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Supplemental Material - Nursing minimum data sets: Findings from an umbrella review
No full textSupplemental Material for Nursing minimum data sets: Findings from an umbrella review by Francesca Freguia, Matteo Danielis, Renzo Moreale and Alvisa Palese in Health Informatics Journal</p
The Self-Rating Scale of Self-Directed Learning (SRSSDL): A factor analysis of the Italian version
No full textBackground: The development of self-directed learning (SDL) is a growing priority among nurses and other health care workers: they need to be prepared in order for their university education to be effective and relevant to their lifelong learning. To learn in a self-directed manner, it is necessary to develop an awareness of one's ability to self-learn and then to implement appropriate and effective strategies; progress must be assessed using validated measurement tools.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Italian version of the Self-Rating Scale of Self-directed Learning (SRSSDLIta), and to provide evidence of its validity.
Design: A cross-sectional design was undertaken.
Participants: Given that the instrument is composed of 60 items, a total of 600 to 900 participants were targeted. In addition, according to the theoretical assumption that self-directed learning — as a crucial com- ponent of lifelong learning — is a measurable skill that is developed across the individual's professional life, a maximum variation sample was examined. Therefore, 847 participants were involved, including 453 nurses, 141 radiology technicians, 182 nursing students and 68 radiology technician students.
Methods: Principal component analysis and factor analysis were performed.
Results: The Italian version of the SRSSDL Scale consists of 40 items composed of eight factors: Awareness (α = 0.805), Attitudes (α = 0.778), Motivation (α = 0.789), Learning Strategies (α = 0.789), Learning Methods (α = 0.781), Learning Activities (α = 0.676), Interpersonal Skills (α = 0.684), and Constructing Knowledge (α = 0.732).
Conclusions: The SRSSDLIta consists of 40 items across eight factors. The shorter Italian version might reduce the time needed to complete, thereby making the tool faster and easier to use
sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948221128158 – Supplemental material for The lived experience of healthcare workers in quarantine: Findings of a systematic review, meta-synthesis and meta-summary
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948221128158 for The lived experience of healthcare workers in quarantine: Findings of a systematic review, meta-synthesis and meta-summary by Valentina Bressan, Matteo Danielis, Davide Caruzzo, Irene Mansutti, Renzo Moreale, Jessica Longhini and Alvisa Palese in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health</p
sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076221129082 - Supplemental material for Italian nurses’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through social media: A longitudinal mixed methods study of Internet posts
Full text linkSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-dhj-10.1177_20552076221129082 for Italian nurses’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through social media: A longitudinal mixed methods study of Internet posts by Giacomo Rossettini, Verena Peressutti, Erica Visintini, Roberta Fontanini, Davide Caruzzo, Jessica Longhini and Alvisa Palese in Digital Health</p
Students' and families' expenditures to attend a nursing programme in 2011-2012: a comparison of five southern European countries
No full textAim
To compare students' and families' nursing education expenditures across Europe.
Background
Nursing education costs are affected by investments in public education. The remaining costs fall on the shoulders of students and their families. While remaining somewhat understudied, public and student expenditure for nursing education is becoming critical in the current crisis context. Comparative studies on education costs are inevitably affected by a currency bias. Therefore, a standard measure named the Purchasing Power Standard, which has received no attention in nursing research, has been introduced.
Design
A mixed-method study incorporating qualitative and quantitative study designs was undertaken in 2011–2012.
Methods
Five nursing faculties located in the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Slovakia and Slovenia were included in the study. A questionnaire evaluating students' expenditures was developed in five languages and validated. Six hundred and twenty-five full-time students were recruited.
Results
A Slovakian student wishing to pursue a nursing career is required to commit an amount of money per year that corresponds to 15% of the average annual income of a Slovakian citizen. Lower percentages were required by students in Greece (10%), Italy (11%) and Slovenia (12%), while Czech students bore the lowest costs (5%).
Conclusion
None of the countries involved was supporting nursing students through either direct or indirect financial incentives. Students in some countries were also required to buy and maintain uniforms. There is a need to develop supportive policies, especially in those countries where nursing programmes are expensive and may not be accessible to all talented and motivated students due to limited public support in education and the current economic context
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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