Leena Salminen

University of Turku | UTU · Department of Nursing Science

As future employers, nurse managers are in a key position to assess the correspondence between the competence of graduating nursing students and work life demands. The aim of the present study was to assess the competence of graduating nursing students from the perspective of managers, and analyze the factors linked to it. Among European managers i...

Aim: To describe graduating nursing students’ competence based on their knowledge in the nursing of a patient with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and their self-assessed nurse competence. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Methods: The data were collected from 2018–2019 using an ACS test developed for this study and using the Nurse Competence Scale...

Objectives The study aimed at describing the field of research in continuing professional development for nurse educators and the continuous education and development needs of nurse educators by asking: What research has been done in the field of continuing professional development of nurse educators? What are the continuing education and developme...

Aim: The aim of this review was to synthesize the instruments that assess nurse educators' competence. Design: A scoping review was conducted with the five-stage process informed by Arksey and O'Malley. Review methods: The predetermined search strategy was used including an additional hand search. The studies were selected according to inclusi...

An educator’s competence influences the implementation of evidence-based education and the overall quality of social and health care. This study aimed to identify distinct competence profiles from Finnish social, health and rehabilitative care educators, as well as describe which personal and professional characteristics influenced belonging to a c...

Objectives Information on nurse educator education is scarce. The present study thus aims to provide an overview of the requirements for and standards of nurse educator education in six European countries in order to enable further reflection and promote discourse on the topic. Methods: A descriptive international cross-sectional comparative study...

Joint effusion due to elbow fractures are common among adults and children. Radiography is the most commonly used imaging procedure to diagnose elbow injuries. The purpose of the study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of deep convolutional neural network algorithms in joint effusion classification in pediatric and adult elbow radiographs....

Background A supportive clinical practicum experience may enhance the successful transition and socialization to working life of graduating nursing students. Nurse teachers have the main responsibility of supporting and guiding nursing students with their pedagogical expertise during the students’ clinical practicum. Thus, the clinical role of nurs...

Background: The occupational well-being (OW) of educators can be defined as a balance between resources and workload factors as seen from four aspects of working life: (i) individual, (ii) working conditions, (iii) professional competence and (iv) work community. The research in this study examined the individual aspect as particular importance to...

The digital competence of health sciences educators is important for the delivery and development of modern education and lifelong learning. The aim of the study was to assess the appearance of digital competence in the work of Finnish health sciences educators and to determine whether educators' background factors are related to the areas of digit...

To deliver quality care, social and healthcare professionals should be competent both in their own professional work and interprofessionally. The aim of this integrative review was to describe interprofessional teamwork and the required competencies for teamwork in specialized palliative care. Totally 14 studies published between 2003 and 2020 were...

The evidence concerning patient observation skills among critical care nurses is scarce, and these skills have not been evaluated using both subjective and objective assessment. This study aimed to explore associations between self-assessment and knowledge test assessment of critical care nurses' skills in patient observation, thus combining subjec...

Introduction. Research utilization is the core of evidence-based practice. Nurse managers have an important role to support competence management and research utilization in nursing care. Aim. The aim of the study was to investigate the research utilization competence of Slovenian nurses working in hospitals and the received support from nurse man...

In the future, healthcare teachers will need to have evidence-based teaching strategies. Moreover, three-dimensional technology is a promising element to support teaching. This mixed methods study aimed to describe the self-reported insight of healthcare teachers in relation to their knowledge of the utilization of technology, in general, and, more...

Aim: To describe nursing students' level of self-directed learning abilities and identify possible factors related to it at graduation in six European countries. Design: A cross-sectional comparative design across the countries. Methods: The study was conducted from February 2018 to September 2019. Nursing students (N = 4,135) from the Czech R...

Background Caring for patients with wounds requires diverse competences from nursing professionals. However, wound care education in undergraduate nursing education is often fragmented and lacks consistent learning goals and content. Objectives To create learning goals and content for wound care education in Bachelor's level nursing education in F...

Background: Countries vary in the number of qualified nurses employed in older adult services. Moreover, students' views of older people nursing as a career differ internationally. Studying future nurses and their career intentions for the field is warranted to meet the increased nurse workforce expectations in terms of quantity and competence. A...

