This is an exploratory survey conducted among 1648 adolescent girls to assess the stress. All the... more This is an exploratory survey conducted among 1648 adolescent girls to assess the stress. All the participants were between 15 years and less than 20 years, studying for nursing or in the Pre University without chronic illness. A stress scale developed by Girdano –Danial and Everly George (1979) and a structured self-administered questionnaire on personal data were used for the study. The finding showed a large percentage of adolescent population is going through stress. Since the study was conducted between two set of students an independent “t” test was done to find out the difference in means. The t(61) = 7.31,p<0.05, hence it can be concluded that the stress experienced by the nursing students were significantly higher than that of pre university students. This survey recommends an urgent attention in the management of stress among adolescents.
Concept mapping is a teaching-learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student&am... more Concept mapping is a teaching-learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s ability to critically think in the clinical setting. Nursing students who are committed to patient care, seldom express the ideas of reasoning, and critical thinking in health team care. This article is a description of an educational innovation that utilizes concept mapping as a teaching strategy in the development of critical thinking skills among undergraduate nursing students. The purpose of this article was to prepare a child health nursing example for concept mapping in the educational programs of nursing students. The use of this teaching strategy includes shortening the wording and descriptions for each stage of evaluation to promote ease of use for the student in the growth of critical thinking skills.
Youth mentorship has captured the attention of policymakers as a method of addressing societal is... more Youth mentorship has captured the attention of policymakers as a method of addressing societal issues. A review of the literature highlighted challenges that mentorship programs face regarding mentor sustainability. The purpose of this study was to explore and differentiate the experiences, perceptions, and motivations among paid and volunteer mentors within formal youth mentorship programs. This phenomenological study informs public policymakers how funding should be allocated within the nonprofit sector in order to optimize mentor retention. Structural functionalism and Kingdon's multiple streams approach composed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected utilizing 14 semistructured interview questions. An analysis of the described experiences, perceptions, and motivations of 12 participants was conducted. The study's findings led to the creation of 10 themes: role awareness, community patriotism, collaboration, collectiveness, awareness, professionalization, support factors, perceived success, motivational factors, and psychological resilience. The results of this study identified that initial motivations between paid and volunteer mentors may differ. However, as mentors become tenured, there becomes greater alignment among the motivations of paid and
This is an exploratory survey conducted among 1648 adolescent girls to assess the stress. All the... more This is an exploratory survey conducted among 1648 adolescent girls to assess the stress. All the participants were between 15 years and less than 20 years, studying for nursing or in the Pre University without chronic illness. A stress scale developed by Girdano –Danial and Everly George (1979) and a structured self-administered questionnaire on personal data were used for the study. The finding showed a large percentage of adolescent population is going through stress. Since the study was conducted between two set of students an independent “t” test was done to find out the difference in means. The t(61) = 7.31,p<0.05, hence it can be concluded that the stress experienced by the nursing students were significantly higher than that of pre university students. This survey recommends an urgent attention in the management of stress among adolescents.
Concept mapping is a teaching-learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student&am... more Concept mapping is a teaching-learning strategy that can be used to evaluate a nursing student&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s ability to critically think in the clinical setting. Nursing students who are committed to patient care, seldom express the ideas of reasoning, and critical thinking in health team care. This article is a description of an educational innovation that utilizes concept mapping as a teaching strategy in the development of critical thinking skills among undergraduate nursing students. The purpose of this article was to prepare a child health nursing example for concept mapping in the educational programs of nursing students. The use of this teaching strategy includes shortening the wording and descriptions for each stage of evaluation to promote ease of use for the student in the growth of critical thinking skills.
Youth mentorship has captured the attention of policymakers as a method of addressing societal is... more Youth mentorship has captured the attention of policymakers as a method of addressing societal issues. A review of the literature highlighted challenges that mentorship programs face regarding mentor sustainability. The purpose of this study was to explore and differentiate the experiences, perceptions, and motivations among paid and volunteer mentors within formal youth mentorship programs. This phenomenological study informs public policymakers how funding should be allocated within the nonprofit sector in order to optimize mentor retention. Structural functionalism and Kingdon's multiple streams approach composed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected utilizing 14 semistructured interview questions. An analysis of the described experiences, perceptions, and motivations of 12 participants was conducted. The study's findings led to the creation of 10 themes: role awareness, community patriotism, collaboration, collectiveness, awareness, professionalization, support factors, perceived success, motivational factors, and psychological resilience. The results of this study identified that initial motivations between paid and volunteer mentors may differ. However, as mentors become tenured, there becomes greater alignment among the motivations of paid and
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