Cross-cultural validation and psychometric testing of the Debriefing Experience Scale (DES): a cross-sectional study.

Background: The Debriefing Experience Scale (DES) is a tool that is used to explore nursing students' subjective experiences during a debriefing and to help determine best debriefing practices. A Chinese version of the scale has not been found; its development can enhance learning in simulation activites in Chinese healthcare education programs.

Methods: A simplified Chinese version of the DES was developed and tested using 34 Chinese undergraduate (second year) nursing students.

Using Action Research to Mentor Nursing Students in Global Health Advocacy.

Background: The current diverse health care environment makes it vital for nursing students to have multicultural respect and understanding. Collaborative action research can be used to engage students in the learning process.

Method: Action research addressing adolescent pregnancy in rural Paraguay involved nursing students in the research process and care delivery.

Long-term effects on nursing alumni: Assessing a course in public and global health.

The impact of a cultural awareness course among nursing students may affect the particular person for years to come. Cultural awareness can be taught via many methods, often requiring study abroad and/or extreme investment of time, money and effort. There is little research on sustained effects on nursing alumni from such a course.

Honoring Motherhood: The Meaning of Childbirth for Tongan Women.

Purpose: The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe the meaning of childbirth for Tongan women.

Study Design And Methods: In this qualitative descriptive study, 38 Tongan women, 18 from Tonga and 20 from the United States, who had given birth in the past year were invited to share their perceptions of childbirth. Themes were generated collaboratively by the research team.

Written debriefing: Evaluating the impact of the addition of a written component when debriefing simulations.

Debriefing, the reflective period following a simulation, is said to be where the bulk of simulation learning takes place. Many expert opinions regarding debriefing exist, but evidence-based best practices have yet to be identified. Written debriefing is one of these practices; experts state learning can be extended through the addition of a written component to the debriefing process, but no evidence exists to support this.

Use of a blog in an undergraduate nursing leadership course.

In this study, the use of a blog in a senior leadership clinical nursing course was analyzed qualitatively through two means; focus group interviews of those using the blog, and analysis of blog content. Initial feelings expressed by students were annoyance and intimidation concerning the blogging assignment. These feelings quickly dissipated, with students verbalizing many positive aspects related to the blog, including having a place to reflect, feeling connected as a group, valuing feedback provided by their peers, and learning from theirs and others' experiences.

Giving birth: the voices of Ecuadorian women.

Purpose: The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe the perceptions of Ecuadorian childbearing women

Background: No studies published in English could be found documenting the perspectives of Ecuadorian childbearing women about their birth experiences.

Method: Thirty-two women who had recently given birth in Guayaquil, Ecuador participated in audiotaped interviews, which were analyzed as appropriate for ethnographic inquiry.

Results: "Enduring birth to obtain the gift" was the overarching theme.