Aim The aim of this study was to analyse the patients’ role in clinical education in terms of facilitative student-patient relationship in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania and Spain and factors promoting a more facilitative relationship in clinical education. Background Nursing students’ bedside learning is reliant on patients and the...

Aims To describe patients and family members’ perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in specialised palliative care. Background Interprofessional teamwork is essential when delivering high-quality palliative care. Little attention has been paid to patients and family members’ perceptions. Design A qualitative descriptive design. Methods Semi-...

Aims The aim of the study was to examine the association between the characteristics of a nursing student’s final clinical practicum and the success of transition of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) in six European countries. Design A longitudinal design with two data collections points (pre- and post-graduate). Methods The data were collected with...

The purpose of this pilot study was to explore connection of an educational intervention on the competence of health care educators and educator candidates (n=11) in digital pedagogy as a part of national TerOpe project. An educational intervention, Basics of Digital Pedagogy was developed by the TerOpe project’s experts. The participating educator...

Implementing digital technologies has become a policy priority worldwide among all types of education. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated educational institutions' efforts to reorganize their teaching and introduce new digital learning technologies. Although using digital technologies in higher education, including nursing, is considered...

Aim The aim of this study is to evaluate the medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students in six European countries and analyse the associated factors. Background Medication calculation skills are fundamental to medication safety, which is a substantial part of patient safety. Previous studies have raised concerns about the medicat...

Aim: Research utilization is at the core of evidence-based practice. The aim of the study was to describe Slovenian nursing students' competence in research utilization (attitudes, knowledge, and skills) on graduation, and the support they received in learning research utilization during clinical practice. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional stu...

The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students’ perceptions of their final clinical learning environment and its association with their self‐assessed competence, satisfaction with nursing education and turnover intentions at graduation in six European countries. A multi‐country comparative cross‐sectional study was conducted with nursing...

The objective of this work was to develop and test an empirical model of social and healthcare educators' continuing professional development. A cross‐sectional survey study design was adopted, and a total of 422 part‐time and full‐time social and healthcare educators from 28 universities of applied sciences and vocational schools in different regi...

The social and health care educator's role in educating future professionals need to be stronger emphasised and deserves international recognition. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an empirical model of social and health care educators' competence in higher and professional education. The presented research employed a cross-section...

Background Clinical practice, clinical nursing teaching, curricula, working experience and previous healthcare degrees are factors related to the competence of graduating nursing students from the points of view of nursing students and clinical mentors. However, nurse educators' perceptions of these factors are lacking in previous studies, despite...

Scoping-katsauksen tarkoituksena oli kuvata tutkimusten perusteella post doc -tutkijoiden urakehitykseen liittyviä kompetenssialueita. Systemaattinen tietokantahaku suoritettiin yhdeksään tietokantaan (Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, Embase, Eric, Pubmed/Medline, PsychInfo, Scopus, SocIndex, Web of Science) rajaten haut vuosiin 2000–2020. Haku tuo...

Background A nurse educator has an important role in promoting students’ learning and professional development as well as in offering high quality nursing education. Objectives To describe the competence of nurse educators and explore its connection with the self-evaluated competence of graduating nurse students. Design A cross-sectional survey d...

Introduction and aim: Cultural differences have significant impacts on classroom behaviours and communication in teaching. The aim of this study is to explore social and healthcare educators' cultural competence in transcultural education. Methodology: Data was collected from semi-structured focus group interviews at universities of applied science...

Background Mental health problems among children and adolescents are a worldwide issue of concern. Health professionals who have sufficient competency in mental health issues are crucial for responding to this situation. Aim The aim of the study was to describe the competency in mental health issues required by the work of public health nurses in...

Educators experience mental and physical workload affecting their individual occupational well-being requiring attention. The aim of this systematic review is to summarize current research on self-conducted interventions aiming to promote individual occupational well-being of educators during working hours. This systematic review using narrative sy...

