Exploring tacit knowledge based on an expert nurse's practice for stroke patients.

This study explored tacit knowledge based on an expert nurse's practice who cares for stroke patients by using the hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The participant ('Ms. A') was a nursing researcher and college faculty member involved in the education of advanced practice nurses; her specialty was stroke rehabilitation nursing.

Effect of educational environments on nursing faculty members' perceptions regarding oral care.

Aim: To investigate nursing faculty members' perceptions of oral care and to identify the effects of an educational environment on their perceptions.

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire regarding oral care was conducted at eight nursing schools in Japan. A total of 156 (71.