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Do orientation programs help new graduates?
Do orientation programs help new graduates? This is a question explored by Strauss et al (2015). The authors explored graduate nurses perspectives of a structured orientation program if they were in one. The rationale behind this study were structured orientation programs useful to assist with preparation of nurses to be competent and confident professionals in […]
Strategies for teaching students evidenced-based practice
Aglen (2015) undertook a systematic review of pedagogical strategies used to teach nurses evidence-based practice (EBP). The author used articles between 2004-14 and 39 of 286 articles met the inclusion criteria. The author found the main problem addressed is the students negative attitudes toward research topics and students find it hard to understand how research […]