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Featured Articles - Patient assessment, vital signs and deterioration

Patient assessment

Blended Learning to Improve the Physical Examination Ability of Nursing Students, 2022
Are remote clinical assessments a feasible and acceptable method of assessment? A systematic review, 2022
Effectiveness of educational interventions to develop patient safety knowledge, skills, behaviours and attitudes in undergraduate nursing students: a systematic review protocol, 2022
The Acquired Critical Thinking Skills, Satisfaction, and Self Confidence of Nursing Students and Staff Nurses through High-fidelity Simulation Experience, 2022
Undertaking an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the acutely ill adult, Nursing Standard, 2017.
Preparing students to be ready for practice: An innovative approach to teaching advanced physical assessment skills online, 2019

Vital signs and patient deterioration

Patient Deterioration on General Care Units: A Concept Analysis, 2022
Experiences of current vital signs monitoring practices and views of wearable monitoring: A qualitative study in patients and nurses, 2021
Exploration of Nurse Practices and Attitudes Related to Postoperative Vital Signs, 2015
Burchill, Christian; Anderson, Barbara; O'Connor, Priscilla C. Medsurg Nursing, Jul/Aug2015; 24(4): 249-255.
Vital signs monitoring to detect patient deterioration: An integrative literature review, 2015
Accurate respiratory rates count: So should you!, 2017 Flenady T.; Dwyer T.; Applegarth J.Australasian emergency nursing journal : AENJ. 20 (1) (pp 45-47), 2017

Featured - Resilience, well-being, nurse transitioning, time management

Resilience & Well-being

Building Resilience in Nurses: The Need for a Multiple Pronged Approach. Journal of Nursing & Care; 2015. Open Access
Enhancing the resilience of nurses and midwives: Pilot of a mindfulness based program for increased health, sense of coherence and decreased depression, anxiety and stress. Contemporary Nurse; 2013
Emotional labour and wellbeing: what protects nurses? Healtcare; 2016 Gail Kinman, Sandra Leggetter. Emotional Labour and Wellbeing: What Protects Nurses? Healthcare (Basel). 2016 Dec; 4(4): 89.
Resilience in nurses: an integrative review. Journal of Nursing Management; 2012 Hart P.L., Brannan J.D., de Chesnay M. (2014) Journal of Nursing Management 22, 720–734. Resilience in nurses: an integrative review
Strategies new graduate registered nurses require to care and advocate for themselves: A literature review. Contemporary Nurse; 2017 Strategies new graduate registered nurses require to care and advocate for themselves: A literature review Peter Mellor, Carolyn Gregoric & David Gillham. Contemporary Nurse Vol. 53 , Iss. 3, 2017.
Resiliency Program for New Graduate Nurses, 2021
Using Reflection to Improve Person-Centred Care as a New Graduate Registered Nurse.Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal; 2014 Using Reflection to Improve Person-Centred Care as a New Graduate Registered Nurse. Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal, No.21, Dec 2014:49-52.

Graduate Nurse Transition

Impact of COVID-19 on New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Practice: Loss or Gain?
Novice clinical nurse educator's experience of a self-directed learning, education and mentoring program: a qualitative study, 2018
The lived experiences of graduate nurses transitioning to professional practice during a pandemic, 2021 Casey K, Oja KJ, Makic MBF Nursing Outlook. 2021 Jul 29. Request an article
Experiences of Western Australian rural nursing graduates: A mixed method analysis, 2020 (AU) Graf AC, Nattabi B, Jacob E, Twigg D Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2021 May 16.
Identifying the experiences of new graduate nurses during the transition period to practice as a professional nurse, 2020 Salem Alghamdi M, Ghazi Baker O Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(15-16):3082-3088, 2020 Aug.
Contemporary nursing graduates' transition to practice: A critical review of transition models. [Review], 2020 Graf AC, Jacob E, Twigg D, Nattabi B Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29(15-16):3097-3107, 2020 Aug.
New Graduate Nurse Transition Programs and Clinical Leadership Skills in Novice RNs, 2014 New Graduate Nurse Transition Programs and Clinical Leadership Skills in Novice RNs. Chappell, Kathy B.; Richards, Kathy C; Barnett, Scott D. Journal of Nursing Administration, Vol. 44(12):659-68, 2014.
An Exploration of New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Specialty Practice, 2021 Baldwin, Kathleen et al. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development Issue: Volume 37(2), March/April 2021, p 93-100.
Exploring the Impact of a Dedicated Education Unit on New Graduate Nurses' Transition to Practice, 2020 Dimino, Kimberly; Louie, Kem ; Banks, Janet ; Mahon, Emily. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development Issue: Volume 36(3), May/June 2020, p 121-128.
Practice readiness of new graduate nurses and factors influencing practice readiness: A scoping review of reviews, 2022
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Time management

Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Time Management Among Nursing Students. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2018 Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Time Management Among Nursing Students Öksüz, Emine; Guvenc, Gulten; Mumcu, Sule. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing Issue: Volume 36(1), January 2018, p 55–61.
Time Management in Nursing Work. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2014 Time Management in Nursing Work Said, Nizar Belal; International Journal of Caring Sciences, Sep-Dec2014; 7(3): 746-749. Open Access Journal
Time Management Strategies for New Nurses, 2020 Leis SJ, Anderson A American Journal of Nursing. 120(12):63-66, 2020 12.
Time management strategies in nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003 Time management strategies in nursing practice. Waterworth, Susan. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Issue: Volume 43(5), September 2003, p 432–440.

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The lived experiences of graduate nurses transitioning to professional practice during a pandemic.
Casey K., Oja K.J., Makic M. Nursing Outlook. 2021

The transition from nursing student to practicing nurse: An integrative review of transition to practice programs.
Kimberly B. Hampton, Nurse Education in Practice, Volume:52, March 2021.