Aim To analyse graduating nursing students’ self‐assessed competence level in Europe at graduation, at the beginning of nursing career. Design An international cross‐sectional evaluative design. Methods Data were collected in February 2018–July 2019 from graduating nursing students in 10 European countries. Competence was assessed with a validate...

The purpose of this study was to describe the level of chronic wound‐care competence among graduating student nurses and student podiatrists in comparison with that of professionals and to develop and test a new instrument (the C/WoundComp) that assesses both theoretical and practical competence in chronic wound care as well as attitudes towards wo...

This scoping review aimed to describe the use of three-dimensional (3D) technology to support teaching and learning in health care education and the outcomes related to 3D technology from the perspective of teaching and learning. The study identified 31 articles that met the inclusion criteria. The results are presented in four categories: 3D envir...

Background Moral courage is defined as courage to act according to one’s own ethical values and principles even at the risk of negative consequences for the individual. In a complex nursing practice, ethical considerations are integral. Moral courage is needed throughout nurses’ career. Aim To analyse graduating nursing students’ moral courage and...

Background: The clinical observations made by critical care nurses are vital for maintaining patient safety and making appropriate decisions in the care of patients who are critically ill. Evaluating the reliability of observations and applying analytical thinking are essential elements of patient observation. Previous studies of critical care nur...

Background Social and health care educators are crucial to educating competent professionals that are prepared to work in a rapidly changing society. Previous studies have primarily assessed educators' continuing professional development from a single perspective. It would be important to gauge educators' perceptions about their professional develo...

The ongoing change from traditional pedagogy to digital collaborative learning requires a new mode of teaching, learning, and educators’ responsibilities. For competence in digitally mediated teaching, educators need understanding of how to provide appropriate digital environment to learn collectively and individually. The aim of this study was to...

This scoping review was undertaken to synthesize and describe research related to digital learning interventions in higher education, focusing on technological outcomes. Five electronic databases were searched, and 86 articles were included in the review. The data related to positive and negative technological outcomes and authors' suggestions were...

Background Digitalisation has made digital competence a necessity for those working in social and healthcare. A high degree of competence in digital pedagogy is required of educators to meet the challenge of educating future professionals who are themselves highly digitally competent. Objectives The aim of this study was to describe the perception...

Background: The shortage of nurses is a global issue, and turnover rates are especially high for newly graduated nurses. The transition from student to nurse is often described as challenging, and the final clinical practicum before graduation is suggested to be important in preparing graduating students for the transition. However, little is know...

Background Challenges in transitioning from a student to a registered nurse may contribute to new nurses high turnover rates. Final clinical practicum (FCP) before graduation is known for its importance in preparing students for the transition but little is known about the specific elements of FCPs essential for successful transition. We examined t...

The final clinical practicum before graduation prepares nursing students for the transition from a student to a nurse, but the essential elements of the final clinical practicum that enhance successful transition are not known. We examined the associations of five elements of the final clinical practicum with four indicators of the transition exper...

Aim: To summarise nurse managers' perceptions of newly graduated nurses' (NGNs) competence and connected factors. Background: Nurse managers recruiting staff are responsible for employing competent nurses to ensure quality care and professional standards. Knowledge of managers' perceptions about the competence of NGNs is needed to understand the...

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the use of written material to support preceptorship in a university hospital and to describe the main characteristics of a good written material. In this study written material means a preceptor handbook. Data and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was carried out as a population study in all u...

Background: Health and social care education is highly important for preparing future professionals for their future roles in sustainable health and social care. However, previous studies have emphasized that health and social care educators' competence is complex and poorly defined. Thus, there is a clear need for a psychometrically validated ins...

Background and purpose Educators’ ethical competence is of crucial importance for developing students’ ethical thinking. Previous studies describe educators’ ethical codes and principles. This article aims to widen the understanding of health- and social care educators’ ethical competence in relation to core values and ethos. Theoretical backgroun...

Competent educators are needed to ensure that social and healthcare professionals are effective and highly competent. However, there is too little evidence‐based knowledge of current and required enhancements of educators' competences in this field. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competen...

Aims and objectives: To identify general competence areas for graduating registered nurses and podiatrists providing chronic wound care. Background: The provision of care for chronic wounds involves a team of multiple professionals, and registered nurses and podiatrists play an important role. However, previous studies have found that registered...

