Recently added articles from Nursing Education Perspectives:
Moving beyond either/or toward improved patient outcomes.(President's Message)
May 01, 2009; ... I just spent an afternoon with graduates of a new and innovative Master of Science in Nursing Program with a specialization in nursing education. These are the moments, as NLN president, when I realize what a gift this position has been. I wish each one of you could have been with me to ...
The International Council of Nurses, the NLN, and you and I.(FROM the Editor)(National League for Nursing)
May 01, 2009; ... AS OF JULY 2 2009, a new International Council of Nurses (ICN) network will be established to promote excellence in nursing education and prepare a diverse, 21st century nursing workforce. The ICN Education Network will be officially launched at the council's 24th Quadrennial Congress, ...
Faculty matters.(Orange County Community College)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DAVID RABINOWITSCH, DNP, RN, is an assistant professor of nursing at Orange County Community College (OCCC) in Middletown, New York, one of the original AD nursing programs started in 1952. A holistic nurse and certified Healing Touch practitioner and ...
Assessment tool for nursing student computer competencies.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Computer skills have been established as important for nursing students and for graduate nurses. No current research was found on the best method to evaluate the skills of incoming nursing students. The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to compare student ...
The use of innovative pedagogies in nursing education: an international perspective.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The purpose of this global study was to explore the types of innovative pedagogies used in nursing education worldwide; transformative learning theory served as the theoretical basis for the study. A descriptive, mixed-method design with a researcher-developed instrument was used ...
What does an innovative teaching assignment strategy: mean to nursing students?(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The concept of innovation in nursing education has been addressed in published literature on faculty-defined and faculty-created teaching strategies and instructional methods. In this project, innovation is defined as "using knowledge to create ways and services that are new (or ...
Helping novice nurses make effective clinical decisions: the situated clinical decision-making framework.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The nature of novice nurses' clinical decision-making has been well documented as linear, based on limited knowledge and experience in the profession, and frequently focused on single tasks or problems. Theorists suggest that, with sufficient experience in the clinical setting, ...
Collaborative testing as a learning strategy in nursing education: a review of the literature.
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Nurses are important members of a patient's interprofessional health care team. A primary goal of nursing education is to prepare nursing professionals who can work collaboratively with other team members for the benefit of the patient. Collaborative learning ...
The three Cs model: the context, content, and conduct of nursing education.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The Three Cs Model integrates the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission's accreditation standards. The three major concepts of this model--Context, Content, and Conduct--relate to one or more of the accreditation standards. This model has been used to ...
The Teacher-Scholar Project: how to help faculty groups develop scholarly skills.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Nursing education's challenge in the new millennium is to prepare all nurses as scholars. With many nurse educators feeling like impostors when it comes to scholarship, this is no small cask. Turning the millennial challenge into an opportunity, this article describes ...
Nurses' stories wanted.(NEW RESOURCES)
May 01, 2009 ... Kaplan Publishing is accepting stories for a new Beyond Borders: Nurses' Stories about Working Abroad. Kaplan wants nurses from all over the world to reveal what it's like to practice nursing outside of their hometowns. Stories (1,000 ...
Epilepsy insights/strategies.(NEW RESOURCES)(Epilepsy: Insights and Strategies)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... A new quarterly journal, written and reviewed by people who live with epilepsy, has been launched by www.epilepsy.com. Epilepsy: Insights and Strategies focuses ...
NLN DataView: www.nln.org/research/slides/index.htm.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... As part of its continuing efforts to make vital nursing and nurse faculty workforce data accessible to decision makers, the NLN created this site, which feature downloadable graphs and tables in four formats: PDFs, PowerPoint slides, Excel charts, and JPG images. NLN public ...
Online health workforce information center: www.healthworkforceinfo.org.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Free access to recent resources on the nation's health workforce is now available at this site, operated by the University of North Dakota's School of Medicine and Health Sciences and funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The center offers ...
Nursing resources Wiki: http://sites.google.com/site/nahrsnursingresources/.(ON THE WEB)(Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section of the Medical Library Association)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... This is the home page of a collaborative project by members of the Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section of the Medical Library Association. Content includes free ...
Faculty loan repayment program.(Resource CENTER)
May 01, 2009 ... The Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service is seeking applicants for the 2009 Faculty Loan Repayment Program, which provides a financial incentive for degree-trained health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue academic ...
Calendar of events.(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 01, 2009 ... JULY 21-24 National Association of Hispanic Nurses' 34th Annual Conference, "Hispanic Nurses Creating Pathways to Reduce Health Disparities," in San Antonio, TX; www.thehispanicnurses.org. 27-30 Nurse Educator EBP Mentorship Program, sponsored by the ASU College of ...
The International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA): a resource for global nursing knowledge exchange.(Quick READS)(Organization overview)
May 01, 2009; ... HOUSED WITHIN THE HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSING, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the International Academic Nursing Alliance (IANA) is a free, global, electronic community that allows nurse educators and clinicians to form alliances to advance scholarship, collaboration, exchanges, ...
Nursing Practice 2.0: the wisdom of crowds.(EMERGING Technologies Center)(Column)
May 01, 2009; ... IN A RECENT BOOK, James Surowiecki (2005) put forth his ideas about collective intelligence in today's culture. He hypothesized that groups of people are smarter than a few smart individuals and makes the case that the collective "wisdom of crowds" is better at solving problems, making ...
On Revolutions and Revolutionaries: 25 Years of Reform and Innovation in Nursing Education.(Book review)
May 01, 2009; ... On Revolutions and Revolutionaries: 25 Years of Reform and Innovation in Nursing Education edited by Pamela M. Ironside, PhD, RN, FAAN; New York: National League for Nursing, 2007; 178 pages, nonmember price $59.95, member price $49.95 (soft cover) A midst a massive nurse and ...