Betanien University College

<p>Alternative teaching method in dosage calculation to reduce nursing students’ test anxiety and enhance self-concept</p><p>Norwegian nursing students must pass a drug calculation test with a flawless performance if they are to qualify as nurses. This requirement is found to increase students’ test anxiety and mathematical low self-conceptual students are highly effected. The aim of the current study is to examine if participating in a special education program benefits students with high test anxiety and low self-concept in the domain of mathematics. The participants were highly involved in both planning and conducting the alternative program which had a practical approach towards both mathematics and drug calculation. We use a mixed methods approach to examine nursing students’ experiences participating in the program, and data are collected by using survey questionnaires, participants’ evaluation and a focus group interview. Ten freshman nursing students participating in the program responded to a questionnaire pre and post intervention, including a written evaluation during the program. Finally a focus group interview was conducted two years after the intervention. The survey data show a significant change in mathematics-self-concept, however, no significant reduction in test anxiety was found, but the qualitative data from the interview suggest a reduction in anxiety and higher mathematical self-concept after participating in the program.</p>

Patch to v2.030 to handle missing columns. If a column is missing, but being used in a command, it creates a new column with empty values so the command can succeed.

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Safety checklists have become an established safety tool in medicine. Despite studies showing decreased mortality and complications, the effects and feasibility of checklists have been questioned. This systematic review summarises the medical literature aiming to show the effects of safety checklists with a number of outcomes. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement was used. All studies in which safety checklists were used as an additional tool designed to assure that an operation or task was performed as planned were included. The initial search extracted 7408 hits. Twenty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria. Five additional studies were identified by a cross-referencing search. Four groups were made according to outcome measures. One group (n = 7) had 'hard' outcome measures, such as mortality and morbidity. The remaining studies, reporting 'softer' process-related measures, were divided into three categories: adherence to guidelines (n = 6), human factors (n = 16), and reduction of adverse events (n = 5). The main findings were improved communication, reduced adverse events, better adherence to standard operating procedures, and reduced morbidity and mortality. None of the included studies reported decreased patient safety or quality after introducing safety checklists. Safety checklists appear to be effective tools for improving patient safety in various clinical settings by strengthening compliance with guidelines, improving human factors, reducing the incidence of adverse events, and decreasing mortality and morbidity. None of the included studies reported negative effects on safety.