Exploring the experiences and perceptions of students in a graduate entry nursing programme: A qualitative meta-synthesis

The Sources of Research Self-Efficacy in Postgraduate Nursing Students: A Qualitative Study

“…As a consequence, these traits develop externalized behaviors, including actively seeking support, positively evaluating oneself, and allowing one’s energy to influence others around them (subtheme “internal driving force” under “intrinsic sources of research self-efficacy”). This reflective behavior was also reflected in first-year postgraduate nursing students who took the initiative to uncover aspects of similar previous experiences that would be useful for subsequent research studies [ 15 ]. Cognitive interventions could be one approach for postgraduate students to regain a handle on these personal traits [ 23 ].…”

“…The first successful moment is important for postgraduate students because it may motivate them to continue the research process, and the moment of the end of a study, which prompts them to take stock of the experience in time, is also beneficial for them to start a new task or complete a parallel task of the same type. While first-year nursing postgraduate students and other program graduate students agree on the importance of performance experiences, second-year postgraduate students seem to place emphasis on the first successful moment in graduate study [ 15 , 24 ].…”

“…It is effective communication that will alleviate misunderstanding and disconnect between each other [ 36 ]. Findings on first-year nursing postgraduates and other medical postgraduates also showed that graduate students were more likely to achieve higher performance when they received high levels of support from their mentors [ 15 , 37 ]. First-year postgraduates expect mentors to take a leadership role, while second-year postgraduate students seem to be more willing to have continuous interaction and communication with their mentors.…”

“…To successfully structure a support program that enhances the research self-efficacy of postgraduate nursing students, it is necessary to comprehend what their research self-efficacy stems from so that it meets their expectations and is acceptable to them. Presently, studies have proposed support for first-year postgraduate students preparing to enroll, such as in transition courses, to accelerate their adjustment to the pace of postgraduate study [ 15 ]. However, few document support for second-year postgraduate students, those who have been enrolled for a period of time, and have not yet met graduation requirements.…”

Doing Case Study Research Collaboratively: The Benefits for Researchers

“…The ten-member team was developed in mid-2019 to research the motivations and experiences of graduate-entry MNSc students enrolled in three universities and an Institute of Technology within Australasia and have published their findings in 2021 (Jarden et al, 2021;Macdiarmid et al, 2021bMacdiarmid et al, , 2021. The New Zealand team members were located within the North and South Island, and the Australian researchers were from the State of Victoria.…”