayed or failed recognition and response to clinical deterioration of ward patients. However, little is known about its impact on ward nurses' perspectives and work patterns.

Telesimulation in healthcare education: A scoping review.

Objectives: To provide a comprehensive overview on the utilization and effectiveness of telesimulation in healthcare education.

Design: A scoping review.

Data Sources: A search of five databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, EMBASE and ProQuest was conducted between 2000 and 2022.

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.

Artificial intelligence in virtual reality simulation for interprofessional communication training: Mixed method study.

Background: Virtual reality simulations are shown to be an effective approach for interprofessional nurse-physician communication training. However, its scalability is constrained by unequal medical-nursing cohort size, rendering a great challenge for all nursing students to form an interprofessional team with medical students. With the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), an AI medical team player can be integrated into virtual reality simulations for more nursing students to engage in interprofessional team training.

Enablers and barriers to nurse-facilitated geriatric teleconsultations in nursing homes: a qualitative descriptive multi-site study.

Background: Nurses play a major role in facilitating teleconsultations in nursing homes with remote physicians. Currently, evidence explicating their role in teleconsultations is lacking. As telemedicine usage grows, understanding the factors that enable or impede nurses' role in teleconsultations allows for more support in the provision of patient care through this modality.

A global overview of healthcare workers' turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions.

Background: Globally, the health workforce has long suffered from labour shortages. This has been exacerbated by the workload increase caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Major collapses in healthcare systems across the world during the peak of the pandemic led to calls for strategies to alleviate the increasing job attrition problem within the healthcare sector.

Academic-Practice Collaboration Using Virtual Telesimulation to Support Students' Clinical Practice.

Background: Collaboration between academic institutions and clinical practice plays an important role in supporting students' learning in clinical practice. A virtual telesimulation was incorporated to provide academic-practice collaboration between academic educators and nurse preceptors to support students' clinical education.

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the experiences of nursing students and academic educators on the perceived impact of virtual telesimulation in clinical education.

Spotlight on noncognitive skills: Views from nursing students and educators.

Background: Noncognitive skills have a considerable role in influencing nursing students' performance in clinical and educational settings. Understanding how nursing students and educators perceive noncognitive skills is important given the broad classifications of noncognitive competencies.

Objective: This study sought to examine nursing students' and educators' perception of noncognitive skills.

An application of data mining algorithms for predicting factors affecting Big Data Analysis adoption readiness in SMEs.

The adoption of Big Data Analysis (BDA) has become popular among firms since it creates evidence for decision-making by managers. However, the adoption of BDA continues to be poor among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, this study adopted the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework to identify the drivers of readiness to adopt BDA among SMEs.

Virtual Simulation to Enhance Clinical Reasoning in Nursing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to more virtual simulation training. This study aimed to review the effectiveness of virtual simulations and their design features in developing clinical reasoning skills among nurses and nursing students.

Method: A systematic search in CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, ProQuest, PsycINFO, and Scopus was conducted.