Nursing applicants' desire to work in nursing and related factors: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The desire to work in the nursing profession has recently been identified as an important aspect to consider in the selection process of nursing students but very little is known about nursing applicants' or students' desire to work in nursing.

Aims: The study aimed to describe and explain the desire of undergraduate nursing applicants to work in nursing.

Design: A cross-sectional study design.

Applicants' success in the ethics entrance exam: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Student selection is the first step in recruiting future social and healthcare professionals. Ethically competent professionals are needed in social and healthcare. It is important to select applicants who have the best possible abilities to develop their ethical competence in the future.

Development and psychometric testing of the perception of nursing profession instrument.

Background: Perceptions of the nursing profession influence career choices in nursing. An unrealistic perception might lead students to drop out of nursing education programmes. Objective measurement of the nursing applicants' perceptions at the student selection stage could enhance their career choices in nursing.

Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure applicants' desire to work in nursing.

Nursing applicants' desire to work in nursing has been identified as an important aspect to consider in nursing student selection, but relevant instruments are missing. To describe the development and psychometric testing of the Desire to Work in Nursing instrument. A mixed-methods design.

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Emotional Intelligence Test (EMI-T) for social care and healthcare student selection.

Aim: To develop an emotional intelligence (EI) test and evaluate its psychometrics for social and healthcare student selection.

Design: A cross-sectional methodological design.

Methods: The test was developed based on a systematic review and focus group interviews.

Student selection in radiography education. A narrative review.

Objectives: Due to effects on study success, radiography student selection has a major impact on higher education institutions and applicants. However, there is very little research to demonstrate which selection methods and contents are most successful in radiography education. This study aimed to describe the methods and contents used in radiography student selection and factors related to study success.

Emotional Intelligence Instruments Used in Health Care Education.

Background: This article aims to describe the content and the psychometric properties of emotional intelligence instruments used in health care education and to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and study success.

Method: Six electronic databases were searched in spring 2020. Two researchers participated in the selection and quality assessment of the articles.

Nursing applicants' reasoning skills and factors related to them: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The assessment of reasoning skills is recommended in undergraduate nursing student selection. Reasoning skills are crucial for sound decision-making, improving patient safety and are necessary from the very beginning of studies. Nursing applicants' reasoning skills based on the reasoning process have not been previously measured.

Development and psychometric testing of Reasoning Skills test for nursing student selection: An item response theory approach.

Aims: To develop and psychometrically test the Reasoning Skills (ReSki) test assessing undergraduate nursing applicants' reasoning skills for student selection purposes.

Design: A methodological cross-sectional design was applied for the psychometric testing.

Methods: The ReSki test was developed as part of a wider electronic entrance examination.

Identifying reasoning skills for the selection of undergraduate nursing students: a focus group study.

Reasoning is a cognitive skill crucial to making solid decisions. The assessment of reasoning skills in nursing student selection is studied scarcely. To identify which reasoning skills should be assessed when selecting undergraduate nursing applicants.

Emotional intelligence of nursing applicants and factors related to it: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Emotions influence patient care decisions and professional relationships. Emotional intelligence has been proven to predict nursing students' success in clinical practice and academic performance. Scarce amount of studies have assessed the emotional intelligence in the nursing student selection context.

Structure and Content of a New Entrance Exam to Select Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Aim The aim of this study was to develop an evidence-based structure and content for the new nursing entrance examination. Background The purpose of the student selection process is to ensure that those admitted have the required aptitude, motivation and potential to successfully complete studies. Methods The literature reviews were collected using systematic searches in five electronic databases on the assessment of learning skills, social skills/ emotional intelligence and certainty of career choice of nursing applicants.

Perception of nursing profession - focus group interview among applicants to nursing education.

Aims And Objectives: To explore nursing applicants' perceptions of the nursing profession and to identify the factors influencing their perceptions.

Background: Perceptions guide the career choice in nursing and the retainment in the profession. Perceptions of nursing profession are said to be outdated and unrealistic among public.

Critical care nurses' knowledge of, adherence to, and barriers toward institution-specific ventilator bundle.

Background: Although evidence-based practices are known to improve the quality of care, making it cost-efficient and improving clinical results, barriers to transferring research into clinical practice have hindered this process.

Aims: To evaluate critical care nurses' knowledge of, adherence to, and barriers toward institution-specific ventilator bundle.

Material And Methods: In 2015, we conducted an institution-specific, cross-sectional study in a 26-bed adult mixed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in Finland using quantitative survey of knowledge and self-reported adherence with qualitative gathering of barrier data.

Young peoples' perceptions of the nursing profession: An integrative review.

Objectives: The purpose of this integrative review was to describe young people's perceptions of the nursing profession and to identify factors influencing the perception.

Design: Integrative literature review.

Data Sources: The CINAHL, PubMed and Medic electronic databases were searched for research publications between 2006 and 2016.

Uncertainty in breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer: implications for supportive care.

Purpose: The aim of this paper was to identify and explore the literature for key aspects of uncertainty experienced by patients who have been diagnosed with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer.

Organizing Construct: Throughout the cancer journey important decisions are made about treatments, symptom control, and supportive care and many approaches have been adopted to examine coping and uncertainty associated with a cancer diagnosis. Uncertainty and its associated attributes, such as stress or anxiety, fluctuate across the disease trajectory.