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Studies in Higher Education, Jun 11, 2019
This paper focuses on the challenges of transition experienced by local high school graduates of ... more This paper focuses on the challenges of transition experienced by local high school graduates of the Arabic school system in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in the Middle East, as they are shaped into the person of a professional nurse through a Western model of nursing education. It investigates the elements that comprise a Bahraini student's first-year nursing experience in transnational education, and considers how this experience is navigated by the student. Drawing on best international practice, it concludes with recommendations of how to better support Bahraini nursing students' first-year experience of transnational education, which may be usefully applied to other international contexts providing transnational nursing education.
Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing St... more Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing Students' Focus Group Questions (Year 3)………………...427 Appendix 9 Nursing Graduates' Self-Administered Questionnaire………………428 Appendix 10 Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention (HSS)………..431 Appendix 11 Career Guidance Counselors' Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention…………………………………………………………...… 438 Appendix 12 Ministry of Education Permission Letter……………………………. 439 Appendix 13 Consent Forms for Participation in the Study ………………………440 Appendix 14 Consent Forms for Participation in the Nursing Recruitment Intervention……………………………………………………………………………..446 Appendix 15 Consent Forms for Participation in the Recruitment Video………..
International Journal of Learning and Development, 2017
This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to... more This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to adapt to new ways of learning, knowing and realizing self-determination as they navigate the new situated spaces of a transnational medical university in the Middle East. Drawing on a body of research carried out in this university, and with reference to wider literature on transnational education, this paper develops insights and makes recommendations on how to support local Arab students from Arabic secondary schools who enter transnational medical education ‘at home’. The discussion considers an important component of this as being the shift in this context from previous learning through the medium of Arabic to tertiary level learning in English. It is argued that the transition of transnational students can be mapped through ontological and epistemological lenses through a journey from ‘known space’ to ‘new place’. A tri-support model which demonstrates this transition is presented ...
Background: In response to the shortage of nurses, the Kingdom of Bahrain continues to have high ... more Background: In response to the shortage of nurses, the Kingdom of Bahrain continues to have high dependence on expatriate nurses to maintain the health services. Consistent with Bahrainization, the development and expansion of an indigenous nursing profession through increasing the number of Bahrainis working as nurses must be a health service priority. However, in attracting local candidates to study nursing, the public image of nursing in the Middle East continues to be of concern. The study aimed to identify factors that influence the high school students and their parents in Bahrain to choose the nursing profession as a future career. It also aimed to explore and test strategic interventions to promote nursing as a career in Bahrain. Methods: A mixed methods research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The study sample included high school students, students’ parents, career guidance counselors and nursing students. A one-group pretest-postte...
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing St... more Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing Students' Focus Group Questions (Year 3)………………...427 Appendix 9 Nursing Graduates' Self-Administered Questionnaire………………428 Appendix 10 Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention (HSS)………..431 Appendix 11 Career Guidance Counselors' Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention…………………………………………………………...… 438 Appendix 12 Ministry of Education Permission Letter……………………………. 439 Appendix 13 Consent Forms for Participation in the Study ………………………440 Appendix 14 Consent Forms for Participation in the Nursing Recruitment Intervention……………………………………………………………………………..446 Appendix 15 Consent Forms for Participation in the Recruitment Video………..
