An exploration of the influences on under-representation of male pre-registration nursing students.

Background: Worldwide, men are under-represented in the nursing profession. In Scotland less than 10% of pre-registration nursing students are male. Reasons for this imbalance need to be understood.

Nursing students' learning dynamics with clinical information and communication technology: A constructive grounded theory approach.

Background: The learning of nursing students can be facilitated through direct and/or indirect experiences of using clinical information and communication technology during clinical placements. However, nursing students experience difficulties in using technology for learning. Despite the difficulties, nursing students' learning dynamics with technology in real clinical contexts is poorly understood.

How do Korean nursing students build knowledge? A constructivist grounded theory study.

Introduction: Nursing is a knowledge-intensive profession. Therefore, to cope with the demands of the nursing role, nursing students need to become competent in managing information to build nursing knowledge. However, nursing students' knowledge building process is poorly understood.

Nursing students' learning dynamics and influencing factors in clinical contexts.

Clinical placements are essential for students to develop clinical skills to qualify as nurses. However, various difficulties encountered by nursing students during their clinical education detract from developing clinical competencies. This constructivist grounded theory study aims to explore nursing students' experiences in clinical nursing education, and to identify the factors that influence the clinical education students receive.

Peripheral vascular structure and function in men with contrasting GH levels.

Both GH deficiency and excess are associated with cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms are unclear, but direct effects of GH in the vessel wall may be important. Previous reports suggest that GH enhances endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and alters large artery structure.