Cargando…

A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype

BACKGROUND: The challenges of nursing shortage in the nursing profession and of limited nursing educational capacity in nursing education in clinical practice need to be addressed to ensure supply according to the demand of these professionals. In addition, communication problems among nursing stude...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves, Zlamal, Jaroslav, Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang, Steindal, Simen A, Solberg, Marianne Trygg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9938443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36735289
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44101
_version_ 1784890632113750016
author Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves
Zlamal, Jaroslav
Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang
Steindal, Simen A
Solberg, Marianne Trygg
author_facet Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves
Zlamal, Jaroslav
Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang
Steindal, Simen A
Solberg, Marianne Trygg
author_sort Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: The challenges of nursing shortage in the nursing profession and of limited nursing educational capacity in nursing education in clinical practice need to be addressed to ensure supply according to the demand of these professionals. In addition, communication problems among nursing students, nurse educators, and nurse preceptors; variations in the guidance competence of nurse preceptors; and limited overview from nurse educators on nursing students’ clinical practice are common challenges reported in several research studies. These challenges affect the quality of nursing education in clinical practice, and even though these problems have been highlighted for several years, a recent study showed that these problems are increasing. Thus, an approach is required to ensure the quality of nursing education in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a guidance and assessment application to meet the challenges reported in clinical practice. The application intended to increase the flexibility, quality, and efficiency of nursing education in clinical practice. Furthermore, it intended to increase interactive communication that supports guidance and ensure structured evaluation of nursing students in clinical practice. METHODS: This study employed a multidisciplinary user-participatory design. Overall, 23 stakeholders from the project team (ie, 5 researchers, 2 software developers, 1 pedagogical advisor, and 15 user representatives [4 educators, 6 preceptors, and 5 students]) participated in a user-centered development process that included workshops, intervention content development, and prototype testing. RESULTS: This study resulted in the creation of the Technology-Optimized Practice Process in Nursing (TOPP-N) guidance and assessment application for use as a supportive tool for nursing students, nurse preceptors, and nurse educators in clinical practice. The development process included the application’s name and logo, technical architecture, guidance and assessment module, and security and privacy. CONCLUSIONS: This study offers insights into the development of an evidence-based technological tool to support nursing students, nurse preceptors, and nurse educators in clinical practice. Furthermore, the developed application has the potential to meet several challenges reported in nursing education in clinical practice. After a rigorous development process, we believe that the TOPP-N guidance and assessment application prototype is now ready to be tested in further intervention studies.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9938443
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher JMIR Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-99384432023-02-19 A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves Zlamal, Jaroslav Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang Steindal, Simen A Solberg, Marianne Trygg JMIR Hum Factors Original Paper BACKGROUND: The challenges of nursing shortage in the nursing profession and of limited nursing educational capacity in nursing education in clinical practice need to be addressed to ensure supply according to the demand of these professionals. In addition, communication problems among nursing students, nurse educators, and nurse preceptors; variations in the guidance competence of nurse preceptors; and limited overview from nurse educators on nursing students’ clinical practice are common challenges reported in several research studies. These challenges affect the quality of nursing education in clinical practice, and even though these problems have been highlighted for several years, a recent study showed that these problems are increasing. Thus, an approach is required to ensure the quality of nursing education in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to develop a guidance and assessment application to meet the challenges reported in clinical practice. The application intended to increase the flexibility, quality, and efficiency of nursing education in clinical practice. Furthermore, it intended to increase interactive communication that supports guidance and ensure structured evaluation of nursing students in clinical practice. METHODS: This study employed a multidisciplinary user-participatory design. Overall, 23 stakeholders from the project team (ie, 5 researchers, 2 software developers, 1 pedagogical advisor, and 15 user representatives [4 educators, 6 preceptors, and 5 students]) participated in a user-centered development process that included workshops, intervention content development, and prototype testing. RESULTS: This study resulted in the creation of the Technology-Optimized Practice Process in Nursing (TOPP-N) guidance and assessment application for use as a supportive tool for nursing students, nurse preceptors, and nurse educators in clinical practice. The development process included the application’s name and logo, technical architecture, guidance and assessment module, and security and privacy. CONCLUSIONS: This study offers insights into the development of an evidence-based technological tool to support nursing students, nurse preceptors, and nurse educators in clinical practice. Furthermore, the developed application has the potential to meet several challenges reported in nursing education in clinical practice. After a rigorous development process, we believe that the TOPP-N guidance and assessment application prototype is now ready to be tested in further intervention studies. JMIR Publications 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9938443/ /pubmed/36735289 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44101 Text en ©Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves Nes, Jaroslav Zlamal, Silje Christin Wang Linnerud, Simen A Steindal, Marianne Trygg Solberg. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (https://humanfactors.jmir.org), 03.02.2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Human Factors, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://humanfactors.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Nes, Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves
Zlamal, Jaroslav
Linnerud, Silje Christin Wang
Steindal, Simen A
Solberg, Marianne Trygg
A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title_full A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title_fullStr A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title_full_unstemmed A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title_short A Technology-Supported Guidance Model to Increase the Flexibility, Quality, and Efficiency of Nursing Education in Clinical Practice in Norway: Development Study of the TOPP-N Application Prototype
title_sort technology-supported guidance model to increase the flexibility, quality, and efficiency of nursing education in clinical practice in norway: development study of the topp-n application prototype
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9938443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36735289
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44101
work_keys_str_mv AT nesandreaaparecidagoncalves atechnologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT zlamaljaroslav atechnologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT linnerudsiljechristinwang atechnologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT steindalsimena atechnologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT solbergmariannetrygg atechnologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT nesandreaaparecidagoncalves technologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT zlamaljaroslav technologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT linnerudsiljechristinwang technologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT steindalsimena technologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype
AT solbergmariannetrygg technologysupportedguidancemodeltoincreasetheflexibilityqualityandefficiencyofnursingeducationinclinicalpracticeinnorwaydevelopmentstudyofthetoppnapplicationprototype