Celebrating Australian nurses who are pioneering the response to climate change: a compilation of case studies.

Background: Nurses, the largest healthcare workforce, are well placed to provide leadership in initiatives that promote planetary health. Yet, few practical examples of nurse leadership in the health sector's response to climate change are evident in the scholarly literature.

Aim: The aim of this discussion paper is to profile Australian nurses who are leading initiatives designed to champion planetary health and promote sustainable practice.

Review article: Scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes of adults presenting to the emergency department during heatwaves.

As a result of climate change heatwaves are expected to increase in frequency and intensity and will have detrimental impacts on human health globally. EDs are often the critical point of care for acute heat illnesses and other conditions associated with heat exposure. Existing literature has focused on heatwave-related hospitalisation and mortality.

Joy at work and vocational identity during COVID-19: A structural equation model.

Objective: This study aims to explore the interrelations between joy at work, vocational identity, and COVID-19-related latent variables.

Design: A cross-sectional design was adopted to survey 253 registered nurses through nursing organizations and social networking sites during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Structural Equation Modeling through Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) was employed to accurately analyze and estimate relationships among joy at work, vocational identity, and COVID-19-related constructs in compliance with published standards and guidelines.

Factors influencing nursing students' ability to recognise and respond to simulated patient deterioration: A scoping review.

Aim: The aim of this scoping review was to identify empirical literature on simulation used to develop undergraduate nursing student's clinical assessment skills to recognise and respond to patient deterioration.

Background: Early recognition and response to clinical deterioration is necessary to ensure the best outcome for the patient. Undergraduate nursing students have limited exposure to deteriorating patient situations, therefore simulation is widely implemented in nursing courses to address this educational need.

Exploring the observer role and clinical reasoning in simulation: A scoping review.

Aim: This scoping review aimed to explore nursing students experience as simulation observers and their level of engagement in learning through use of clinical decision-making models and learning scaffolds.

Background: A gap continues to exist between the published empirical literature, the role and experiences of the simulation observer and teaching scaffolds that enhance learning outcomes, despite the increased understanding of simulation and its role in preparing nursing students for practice. Further, little is known about the nursing student's experience of clinical reasoning whilst observing simulation and the impact of scaffolding observations using clinical decision-making models.

Effectiveness of using simulation in the development of clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review.

Aim/objective: This systematic review examines the effectiveness of undergraduate nursing students' using simulation to acquire clinical reasoning.

Background: Use of simulation to positively impact practice outcomes is an established method in nursing education. Clinical reasoning is a graduate capability that contributes to safe practice, so developing clinical reasoning requires explicit scaffolding in undergraduate contexts.

Nursing students' attitudes towards climate change and sustainability: A cross-sectional multisite study.

Background: Education is a social tipping intervention necessary for stabilising the earth's climate by 2050. Integrating sustainable healthcare into healthcare professions curricula is a key action to raise awareness.

Objectives: This study aimed to: i) investigate nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of climate change and sustainability issues and its inclusion in nurse education, ii) explore differences across a range of countries, and iii) compare attitudes in 2019 with those of a similar sample in 2014.

Comparison of simulation observer tools on engagement and maximising learning: a pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study examined if the Clinical Reasoning Observer Worksheet (CROW) compared to a standard observer worksheet used during simulation, would enhance nursing students active learning behaviours and perceptions of clinical reasoning ability.

Methods: This pilot study was undertaken to test the design and processes for a future larger study and reports on preliminary evidence of efficacy of recruitment procedures and instrumentation in addition to student's learning outcomes.

Results: There was little overall difference in outcomes between groups who used either simulation observer worksheet.

Flexible learning: Evaluation of an international distance education programme designed to build the learning and teaching capacity of nurse academics in a developing country.

The professional development of nurse academics has been high on the agenda in many of the Asia-Pacific's developing countries including Vietnam. In collaboration with the Vietnamese Nurses Association, an Australian university designed and delivered a distance learning programme (DLP). The DLP sought to build academic capacity with a specific focus on the skills required to develop, implement and deliver a new national nursing curriculum.

Measuring third year undergraduate nursing students' reflective thinking skills and critical reflection self-efficacy following high fidelity simulation: A pilot study.

Critical reflection underpins critical thinking, a highly desirable generic nursing graduate capability. To improve the likelihood of critical thinking transferring to clinical practice, reflective thinking needs to be measured within the learning space of simulation. This study was divided into two phases to address the reliability and validity measures of previously untested surveys.