http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1314 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:07:31 GMT 2026-04-15T21:07:31Z http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1430 Reflections and Learning: A Case Study on Students' Community Health Nursing Immersion Tayaben, Jude L.; Gay-as, Maureen E.; Esco, Jonalyn S.; Valles, Carol Ruth L. Recognizing varied and real life community learning experiences of students are necessary as they are continuously deployed by the College of Nursing of Benguet State University for immersion to different placements. A case study was used as the research approach for this endeavor. Fifty-two reflective journals were reviewed and twenty-two student nurses participated in the study. Participant reflective journal reviews, observations, and focus group discussions were used as data collection methods. Using thematic analysis, four themes emerged from the students’ descriptions of their learning experiences: (1) unforgettable experiences: being with people; (2) facing challenges; (3) contributions to self and to the community; and (4) impacts on their lives. Real community health experiences of students should be treasured in nursing education. These can help identify better strategies in improving community learning experiences. This study; thus, hopes to provide further evidence-based indications for policy development to guide support networks working with and for grassroots community stakeholders. Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1430 2018-09-03T00:00:00Z http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1419 Awareness, Understanding, and Acceptance of Student Nurses of the Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives of Benguet State University Compelio, Keren Joy T.; Caranto, Lawrence C.; David, Juan Jose T. This article is a report on a study conducted to determine the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the vision and mission of Benguet State University (BSU) and the goals and objectives of the College of Nursing (CN). Specifically, it sought to: determine the difference in the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO according to year level and sex; examine the correlation between the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the students towards the VMGO; and, identify the means by which the students contribute to the attainment of the VMGO. The results of the study provide an insight to the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the students of the VMGO of the university. The outcome may be beneficial in generating information for the enhancement of the practices of the College of Nursing as well as other institutions in the dissemination and evaluation of their VMGO. The results revealed that the students of Benguet State University – College of Nursing generally have high awareness and understanding and very high acceptance of the VMGO. The higher the year level of the students, the more aware, understanding, and accepting they are. Sex on the other hand is a contributing factor; notably, males are more aware and accepting of the VMGO. The study further underscored that there is a correlation among the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO by the students. Meanwhile, the means by which the students contribute to the attainment of the VMGO distinctly include complying with the rules and policies of the university, striving for academic excellence, participating actively in school activities, becoming a role model, passing the board exams, and conducting research. Anchored on the conclusions of the study, the following recommendations were derived: the University and the College concerned should continuously work for the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of its vision, mission, goals, and objectives; opportunities for VMGO orientation be designed to increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance especially among newly enrolled students regardless of the educational program; educational activities of the university be undertaken for the realization of the goals and objectives; assessment on the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of the VMGO by the students be done periodically; and, finally, future research undertakings be conducted similar to the study involving other institutions. Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1419 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1355 The current state of Nursing Informatics–An international cross-sectional survey Tayaben, Jude Laoagan; Laura-Maria Peltonen, Lisiane Pruinelli, Charlene Ronquillo, Raji Nibber, Erika Lozarda Peresmitre, Lorraine Block, Haley Deforest, Adrienne Lewis, Dari Alhuwail, Samira Ali, Martha K Badger, Gabrielle Jacklin Eler, Mattias Georgsson, Tasneem Islam, Eunjoo Jeon, Hyunggu Jung, Chiu Hsiang Kuo, Raymond Francis R Sarmiento, Janine Arlette Sommer, Maxim Topaz An international survey to explore current and future trends in Nursing Informatics (NI) was done in 2015. This article explores responses to questions about: what should be done to further develop NI as an independent discipline; existing policies and standards influencing NI; perceived support towards NI as a discipline; and advice from NI specialists to students and emerging professionals. Nurse and allied health professionals in academia and practice were reached with snowball sampling. Open-ended questions were analysed with thematic content analysis and the mean and standard deviation is reported for the perceived support towards NI (scale ranging from 1 (not at all supportive) to 10 (very supportive)). A total of 507 respondents from 46 countries responded to the survey. Respondents reported mediocre support towards NI from the environment (M 5.79, SD 2.60). Results showed that NI education needs development to better meet practice demands, that current NI resources seem insufficient, that NI expertise is not used to its full potential in health institutions and the community, and that NI needs to show its value through research and increase visibility to be recognised among stakeholders worldwide. In conclusion, there is a need to clarify NI as a discipline and a need for strong leadership to impact policy making. An increase in NI teaching at undergraduate level in nursing as well as an increase in postgraduate NI programmes worldwide would better support practice demands. National policies and international white papers in NI are needed to guide resource distribution to better support practice. Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1355 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1354 Call to action for advocacy of immigrant nurses during COVID‐19 pandemic Tayaben, Jude Laoagan; Younas, Ahtisham The increase in the migration of nurses has a global effect on the healthcare system (Li, Nie, & Li, 2014). Immigrant nurses are essential team players of the global nursing workforce and play a vital role in improving the global healthcare system and providing culturally sensitive care. According to Trines (2018), the global immigrant population of nurses is 15.2% in the UK, 23.3% in Australia, 26.7% in New Zealand, 18.7% in Switzerland, and 7.7% in Canada. Patel, Ly, Hicks, and Jena (2018) determined that 1.3% to 23.1% Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practice Nurses, and nursing aids in the US are immigrants (non-US born and non-US citizens). Possibly, the actual number of immigrant nurses in the developed countries cannot be estimated accurately because many of these nurses have not obtained the practicing license and are working as personal care attendants, home, and developmental support workers. Despite the nature and setting of their jobs, immigrant nurses are playing a critical role during the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitals and home care settings and mitigating the global shortage of nurses in countries with a higher burden of COVID-19 (Griswold & Salmon, 2020; Zallman, Finnegan, Himmelstein, Touw, & Woolhandler, 2019). We received a message from one of the immigrant nurses working as a frontline care provider in the most stricken city in the US. She said, "COVID-19 is all over in our hospital. Many staff nurses are positive, if asymptomatic, in 72 hr- back to work. No more quarantine for 14 days”. Such experiences of both immigrant and non-immigrant nurses may not be uncommon during this public health crisis as all the nurses are working in high-risk environments without adequate personal protective equipment (Bagnasco, Zanini, Hayter, Catania, & Sasso, 2020). The safety of nurses in hospital and community settings is one of the major concerns for all the governments (Choi, Jeffers, & Logsdon, 2020) and measures have been taken to offer them compensations and additional rights during this pandemic. Nevertheless, arguably, the respect and rights that immigrant nurses receive may be much less than the non-immigrant nurses. Therefore, in this editorial, we intend to iterate a call to action to advocate for the rights and to help immigrant nurses with transition and registration. Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://repository.bsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/1354 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z