American Journal of Infection Control, 2012
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2012
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2015
Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challe... more Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challenge in establishing and sustaining indigenous nursing developments. Understanding the perceptions of local nursing students and nurses joining the profession is essential to successful strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses. In contrast to the west, very little is known about this topic in the Middle East. This article aims to identify the perceptions of a Bahraini cohort of nursing students about nursing as a career choice and how these perceptions may change during the course of a programme of nursing education and one year after graduation as a nurse. A longitudinal research design was employed to study the perceptions of the first intake of nursing students enrolled into a new School of Nursing & Midwifery providing a BSc Nursing Programme; data were collected between 2006 and 2012. A methodological triangulation research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data collection methods included written reflections, self-administered questionnaires and focus groups. Bahraini nursing students expressed positive perceptions about nursing from their graduate programme years and through the staff nurse year. Observations made about the public image of nursing in Bahrain suggest that nursing is perceived as a low paying, low status job involving excessive hard and unpleasant work. The public perceptions of Bahraini people about nursing may be grounded in strong cultural influences. Any efforts to improve the enrollment and retention of Bahraini nurses should consider enhancing the social values of the nursing profession.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2015
Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challe... more Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challenge in establishing and sustaining indigenous nursing developments. Understanding the perceptions of local nursing students and nurses joining the profession is essential to successful strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses. In contrast to the west, very little is known about this topic in the Middle East. This article aims to identify the perceptions of a Bahraini cohort of nursing students about nursing as a career choice and how these perceptions may change during the course of a programme of nursing education and one year after graduation as a nurse. A longitudinal research design was employed to study the perceptions of the first intake of nursing students enrolled into a new School of Nursing & Midwifery providing a BSc Nursing Programme; data were collected between 2006 and 2012. A methodological triangulation research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data collection methods included written reflections, self-administered questionnaires and focus groups. Bahraini nursing students expressed positive perceptions about nursing from their graduate programme years and through the staff nurse year. Observations made about the public image of nursing in Bahrain suggest that nursing is perceived as a low paying, low status job involving excessive hard and unpleasant work. The public perceptions of Bahraini people about nursing may be grounded in strong cultural influences. Any efforts to improve the enrollment and retention of Bahraini nurses should consider enhancing the social values of the nursing profession.
Background: There is a broad international literature examining the perceptions, experiences and ... more Background: There is a broad international literature examining the perceptions, experiences and values of nursing students with very little investigative work from the Gulf region and no published work on the perceptions of student nurses from Bahrain. The literature shows that students have a wide range of pre-existing perceptions about nursing and that those early perceptions have a profound influence on their decision to continue with their nursing studies. Historically, in a context of migration, Bahrain has been attractive to expatriate nurses and this has created an overreliance on external manpower which leads to the detriment of developing an indigenous nursing profession. This study aims to identify the perceptions and experiences of student nurses in Bahrain about nursing as a career choice and generate an understanding of the factors influencing recruitment to nursing from the Bahraini population.
Studies in Higher Education, Jun 11, 2019
This paper focuses on the challenges of transition experienced by local high school graduates of ... more This paper focuses on the challenges of transition experienced by local high school graduates of the Arabic school system in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in the Middle East, as they are shaped into the person of a professional nurse through a Western model of nursing education. It investigates the elements that comprise a Bahraini student's first-year nursing experience in transnational education, and considers how this experience is navigated by the student. Drawing on best international practice, it concludes with recommendations of how to better support Bahraini nursing students' first-year experience of transnational education, which may be usefully applied to other international contexts providing transnational nursing education.
Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing St... more Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing Students' Focus Group Questions (Year 3)………………...427 Appendix 9 Nursing Graduates' Self-Administered Questionnaire………………428 Appendix 10 Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention (HSS)………..431 Appendix 11 Career Guidance Counselors' Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention…………………………………………………………...… 438 Appendix 12 Ministry of Education Permission Letter……………………………. 439 Appendix 13 Consent Forms for Participation in the Study ………………………440 Appendix 14 Consent Forms for Participation in the Nursing Recruitment Intervention……………………………………………………………………………..446 Appendix 15 Consent Forms for Participation in the Recruitment Video………..
International Journal of Learning and Development, 2017
This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to... more This paper investigates the journey embarked upon by foundation year medical students in order to adapt to new ways of learning, knowing and realizing self-determination as they navigate the new situated spaces of a transnational medical university in the Middle East. Drawing on a body of research carried out in this university, and with reference to wider literature on transnational education, this paper develops insights and makes recommendations on how to support local Arab students from Arabic secondary schools who enter transnational medical education ‘at home’. The discussion considers an important component of this as being the shift in this context from previous learning through the medium of Arabic to tertiary level learning in English. It is argued that the transition of transnational students can be mapped through ontological and epistemological lenses through a journey from ‘known space’ to ‘new place’. A tri-support model which demonstrates this transition is presented ...
