Teaching excellence in nursing education: a caring framework

JAV Sawatzky, CL Enns, TJ Ashcroft, PL Davis… - Journal of Professional …, 2009 - Elsevier
Nursing education plays a central role in the ability to practice effectively. It follows that an
optimally educated nursing workforce begets optimal patient care. A framework for excellence …

Understanding nursing students' stress: a proposed framework

JAV Sawatzky - Nurse education today, 1998 - Elsevier
A paucity of comprehensive research, as well as inconsistent application of theories/conceptualframeworks,
have resulted in a limited knowledge of stress in nursing students. The …

Clinical placement anxiety in undergraduate nursing students: A concept analysis

MCG Simpson, JAV Sawatzky - Nurse education today, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The primary aim of this review was to complete an in-depth analysis of clinical
placement anxiety in undergraduate nursing students. Our overall goal was to establish a strong …

Exploring the key predictors of retention in emergency nurses

JOANNV SAWATZKY, CL Enns - Journal of nursing …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring the key predictors of retention in emergency nurses - SAWATZKY - 2012 - Journal
of Nursing … sawatzky jv & enns cl (2012) Journal of Nursing Management 20, 696–707 …

Prehabilitation program for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients: a pilot randomized controlled study

JAV Sawatzky, DS Kehler, AE Ready… - Clinical …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To determine the feasibility of a cardiac prehabilitation (Prehab) program for
patients waiting for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Design: A two-group parallel …

A mentoring needs assessment: Validating mentorship in nursing education

JAV Sawatzky, CL Enns - Journal of Professional Nursing, 2009 - Elsevier
A shortage of nursing faculty is imminent. Factors contributing to this looming crisis include
the aging professoriate, as well as a host of recruitment and retention issues. Mentoring …

Transitioning into the nurse practitioner role through mentorship

LA Hill, JAV Sawatzky - Journal of Professional Nursing, 2011 - Elsevier
Transitioning into the nurse practitioner (NP) role is stressful. The stress arises from both
internal or personal and external or organizational and professional sources. The novice NP …

Stress in critical care nurses: actual and perceived

JAV Sawatzky - Heart & Lung, 1996 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE:: To describe the stressful work experiences and the perception of stress in
female critical care nurses, and to explore possible relationships between these variables. …

Emergency nurses' perspectives: Factors affecting caring

CL Enns, JAV Sawatzky - Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Caring is a universal phenomenon. However, as a result of higher patient acuity
and staff shortages within the chaotic ED environment, caring behaviors may be in peril. …

Identifying the key predictors for retention in critical care nurses

JAV Sawatzky, CL Enns… - Journal of advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aim of this study was to explore the key predictors of retention in nurses working
in critical care areas. Background The shortage of critical care nurses is reaching crisis …