Perceived challenges of nurse educators while teaching undergraduate nursing students in Pakistan: An exploratory mixed-methods study.
Mixed methods
Nurse educators
Nursing education
Teaching
Undergraduate
Journal
Nurse education today
ISSN: 1532-2793
Titre abrégé: Nurse Educ Today
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 8511379
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2019
Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
21
12
2018
revised:
10
06
2019
accepted:
08
07
2019
pubmed:
20
7
2019
medline:
20
12
2019
entrez:
20
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Nurse educators are required to equip students with adequate theoretical and practical knowledge to provide effective nursing care. Limited studies have explored educators' challenges while teaching students. Existing studies are limited because of small sample, overreliance on qualitative approaches, and unreliable instruments that have not been tested. To explore nurse educators' perspectives about their clinical and academic teaching, to develop a questionnaire to determine educators' challenges, and to develop a comprehensive understanding of educators' challenges. A sequential exploratory mixed-methods study. Twelve nursing institutions in five cities of Pakistan. A purposive sample of 12 educators for interviews and 112 for the survey. Semi-structured interviews and survey for data collection and expert consultations for questionnaire development. Thematic analysis for qualitative analysis, descriptive analysis for quantitative, and joint display tables for mixed methods. Educators experience workload and time constraints and struggle to effectively teach students due to inadequate student-educator ratio; underdeveloped curriculum; inadequate resources; inadequate clinical teaching settings for skills, simulation labs; inadequate professional development opportunities; lack of autonomous decision making; lack of educational, management, and research support from the regulatory bodies; and lack of educational research. Nurse educators' issues and challenges are persistent and require support from regulatory bodies and educational authorities. There is a need to develop policies to improve teaching and learning conditions for educators, provide them with the opportunities to enhance their own learning, and opportunities to collaborate with other educators in order to better prepare student nurses.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Nurse educators are required to equip students with adequate theoretical and practical knowledge to provide effective nursing care. Limited studies have explored educators' challenges while teaching students. Existing studies are limited because of small sample, overreliance on qualitative approaches, and unreliable instruments that have not been tested.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To explore nurse educators' perspectives about their clinical and academic teaching, to develop a questionnaire to determine educators' challenges, and to develop a comprehensive understanding of educators' challenges.
DESIGN
METHODS
A sequential exploratory mixed-methods study.
SETTINGS
METHODS
Twelve nursing institutions in five cities of Pakistan.
PARTICIPANTS
METHODS
A purposive sample of 12 educators for interviews and 112 for the survey.
METHODS
METHODS
Semi-structured interviews and survey for data collection and expert consultations for questionnaire development. Thematic analysis for qualitative analysis, descriptive analysis for quantitative, and joint display tables for mixed methods.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Educators experience workload and time constraints and struggle to effectively teach students due to inadequate student-educator ratio; underdeveloped curriculum; inadequate resources; inadequate clinical teaching settings for skills, simulation labs; inadequate professional development opportunities; lack of autonomous decision making; lack of educational, management, and research support from the regulatory bodies; and lack of educational research.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Nurse educators' issues and challenges are persistent and require support from regulatory bodies and educational authorities. There is a need to develop policies to improve teaching and learning conditions for educators, provide them with the opportunities to enhance their own learning, and opportunities to collaborate with other educators in order to better prepare student nurses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31323505
pii: S0260-6917(18)31128-6
doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.07.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
39-48Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
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