Background: In response to the shortage of nurses, the Kingdom of Bahrain continues to have high ... more Background: In response to the shortage of nurses, the Kingdom of Bahrain continues to have high dependence on expatriate nurses to maintain the health services. Consistent with Bahrainization, the development and expansion of an indigenous nursing profession through increasing the number of Bahrainis working as nurses must be a health service priority. However, in attracting local candidates to study nursing, the public image of nursing in the Middle East continues to be of concern. The study aimed to identify factors that influence the high school students and their parents in Bahrain to choose the nursing profession as a future career. It also aimed to explore and test strategic interventions to promote nursing as a career in Bahrain. Methods: A mixed methods research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The study sample included high school students, students’ parents, career guidance counselors and nursing students. A one-group pretest-postte...
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing St... more Appendix 7 Nursing Students Self-Administered Questionnaire (Year 2)…….…424 Appendix 8 Nursing Students' Focus Group Questions (Year 3)………………...427 Appendix 9 Nursing Graduates' Self-Administered Questionnaire………………428 Appendix 10 Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention (HSS)………..431 Appendix 11 Career Guidance Counselors' Evaluation of the Nursing Recruitment Intervention…………………………………………………………...… 438 Appendix 12 Ministry of Education Permission Letter……………………………. 439 Appendix 13 Consent Forms for Participation in the Study ………………………440 Appendix 14 Consent Forms for Participation in the Nursing Recruitment Intervention……………………………………………………………………………..446 Appendix 15 Consent Forms for Participation in the Recruitment Video………..
American Journal of Infection Control, 2012
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2012
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2015
Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challe... more Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challenge in establishing and sustaining indigenous nursing developments. Understanding the perceptions of local nursing students and nurses joining the profession is essential to successful strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses. In contrast to the west, very little is known about this topic in the Middle East. This article aims to identify the perceptions of a Bahraini cohort of nursing students about nursing as a career choice and how these perceptions may change during the course of a programme of nursing education and one year after graduation as a nurse. A longitudinal research design was employed to study the perceptions of the first intake of nursing students enrolled into a new School of Nursing & Midwifery providing a BSc Nursing Programme; data were collected between 2006 and 2012. A methodological triangulation research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data collection methods included written reflections, self-administered questionnaires and focus groups. Bahraini nursing students expressed positive perceptions about nursing from their graduate programme years and through the staff nurse year. Observations made about the public image of nursing in Bahrain suggest that nursing is perceived as a low paying, low status job involving excessive hard and unpleasant work. The public perceptions of Bahraini people about nursing may be grounded in strong cultural influences. Any efforts to improve the enrollment and retention of Bahraini nurses should consider enhancing the social values of the nursing profession.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2015
Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challe... more Nursing manpower in the Middle East is highly dependent on expatriates and this presents a challenge in establishing and sustaining indigenous nursing developments. Understanding the perceptions of local nursing students and nurses joining the profession is essential to successful strategies for recruitment and retention of nurses. In contrast to the west, very little is known about this topic in the Middle East. This article aims to identify the perceptions of a Bahraini cohort of nursing students about nursing as a career choice and how these perceptions may change during the course of a programme of nursing education and one year after graduation as a nurse. A longitudinal research design was employed to study the perceptions of the first intake of nursing students enrolled into a new School of Nursing & Midwifery providing a BSc Nursing Programme; data were collected between 2006 and 2012. A methodological triangulation research approach was used incorporating quantitative and qualitative dimensions. The data collection methods included written reflections, self-administered questionnaires and focus groups. Bahraini nursing students expressed positive perceptions about nursing from their graduate programme years and through the staff nurse year. Observations made about the public image of nursing in Bahrain suggest that nursing is perceived as a low paying, low status job involving excessive hard and unpleasant work. The public perceptions of Bahraini people about nursing may be grounded in strong cultural influences. Any efforts to improve the enrollment and retention of Bahraini nurses should consider enhancing the social values of the nursing profession.
Background: There is a broad international literature examining the perceptions, experiences and ... more Background: There is a broad international literature examining the perceptions, experiences and values of nursing students with very little investigative work from the Gulf region and no published work on the perceptions of student nurses from Bahrain. The literature shows that students have a wide range of pre-existing perceptions about nursing and that those early perceptions have a profound influence on their decision to continue with their nursing studies. Historically, in a context of migration, Bahrain has been attractive to expatriate nurses and this has created an overreliance on external manpower which leads to the detriment of developing an indigenous nursing profession. This study aims to identify the perceptions and experiences of student nurses in Bahrain about nursing as a career choice and generate an understanding of the factors influencing recruitment to nursing from the Bahraini population.