Nursing Education Perspectives back issues from May 2006:
Celebrating excellence.(President's Message)
May 01, 2006; ... BY THIS TIME IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR, the last final examination has been written, the grades recorded, the weather is wonderful, students will graduate with poignant rites of passage, and, it is hoped, all searches for new faculty were successful. The end of the academic year is a time to ...
Creating a vision for the future of nursing education: moving toward excellence through innovation.(Guest Editorial)
May 01, 2006; ... DURING THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, the NLN Board of Governors, members, and staff have advocated energetically for excellence and innovation in nursing education. While much work is yet to be done, there is cause for hope and celebration. As we speak with faculty around the country, ...
Nursing literature.(Education News)
May 01, 2006 ... Eighteen studies covering general nursing and 16 specialty areas, including nursing education, have been published as a supplement to the April 2006 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association. The project is a collaborative effort of the Task Force on Mapping the Nursing ...
AmeriCorps nurses.(Education News)
May 01, 2006 ... Each year for the next three years, Nurses for America, the first nurse-focused AmeriCorps-funded grant, will recruit 20 RNs fm. federally funded community health centers, faith-based clinics, and neighborhood clinics that serve uninsured and low-income families. The grant will fund ...
Janet L. Grady, DrPH. RN. began her career as a high school foreign language teacher, seeking innovative ways to increase student involvement in the educational process.(Faculty Matters)
May 01, 2006 ... JANET L. GRADY, DRPH. RN. began her career as a high school foreign language teacher, seeking innovative ways to increase student involvement in the educational process. When au experienced nurse and educator helped her understand that nurses are really teachers who specialize in patients ...
Blogging as a venue for nurse faculty development.(Quick Reads)
May 01, 2006; ... WHAT CAN BUSY NURSE FACULTY, enthusiastic about learning new teaching strategies but strapped for time, do to meet their professional development needs? Consider forming an online study group that uses web logs (blogs) as a venue for group activities and discussions. Blogs are free, easy ...
Eastern Michigan University.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Naomi E. Ervin, PhD, MPH, RN, has been appointed director of the School of Nursing in the College of Health and Human ...
Cindy Jones.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Cindy Jones, EdD, RN, director of nursing education at Northeast Alabama Community College, has ...
Esperanza Villanueva Joyce.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Esperanza Villanueva Joyce, EdD, RN, CNS, a graduate of the class of 1975, has been honored by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston as recipient of the Rebecca Sealy Distinguished Alumnus Award for ...
Gail Kwarciany.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Gail Kwarciany, BSB, RN, BC, OCN, CRNI, clinical educator at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has received the Oncology Nursing ...
Julie Erb London.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Julie Erb London, MSN, RN, has joined the faculty of the School of Nursing and Allied Health at Clarion University-Venango Campus ...
The Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta has presented the Award for Excellence in Nursing Education to Florence Myrick, PhD, RN, of the University of Alberta.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... The Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta has presented the Award for Excellence in Nursing Education to Florence Myrick, PhD, RN, ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Jamesetta A. Newland, PhD, APRN, BC, FAANP, adjunct professor at the Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, ...
Teresa Wood.(Faculty Notes)
May 01, 2006 ... Teresa Wood, PhD, RN, has joined Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount ...
In memoriam.(Faculty Notes)(Obituary)
May 01, 2006 ... E. Jean M. Hill, former director of the University of Kansas Department of Nursing Education and dean emeritus, Queen's University School of Nursing in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, died on February 22. The E. Jean M. Hill Professorship in Nursing Fund has been ...
Nursing students' perceptions of their chosen profession.
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT It has been suggested that students enter nursing programs with strong images of the profession and specific expectations of their educational experiences. However, little is known about the impact of initial clinical experiences on students' perceptions of the profession ....
Outcomes of cooperative education in a baccalaureate program in nursing.
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Cooperative education, or co-op, an educational model in which students alternate periods of study with academic-related employment, is a required component of the nursing program at Northeastern University. Students in the five-year baccalaureate program complete three six-month ...
Streamlining an RN-BSN program for nurses.
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT The nursing shortage, including a shortage of registered nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level, is acute. A large, midwestern university developed and implemented PLAN (Professional Link for the Advancement of Nurses) to assist associate degree RNs to transition into BSN ...
Background checks for nursing students: what are schools doing?
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Schools of nursing are increasingly called upon to obtain background checks for students or disclosures of criminal history. Such checks may be required by clinical facilities in preparation for licensure, or because it is thought that background checks for students are in the ...
Clinical teaching by simulation lessons learned from a complex patient care scenario.
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT A simulated learning experience designed to teach nursing students about cardiac arrhythmias and nursing intervention for patients experiencing a cardiac dysfunction was developed and implemented. Key to the simulation was the use of the SimMan[TM] human patient simulator, a ...
Prescription assistance.(NEW RESOURCES)
May 01, 2006 ... The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together pharmaceutical companies, health care providers, patient advocacy organizations, and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage ...
Global nursing shortages.(Resource Center)
May 01, 2006 ... Findings from a two-year study addressing the worldwide nursing workforce crisis have been released by the International Council ...
Alzheimer's video.(Resource Center)
May 01, 2006 ... A new video/DVD by Healing Arts Communication, Caring for Someone with Mid to Late Stage Alzheimer's Disease, tackles issues that people are ...
Nurse advance collection.(Resource Center)
May 01, 2006 ... A compilation of reprints on research in several specialty areas is available in e-book or print format from Sigma Theta Tau International. Topics include ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
May 01, 2006 ... MAY 18-20 "Cancer, Culture, and Literacy: Solutions for Addressing Health Disparities Through Community Partnerships," the 5th biennial conference sponsored by the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, in Clearwater Beach, FL; ...
Florence Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action.
May 01, 2006; ... Florence Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action by Barbara Montgomery Dossey, PhD, RN, HNC, FAAN, Louise C. Selanders, EdD, RN, Deva-Marie Beck, PhD, RN, and Alex Attewell, BA, AMA; Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association, 2004; 388 pages, $34.95 ...
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale.
May 01, 2006; ... Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale by Gillian Gill, PhD; New York: Ballantine Books, 2004; 560 pages, $27.95 Written for the general public, this absorbing biography gives the reader an intimate glimpse into the ...
Measuring Patient Safety.
May 01, 2006; ... Measuring Patient Safety edited by Robin Purdy Newhouse, PhD, RN, and Stephanie Poe, MSCN, RN; Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005, 152 pages, 863.95 (soft cover) Based on presentations delivered in seminars at Johns Hopkins Hospital between October 2002 and ...
Collaborative tools for the net generation.(Emerging Technologies Center)
May 01, 2006; ... ON THE FRONT PAGE of a recent Denver Post (March 20, 2006), an article about the net generation and business caught my eye. Perhaps it was the banner heading, Baby Boomer (77 million) Generation X (50 million) or Millennials (81 million), that attracted my attention, or perhaps it was the ...
National survey on excellence in nursing education.(Headlines from the NLN)
May 01, 2006; ... WHAT IS THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY NURSING EDUCATION? What are the most pressing issues educators must address to achieve and sustain excellence in nursing education? How will we know if we are making progress? These are questions that the Nursing Education Advisory Council (NEAC) has ...
Cherry Ames, my daughter will see you now.(End NOTE)
May 01, 2006; ... HOW MANY TIMES does someone have to give birth to get a child who loves Cherry Ames? In my case the answer was three. This came as a surprise. I had loved reading about the escapades of the plucky World War II nursing heroine created by the author Helen Wells. (Were there many ...