Abstract

New nurses need to possess leadership capacity and clinical competence. Addressing existing gaps, an undergraduate leadership clinical was adjusted, increasing leadership activities and fewer acute care hours. Comparisons will be shared concerning frequency and comfort performing clinical skills between students with 56 versus 86 hours in the acute care setting.

Author Details

Nancy L. Novotny, PhD, MS, RN, CNE, College of Nursing, Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA; Sandra Nielsen, MS, RN-BC, College of Nursing, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA

Sigma Membership

Xi Pi

Lead Author Affiliation

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Clinical, Quasi-experimental Design, Undergraduate

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Finding balance: Quasi-experimental evaluation of trading final semester undergraduate acute-care hours for leadership clinical activities

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

New nurses need to possess leadership capacity and clinical competence. Addressing existing gaps, an undergraduate leadership clinical was adjusted, increasing leadership activities and fewer acute care hours. Comparisons will be shared concerning frequency and comfort performing clinical skills between students with 56 versus 86 hours in the acute care setting.