Recently added articles from Annual Review of Nursing Education:

Preface

Jan 01, 2006; Oermann, Marilyn; Heinrich, Kathleen T ... According to Lee Schulman (1998), teaching begins with "a vision of the possible or an experience of the problematic." It is these same visions and problems that inspire educators to turn their teaching into scholarship. Fifteen years ago, Ernest Boyer's (1990) monograph started a revolution in ...

Leadership in Health Care Systems in Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness: Master's Degree Program

Jan 01, 2006; Veenema, Tener Goodwin ... The threat of a natural disaster is ubiquitous, and recent events such as the fall 2004 Florida hurricanes and the devastating tsunami in South Asia suggest that the incidence of natural disasters appears to be on the increase. Global warming, an overall increase in global population, and the ...

A Mechanism for Achieving Complementary Health Literacy

Jan 01, 2006; Sofhauser, Cynthia D ... This chapter begins with a discussion of the current state of complementary therapy usage by health care consumers. The need for the education of health care providers, nurses in particular, relative to complementary health is demonstrated. Issues in educating nursing students about ...

Designing a Course for Educating Baccalaureate Nursing Students as Public Policy Advocates

Jan 01, 2006; Faulk, Debbie; Ternus, Mona P ... Until I had the course on public policy, I had no idea of the impact that nurses had on public policy and even less idea of the impact that public policy has on health care. The course has allowed me to develop a voice in my community and my workplace. The course gave me a more global sense of ...

Designing Simulations for Nursing Education

Jan 01, 2006; Jeffries, Pamela R ... Technology is revolutionizing the design, delivery, and evaluation of nursing education. Nurse educators are faced with new challenges of development, implementation, and testing as technology is incorporated into educational programs. One such technology that is gaining popularity in ...

Introducing and Using Handheld Technology in Nursing Education

Jan 01, 2006; Cornelius, Fran; Gordon, Mary Gallagher ... A major goal of undergraduate nursing programs is assisting students to attain competencies for practice, and early introduction of tools that aid this process is important. Ideally, to enhance learning and support development of decision-making skills, students should have access to information ...

Professional Issues: Creating the Challenge of Engagement

Jan 01, 2006; Yoder-Wise, Patricia S ... Teaching about professional nursing issues is complex and challenging. This is due in part to the complexity of our discipline. Additionally, the demands of a graduate educational program often match or exceed a reasonable number of credit hours for implementing the curriculum. Finally, when ...

Cooperative Learning: Enhancing Individual Learning Through Positive Group Process

Jan 01, 2006; Stiles, Anne Scott ... "I hate working in groups! I always end up being the one that does all the work." "Group work is awful! There is always at least one person who never contributes to the project. It's so frustrating!" "It doesn't seem fair that the one person in the group who did no work gets the ...

Transforming RN/BS Distance Education: Competency-Based Approach Using Course CD-ROMs

Jan 01, 2006; Salveson, Catherine; Cook, Lorraine R ... Associate-degree-educated nurses living in rural areas of Oregon experience the increasingly complex demands of nursing practice in the midst of a nursing shortage, and at the same time are confronted with barriers to accessing a baccalaureate nursing education (Northwest Health Foundation, ...

Retaining Men in Nursing-Our Role as Nurse Educators

Jan 01, 2006; Anthony, Ann Strong ... Although most nurses are familiar with Florence Nightingale and her influence on nursing, how many of us can readily describe a man who has had a similar impact on our profession? For those whose knowledge of nursing history begins with Nightingale, the presence of men as nurses may seem to be a ...

Writing Across the Nursing Curriculum Project

Jan 01, 2006; Zygmont, Dolores M; Schaefer, Karen Moore ... Many faculty are concerned about the lack of writing skills in both undergraduate and graduate students (Schmidt, 2004a, 2004b). At our university students were submitting such poor-quality papers that we were pleased when we found a verb in a sentence. We were, quite simply, appalled and ...

Promoting Professional Development Through Student and Faculty Collaboration

Jan 01, 2006; Pullen, Richard L Jr; Cannon, Jan D; Rushing, Jill D; Howard, Rhonda; Et al ... Nursing students need guidance and mentoring as they enter the profession with their dreams, aspirations, and career goals. We remember those individuals who made a positive impact in our journey to becoming a nurse. It is now our responsibility to serve as a role model and inspire our students ...

The Art of Questioning: Improving Critical Thinking

Jan 01, 2006; Boswell, Carol ... As nursing faculty members, it is important for us to teach students how to think critically. The methods for delivering nursing education are changing along with growing demands on our time and energy. Nursing faculty members are called on to engage students in the learning process in the ...

The Nursing Student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Jan 01, 2006; Bradshaw, Martha ... Completing a course of study in nursing is challenging for many college students. Nursing education calls for application of difficult science material, knowledge integration from many fields, and development of skills such as time management and priority setting. Nursing students must learn new ...

Developing Emotional Competence Through Service Learning

Jan 01, 2006; Hunt, Roberta ... While working on a proposal for a dissertation on service learning, I decided to participate in an international service learning experience. I anticipated that my abilities would be tested and my sensitivities deepened about what students encounter as they participate in service learning in ...

Cyberspace Connection: Online Project Between American and Canadian Students to Create and Critique Qualitative Research Web Sites

Jan 01, 2006; Teel, Cynthia S ... Professional nursing organizations uniformly emphasize the importance of understanding and using research to promote effective and efficient patient care (American Nurses Association, 1997; Canadian Nurses Association, 2002; International Council of Nurses, 1999). This value has become even more ...

Mentoring Program for Tenure-Track Faculty: One School's Experience

Jan 01, 2006; Cangelosi, Pamela R ... I don't believe in tenure. Tenure lets a lot of dead wood stay. Tenure is a flawed system-it divides faculty and is outdated. Our university does not use the tenure system-thank goodness! I strongly believe in tenure. Scholarship in its many forms should be recognized. Tenure singles out the ...

Mindful Attention to Complexity: Implications for Teaching and Learning Patient Safety in Nursing

Jan 01, 2006; Ebright, Patricia R; Kooken, Wendy S Carter; Moody, Roseanne C; Al-Ishaq, Moza A Latif Hassan ... Nurse educators are faced with multiple challenges as they strive to meet the increased demand for professional nurses worldwide. Globally, we are dealing with issues such as nursing staff and faculty shortages, detection and prevention of human error, patient safety, and understanding the ...

Beyond the High-Tech Mystique: Preparing ICU Nurses to Precept Novice Students in Intensive Skill Immersion Practica

Jan 01, 2006; Ballard, Pamela; Trowbridge, Connie; Caven, Sara ... A few years ago at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, we developed a novel approach to enhancing the skill development of undergraduate students by exposing them to an intensive skill environment during their first medical-surgical clinical rotations. Driving the unusual initiative was ...

Providing a Rich Experience for Nursing Faculty Visiting From Abroad

Jan 01, 2006; Haussler, Susan C ... Each year, schools of nursing host scholars, visiting professors, and students from around the world. As nurse educators, we make an effort to enthusiastically welcome visitors and to provide rich learning experiences during their stays, which may range from a few days to a year. This chapter ...