Structures, processes and outcomes of specialist critical care nurse education: An integrative review

Objectives: The objective of this study was to review and synthesise international literature to reveal the contemporary structures, processes, and outcomes of critical care nurse (CCN) education. Method: An integrative review on specialist critical care education was guided by Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review steps: problem identification; literature search; and data evaluation, analysis, and presentation. Donabedian's Quality Framework (Structure-Process-Outcome) provided a useful analytical lens and structure for the reporting of findings. Results: (1) Structures for CCN education incorporated transition-to-practice and ongoing education programs typically offered by hospitals and health services and university-level graduate certificate, diploma, and masters programs. Structural expectations included a standard core curriculum, clinically credible academic staff, and courses compliant with a higher education framework. Published workforce standards and policies were important structures for the practice learning environment. (2) Processes included incremental exposure to increasing patient acuity; consistent and appropriately supported and competent hospital-based preceptors/assessors; courses delivered with a flexible, modular approach; curricula that support nontechnical skills and patient- and family-centred care; stakeholder engagement between the education provider and the clinical setting to guide course planning, evaluation and revalidation; and evidence-based measurement of clinical capabilities/competence. (3) Outcomes included articulation of the scope and levels of graduate attributes and professional activities associated with each level. The role of higher degree research programs for knowledge creation and critical care academic leadership was noted. Conclusions: Provision of high-quality critical care education is multifaceted and complex. These findings provide information for healthcare organisations and education providers. This may enable best practice structures and processes for critical care specialist training that meets the needs of industry and safely supports developing CCN expertise. There is an acknowledged tension between the expectations of governing bodies for policies, standards, and position statements to enhance quality and reduce care variance and the availability of high-quality evidence to underpin these across international contexts

Feast of St. John Baptist de la Salle observed

The academic community observed the feast of St. John Baptist de La Salle with a Holy Mass, during which the St. La Salle Medal was conferred by the Board of Trustees upon Reverend Roger Tjolle of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (known in the Philippines as the Belgian Brothers). Signum Meriti Medal by DLSU at Xavier School. DLSU President Bro. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC, presented the medal

Dataset for "Effect of soil models on the prediction of tunnelling-induced deformations of structures"

The dataset includes the results of computational models of centrifuge testing, produced for the purpose of comparing different constitutive models for the soil. Data files are named after the corresponding figure in the associated paper 'Influence of soil modelling on the assessment of tunnelling-induced deformations of structures'

Dataset for "Effect of soil models on the prediction of tunnelling-induced deformations of structures"

The dataset includes the results of computational models of centrifuge testing, produced for the purpose of comparing different constitutive models for the soil. Data files are named after the corresponding figure in the associated paper 'Influence of soil modelling on the assessment of tunnelling-induced deformations of structures'

Dataset for "Evaluation of InSAR monitoring data for post-tunnelling settlement damage assessment".

Data supporting figures in the publication "Evaluation of InSAR monitoring data for post-tunnelling settlement damage assessment". This dataset contains InSAR-based monitoring data of ground and building displacements. The data was collected using multitemporal synthetic aperture radar interferometry