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announcing about our new publication 🚨 Navigating Health Information in the Digital Age: Insights from Nursing Education 🚨 The transition from layperson to healthcare professional is an exciting yet challenging time for first-year nursing students. A recent study published in BMC Nursing explores a critical issue facing these future healthcare providers: the relationship between cyberchondria, health literacy, and health anxiety. 📊 The research, conducted with 475 nursing students: Moderate levels of cyberchondria (excessive online health searching). Moderate health literacy (ability to understand and use health information). Mild health anxiety. 🔍 Key Finding: Health anxiety plays a mediating role between cyberchondria and health literacy. In other words, lower health literacy can increase health anxiety, which in turn can exacerbate cyberchondria. 🎓 Implications for Nursing Education: To foster resilience and promote well-being, nursing programs should prioritize strategies that: Enhance health literacy skills. Provide resources to manage health anxiety. Guide students in navigating online health information effectively. By taking these steps, we can equip nursing students to approach health information critically and reduce unnecessary stress, leading to better educational outcomes and overall wellness. 📚 For more insights, read the full study here 👇👇👇👇 #NursingEducation #HealthLiteracy #Cyberchondria #HealthAnxiety #MentalHealth #HealthcareProfessionals #NursingStudents #DigitalHealth #BMCNursing #MedicalResearch https://lnkd.in/dXVqntM5

At one point or another in our lives, we have all believed and worked with stereotypes, consciously or subconsciously. For me, the one stereotype I subconsciously worked on and eventually debunked and learned from is the warning or talk about senior colleagues every nursing student will get in nursing school. "To be careful with the matrons. To not 'gree' with them because most of them can be intimidating and do not want your progress in the profession". Oh my God! The talk about this, the above, is always in almost every nursing school. Your seniors in the school will tell you this and if you are not careful, you will also pass this to your juniors. It is so bad as this. As much as I do not support this in the long run, I wouldn't completely say that we do not have the bad ones as the stereotype says. In my first clinical training experience in nursing school, I subconsciously worked with this, and I saw the negative effects and outcomes. You know, when you already have your opinion of a person or a group of people before you even meet and work with them, when you eventually get to meet them, nothing else would matter to you from their acts or behaviors except what you already have in your mind. As I was saying about my first clinical training, I trained as my seniors advised, "Do not mind the matrons," and this affected my learning because why wouldn't you mind a person if you intend to learn from them? Who does that? If you will be learning from someone, then, you need to 'mind' the person. Know the values of the person. What he/she likes and dislikes. How he/she wants you to learn from him/her. And others. Stereotypes, especially negative ones, are bad and can also affect individuals who believe them in many ways, including their well-being and health. In retrospect, I'm so glad, even though I hated myself for that, that it was only this my first clinical training that this negative stereotype affected me. I learned from it, and I grew past it. In my subsequent clinical training and practice in and after nursing school, I have only met and worked with amazing senior colleagues. Senior colleagues—matrons, PNOs, CNOs, and Apexes—that are not only accommodating but also lovely. Yes, they are disciplined but that doesn't mean they are bad. I was able to know the positive things about these people because I did not begin with them with some sort of bad prejudice or stereotype. Although I was always anxious before resuming my training or practice, I cleared my mind from all types of negative beliefs that might have been registered there subconsciously. This worked for me and it still does. Regardless of who others perceive you to be, I relate with you with good opinions and hope that I work and have beneficial connections with you. I am sure you would have had an experience with stereotypes of any form before. How did you overcome that? Or do you believe in stereotypes? Let me hear your thoughts about this.

Although the concept of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) has been around for more than two decades, teaching methods and standards of curricula for nursing education related to SDOH are relatively new concepts. #GWNursing faculty members, Sherrie Flynt Wallington, Karen Kesten, and Erin Athey recently co-published a research article in the Journal of Professional Nursing (Elsevier Nursing & Health Education) on the awareness of social determinants of health and self-awareness in teaching clinicians. Read it below! ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gTa8VyNS

Enrollment in masters and PhD programs also fell by 1% and 3.1%, respectively. PhD program enrollment has been on a downward trend for a decade, stirring concern among the academic nursing community. #healthcare #nursingeducation #nursingschoolenrollment

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WHO knew? I had no idea nursing was not designated a STEM field. This means nursing does not get access to millions of dollars in grants designated for enhancing STEM research, education and careers. How can this be? "Nurses utilize scientific principles, mathematical concepts, and cutting-edge technology to conduct assessments, make diagnoses, and plan the care of patients. They employ evidence-based interventions to address illnesses, sustain human life, and, ultimately, assess the outcomes of the care delivered to patients." Two Philly nurses are leading a mission to change this nationally. https://lnkd.in/etdtJccU What do you think? Should nursing be designated a STEM field? I say hell yeah and I will be supporting this effort. Please review and share! https://lnkd.in/ePdYyU-4? https://lnkd.in/efRCRCvr #NursingisStem #STEM

Check out the link below to learn about the launch of the Accelerated B.S. in Nursing.

In every program at the School of Nursing, Bronco Nurse students excel at evidence-based practice research. Don't know what that is? Check out the link below. Several nurse practitioner students worked on an evidence-based project to investigate the benefits of using a blood-clotting medication known as TXA in response to bleeding in the brain. What did they find out? Check out the link below. Even RN-BS students learn evidence-based practices, becoming "best friends" with the National Library of Medicine database. Did one student really teach her patients about the database, too? Check out the link below. https://lnkd.in/geA9qjV2 #BroncoNurse

It is concerning that this is happening and critical we address the situation that will continue to escalate#highereducation#nurses#nurseeducators

In 2021, the National Academy of Medicine released their study charting a path of change for the nursing industry over the next decade. The goal of this study is to provide guidance and leadership for practicing healthcare professionals so that nurses can help bridge disparities in America surrounding health equity and health care equity. The study views nurses as the middle man when it comes to the health crisis and a vital factor in making improvements. Nurses are in a unique position to affect change at both the individual and structural level in the social sphere, as well as, the medical sphere. However, this role won’t be without its challenges and changes. Some predicted changes the NAM expects to see over the coming years: - A continuous need for more nurses! As the aging population grows to unprecedented numbers and we continue to see a shortage of physicians, especially in primary care, mental health, and gerontology, nurses will be more in-demand to see the growing needs of the population. - Reduced restrictions on the tasks nurses can perform. As of 2021, 23 states had already allowed full practice ability for NPs, however it is predicted that more states will need to join them in order to keep pace with the health care needs of the nation. - Increased integration of equity, public health, and social determinants of health into the nursing school curriculum at the graduate and undergraduate levels. This should help ensure that nurses are more prepared to efficiently handle the day-to-day challenges that face them while working with the public. - Increased value of school and public health nurses through additional funding to close the pay gap between these nurses and other roles in the nursing industry. Overall, we’d say that the predictions in this study are aligned with the feedback we hear from nurses regularly. They also cover some of the larger issues at play stem from demographics and other disparities that nurses and their patients often face. How do you think the nursing industry is performing in 2024 based on these predictions? We’re almost half way through he decade, do you see these concepts being implemented? Let us know in the comments and read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4b18RK5