Nursing Education Perspectives articles from January 2009

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from January 2009

Reframing our beliefs about health and well-being as a first step toward health care reform.(President's Message)
January 1, 2009... WHAT A YEAR 2009 WILL BE! At the top of our nation's agenda will be health care reform, and as leaders in health care, we will be at the very apex of a movement to improve access and quality. This is a tall order for all of us, one that will...

Holding students accountable when integrity is challenged.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
January 1, 2009... To become the guardians of patients' well-being and of the nursing profession, nurses must learn more than technical skills, even more than just critical thinking or ethical criteria. Deeply mentored by nurse faculty, they must become...

Margherite.(Faculty MATTERS)(Regis College School of Nursing and Health Professions' Margherite Matteis)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARGHERITE MATTEIS, Phd, RN, PMHCNS-BC, is an associate professor of nursing at Regis College School of Nursing and Health Professions in Weston, Massachusetts, the first NLN Center of Excellence in Nursing in the...

Empowerment of nurse educators through organizational culture.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT Presenting the findings of a correlational study, the author discusses the implications of organizational culture and empowerment within a nurse faculty sample. The findings of the study indicate that organizational culture has a...

Implementation and testing of the opt model as a teaching strategy in an undergraduate psychiatric nursing course.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Outcome-Present State-Test Model of Reflective Clinical Reasoning)(Report)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT Teaching undergraduate nursing students to think critically and reason clinically is a challenge for nurse educators, yet these skills are essential for the professional nurse. The Outcome-Present State-Test (OPT) Model of Reflective...

A collaborative exercise: between graduate and undergraduate nursing students using a computer-assisted simulator in a mock cardiac arrest.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT Faculty at the University at Buffalo designed and implemented a mock cardiac arrest that involved joint participation by both undergraduate and graduate students. Various instruments were developed to evaluate the effectiveness of this...

Using the human patient simulator to foster critical thinking in critical situations.(Report)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT New registered nurses are expected to utilize critical thinking when providing care to their patients, especially in critical situations. Using mini-scenarios on the human patient simulator, faculty members can foster critical thinking...

A partnership approach to the preparation of preceptors.(Report)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT The role of nurse preceptor is critical to the successful integration of nursing students into the profession. Collaborative, partnership-based learning between beginning and more experienced nurses is central to this role. This...

Intergenerational communication in the classroom: recommendations for successful teacher-student relationships.(ENHANCING)(Report)
January 1, 2009... ABSTRACT Intergenerational communication between teacher and student is especially important today, because of the gaps of time and understanding that exist among four active generations--Traditionalist, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and...

Eight-or twelve-hour shifts: what nursing students prefer.(Quick READS)(Report)
January 1, 2009... SECURING AND ORGANIZING CLINICAL PLACEMENTS for nursing students has become increasingly difficult for schools of nursing and for hospitals, especially with today's dramatic increases in student enrollments. Many nursing programs now include...

Innovation challenge.(NEW RESOURCES)(Arizona State University College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation's national Healthcare Innovation Challenge)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation will host the first national Healthcare Innovation Challenge in partnership with Idea Crossing. This online event, conducted from January 20 to May 1, features competition...

Nurse in Washington Internship.(NEW RESOURCES)(Nursing Organizations Alliance)(Conference news)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Nursing Organizations Alliance, a coalition of nursing organizations united to create a strong voice for nurses, will once again sponsor NIWI, the Nurse in Washington Internship, to be held March 29-31. Interns learn from health policy...

Top teaching tools.(NEW RESOURCES)
January 1, 2009... Launching in January 2010, the Journal of Nursing Education will present an annual award for the best teaching-learning resources published in the previous year. Eligible resources include books, software, websites, simulation resources, and...

Teaching with AJN.(NEW RESOURCES)(American Journal of Nursing)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... AJN is offering support to faculty with a new a partnership program to meet today's pressing education challenges. As a part of Teaching with AJN, faculty will have a helpful tool for teaching key initiatives across the curriculum; promoting an...

Saving lives.(NEW RESOURCES)(Sandy Summers and Harry Summers' "Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk")(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Executive director Sandy Summers and senior adviser Harry Summers of the Center for Nursing Advocacy have authored a new book, Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk, which explores nursing stereotypes and...

Health Sciences Online: www.hso.info.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Free and accessible to anyone, this site is a source for 50,000 courses, references, guidelines, and other expert-reviewed, high-quality, current, and ad-free health sciences resources. Founding collaborators include the CDC, World Bank, and...

Nursing 2.0: should we as educators be crafting the next generation of nursing practice?(EMERGING Technologies Center)(Essay)
January 1, 2009... THE NEW YEAR IS A TIME FOR TRADITIONS. Thus, President-elect Barack Obama is TIME Magazine's Person of the Year and bailout is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. It is also time for reflection. I have been reflecting lately on technology and...

Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues (2nd ed.).(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues (2nd ed.) edited by Felissa R. Lashley, PhD, RN, ACRN, FACMG, FAAN, and Jerry D. Durham, PhD, RN, FAAN, New York: Springer Publishing, 2007; 591 pages, $70.00 As travel and commerce patterns...

Nursing Education: Foundations for Practice Excellence.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Nursing Education: Foundations for Practice Excellence edited by Barbara A. Moyer EdD, RN, and Ruth A. Wittmann-Priee, DNSe, RN, CNE; Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2007; 360 pages, $49.95 Each week nowadays articles and news stories appear that...

Carol Fetters Andersen, MSN, RN.(Faculty NOTES)(National Student Nurses' Association)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Carol Fetters Andersen, MSN, RN, an NSNA past president, has joined the executive staff of the National Student Nurses' Association as director of governance and program development. She spent four years with the NLN in various management...

Normadeane Armstrong, MSN, ANP, APRN-BC, RN.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Normadeane Armstrong, MSN, ANP, APRN-BC, RN, a nurse practitioner and a member of the faculty in the Molloy College Department of Nursing, Rockville Centre, New York, received a 2008 Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award. The award is granted...

International University of Nursing-St. Kitts.(Faculty NOTES)(Beverly H. Bonaparte)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Beverly H. Bonaparte, PhD, ANP, RN, FAAN, has been named dean of the International University of Nursing-St. Kitts. Previously, she was professor of nursing at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, where she served as head of...

Midland Lutheran College in Fremont.(Faculty NOTES)(Linda S. Christensen, National League for Nursing )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Linda S. Christensen, JD, MSN, RN, a former member of the NLN Board of Governors, has joined the NLN as chief administration officer. She is a practicing attorney and most recently served as chair of the nursing department at Midland Lutheran...

Catherine Garner, DrPH, RN, FAAN.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Catherine Garner, DrPH, RN, FAAN, has joined American Sentinel University, in Aurora, Colorado, as dean of health professions. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow. she was clean of the College of Health Sciences and Nursing...

Beth Mancini, PhD, RN, FAAN.(Faculty NOTES)(Dolores M. Alford Lifetime Achievement Award)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Beth Mancini, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and associate dean for undergraduate nursing at the University of Texas at Arlington, received the Dolores M. Alford Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Texas Nurses Association District Four for...

Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(Linda A. McCauley as the new dean)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Linda A. McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, will begin her tenure as clean of Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 1. She currently is associate clean for research and the Nightingale Professor in Nursing...

Marcia Petrini, PhD, MPA, RN.(Faculty NOTES)(2008 Friendship Awardee)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Chinese officials have awarded a 2008 Friendship Award to Marcia Petrini, PhD, MPA, RN, for her work with Project HOPE. Dean of Wuhan University HOPE School of. Nursing since 2003, Dr. Petrini has helped develop nursing education programs in...

Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, dean of the Harding University College of Nursing, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing for a four-year term expiring in 2012.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Cathleen Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, dean of the Harding University College of Nursing, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing for a four-year term expiring in 2012. Dr. Schultz is president-elect of the NLN and...

In memoriam.(Faculty NOTES)(Marion 'Corinne' Hamilton Wales)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Marion (Corinne) Hamilton Wales died on November 29 at age 83. A member of the US Nurse Cadet Corps from 1943 to 1946, she worked as a clinical professor at Samaritan School of Nursing, St. Mary's College at Notre Dame, and Indiana University,...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2009... The September/October 2008 issue of Nursing Education Perspectives was fantastic. I utilized it for an RN-BSN course I am teaching in role as well as research. The issue ensured much discussion in class, for example, why obtain higher degrees,...

About accreditation.
January 1, 2009... NLNAC receives a number of questions via phone and email. We are happy to assist you. Here are answers to three questions that are typical of those received. QUESTION Please help us resolve an issue related to our systematic evaluation...

How can state boards of nursing encourage curricular reform?(HEADLINES from the NLN)(Innovation in Nursing Education: A Call to Reform)
January 1, 2009... Shortly after publication of the position statement Innovation in Nursing Education: A Call to Reform, approved by the NLN Board of Governors in August 2003, the Nursing Education Advisory Council established the Innovation in Nursing Education...

Calendar of events.(Brief article)(Calendar)
January 1, 2009... FEBRUARY 13-15 The first Interdisciplinary Medicine and Nursing Symposium on Simulation for Education and Practice, sponsored by the University of Medicine and Health Science and International University of Nursing, in St. Kitts, WI; call...

Seven summits.(End Note)('7 Summits: A Nurse's Quest to Conquer Mountaineering and Life' by Patrick Hickey)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... DR. PATRICK HICKEY, clinical assistant professor of nursing at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, IS THE FIRST NURSE TO SUCCESSFULLY CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS ON EACH OF THE SEVEN CONTINENTS. He climbed Mt. Everest in 2007....