Issues and Trends at Nursing Education
Trends
Cheating
There is a study in South Korea which investigates the magnitude and predictors of academic cheating among South Korean nursing students. The study even concluded that an alarming level of cheating problem was found among South Korean nursing students, requiring immediate attention This only proves that cheating is not only a trend here in the Philippines but all over the world. This cheating issue in nursing education should be managed under collaborative efforts of nursing faculty members around the globe.
This is a sample trend that may become an issue, if problem exist. http://www.nurseeducationtoday.com/article/S0260-6917(12)00412-1/abstract Use of web (internet) in learning
A total of 221 in-service nurses from hospitals in Taiwan were surveyed using Web-based Continuing Learning Survey (AWCL), this is to know the nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning.
Nowadays, use of the web as a method of learning is very common among schools and universities, like us in FEU; we have what we called E-Learning. It is wherein we have to watch and answer some questions via web in a certain period of time; it was even included in our curriculum. Within that E-Learning we are watching discussions and how to do a certain procedure via the internet.
Continuing Education
A study was conducted at Ontario, Canada that sought to determine the continuing education needs of primary health care nurse practitioners across Ontario. 83% of the nurse practitioners that was being surveyed indicated that continuing education was extremely important to them. They also identified barriers to engaging in continuing education offerings that includes the ff: time intensity of the courses, difficulty taking time off work, family obligations, finances and fatigue. The most common reason for withdrawal from a continuing education offering was the difficulty of balancing work and study demands. Continuing education opportunities are important to
Cheating
There is a study in South Korea which investigates the magnitude and predictors of academic cheating among South Korean nursing students. The study even concluded that an alarming level of cheating problem was found among South Korean nursing students, requiring immediate attention This only proves that cheating is not only a trend here in the Philippines but all over the world. This cheating issue in nursing education should be managed under collaborative efforts of nursing faculty members around the globe.
This is a sample trend that may become an issue, if problem exist. http://www.nurseeducationtoday.com/article/S0260-6917(12)00412-1/abstract Use of web (internet) in learning
A total of 221 in-service nurses from hospitals in Taiwan were surveyed using Web-based Continuing Learning Survey (AWCL), this is to know the nurses' attitudes toward web-based continuing learning.
Nowadays, use of the web as a method of learning is very common among schools and universities, like us in FEU; we have what we called E-Learning. It is wherein we have to watch and answer some questions via web in a certain period of time; it was even included in our curriculum. Within that E-Learning we are watching discussions and how to do a certain procedure via the internet.
Continuing Education
A study was conducted at Ontario, Canada that sought to determine the continuing education needs of primary health care nurse practitioners across Ontario. 83% of the nurse practitioners that was being surveyed indicated that continuing education was extremely important to them. They also identified barriers to engaging in continuing education offerings that includes the ff: time intensity of the courses, difficulty taking time off work, family obligations, finances and fatigue. The most common reason for withdrawal from a continuing education offering was the difficulty of balancing work and study demands. Continuing education opportunities are important to