In this chapter, the nursing education and nurse education research in Finland are introduced. First, the system and the structure of the nursing education and postgraduate education are described. Furthermore, the meaning of the educational outcomes of the development and research projects focusing on education and use in the educational and clini...

Background A mobile cooperation intervention was developed to facilitate the cooperation of nursing students with nurse teacher and to improve the students' clinical learning outcomes. The intervention consisted of training in a mobile application's functionality and its use during clinical practicum cooperation procedures. Objectives To describe...

Objective:: To explore and describe graduating student nurses' (SNs) and student podiatrists' (SPs) theoretical wound care competence, as well as students' own perceptions of their wound care competence and their opinions about the received wound care education. Method:: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected from fiv...

Background Observing a patient's clinical condition is an important responsibility of critical care nurses and an essential component of their competence. Critical care nurses' patient observation skills contribute to patient safety and quality of care. These observation skills have not been assessed or measured previously. Aim The aim of this stu...

Background: The transition from nursing student to registered nurse is known to be difficult. However, the experiences gained from clinical practicums help graduating nursing students to prepare for practice and can influence the intensity of the transition process. Nevertheless, little is known about how the upcoming transition process can be best...

The aim of this scoping literature review was to identify the factors related to nursing students' readiness to enter working life. The literature search was carried out in autumn 2017 in PubMed and CINAHL databases. The studies selected for this review (n = 17) were analyzed thematically with inductive content analysis. Four subthemes that were co...

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of the mobile cooperation intervention in improving the competence and self-efficacy of students and the quality of the clinical learning environment. Background: For students, the clinical practicum is challenging as such and moreover the student - teacher cooperation, which supports the clinical learning of...

The role of teachers in supporting mentors is increasingly important; nevertheless the role of the teacher in clinical practicum nowadays is under discussion. Mentors need both clinical and academic support in their role. The collaborative role of nurse teachers provides them with the possibility to act as nursing science experts and as partners wh...

The clinical teacher plays a vital role in supporting students’ clinical learning. This chapter describes the clinical teacher’s role during students’ clinical practicum and how various mobile technologies can be applied to support students’ learning. The chapter also describes the main advantages and gives an overview of future student supervision...

The objective of this literature review is to describe graduating student nurses' and student podiatrists' wound care competence. This integrative literature review has been conducted with a systematic search process. Original studies were analysed by qualitative content analysis with the following stages: open coding, creating categories and abstr...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive description of multiple skills in patient observation in critical care nursing. Research methodology: Data from semi-structured interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Setting: Experienced critical care nurses (n=20) from three intensive care units in two university hos...

Observing a patient’s clinical condition is an essential component of critical care nurses’ competence and clinical responsibilities. However, the evidence concerning patient observation is limited, and previous studies do not provide a comprehensive description of patient observation and skills required in observation. This article discuss the fin...

Background Transition from a nursing student to a Registered Nurse is a stressful and challenging process. Different postgraduate residency and orientation programmes have been developed to ease the first year of employment, but less attention has been paid to pregraduate programmes and how the final clinical practicum of nursing education should b...

Background Information and Communication Technology (ICT) opens up new possibilities for introducing innovative teaching and learning methods to deliver education in different educational areas. Use of internet and social media has grown rapidly and is a key way in how nurses and nurse educator students find information. However, the evidence is st...

This study describes how the ethical principles of fairness and respect come true in the work of nurse educators from the perspective of nursing students. Nurse educators’ competence of professional ethics is important in providing an ethical role model to nursing students and to professionals in the field of health care. The descriptive cross-sect...

Aim: To describe a study protocol for a study evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile cooperation intervention to improve students' competence level, self-efficacy in clinical performance and satisfaction with the clinical learning environment. Background: Nursing student-nurse teacher cooperation during the clinical practicum has a vital role...

Background: Social media includes blog applications, which can be used as online journals or diaries that encourages interaction and collaboration within an online community. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the use of blog writing as learning journals during a short course for nurse educator candidates about social media. Method...