Medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students within European context.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students in six European countries and analyse the associated factors.

Background: Medication calculation skills are fundamental to medication safety, which is a substantial part of patient safety. Previous studies have raised concerns about the medication calculation skills of nurses and nursing students.

Nurse managers' perceptions of the competence of newly graduated nurses: A scoping review.

Aim: To summarize nurse managers' perceptions of newly graduated nurses' (NGNs) competence and connected factors.

Background: Nurse managers recruiting staff are responsible for employing competent nurses to ensure quality care and professional standards. Knowledge of managers' perceptions about the competence of NGNs is needed to understand the expectations of the health care system towards future professionals.

Discontinued students in nursing education - Who and why?

There has been increasing interest in student nurse attrition due to the high level of attrition rates in many countries. Studies about nursing education and attrition have been conducted internationally, but only a few have explored attrition from the perspective of the students' own experiences. The purpose of this study was to describe who is a discontinued student in nursing education and the students' own experiences of reasons for leaving a nursing school.