Nursing and medical students teaming up: Results of an interprofessional project.

Health professions programmes are increasing the number of interprofessional events in their curricula. Many of these programmes are grounded in case study or simulation events in order to prepare students for eventual practice. We designed an interprofessional education collaborative practice (IPECP) that provides direct interprofessional practice experience while students are still in their health profession programmes.

Team-Based Learning for Nursing and Medical Students: Focus Group Results From an Interprofessional Education Project.

Past research indicates that inadequacies in health care delivery create substantial preventable quality issues that can be addressed through improving relationships among clinicians to decrease the negative effects on patient outcomes. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of an interprofessional education project with senior nursing and third-year medical students working in teams in a clinical setting. Results include data from focus groups conducted at the conclusion of the project.

Psychometric Testing of a Simulation Rubric for Measuring Interprofessional Communication.

Aim: The aim of this study was to establish psychometric testing of the Indiana University Simulation Integration Rubric (IUSIR), a tool for measuring interprofessional communication in simulations.

Background: Educators engage in a wide variety of activities to promote interprofessional education, with many of these activities involving simulation. As interprofessional education evolves, tools are needed to measure the effectiveness of interventions.

Nurse Manager Behaviors That RNs Perceive to Affect Their Job Satisfaction.

Purpose: Nurse manager behaviors and job satisfaction are commonly addressed in the literature; however, registered nurse (RN) perceptions of nurse manager behaviors provide a unique perspective that may inform future strategies designed to enhance RN job satisfaction. In this paper, the perceptions of RNs were explored through focus groups to learn the behaviors of nurse managers that most influence RNs' job satisfaction.

Methods: Five focus groups were conducted through semi-structured interviews of a total of 28 RNs to provide data that were coded through qualitative content analysis for themes.

Tools assessing nurse manager behaviours and RN job satisfaction: a review of the literature.

Aim: To determine the state of the science in relation to registered nurse (RN) perceptions of nurse manager behaviours that influence registered nurse job satisfaction.

Background: Nurse managers have been related by research to the job satisfaction of their staff. However, little is known about how nurses perceive the behaviours of nurse managers as influencing their job satisfaction.

Emotional intelligence in relation to nursing leadership: does it matter?

Aim: Discuss the importance of studying emotional intelligence (EI) of nursing leaders and the job satisfaction of nursing staff.

Background: The nursing shortage and issues with retention signifies the importance of assessing the influence nurse managers have on staff job satisfaction.

Evaluation: A review of the literature on the development of EI and the level of study involving nursing leadership was conducted to determine the need for further research in this area.