Nursing Education Perspectives articles from July 2005

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from July 2005

Interdisciplinary education in the health sciences.(President's Message)
July 1, 2005... The education of health science professionals is under review. How do we best prepare health professionals for current and future health care environments? Pharmacy has moved to the professional doctorate as the entry level for practice, and...

Can we "escape fire" in nursing education?(From the Editor)
July 1, 2005... I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR with the quality improvement movement in health care started by Don Berwick, co-founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in the late 1980s. I remember sitting around a table with other...

Faculty matters.
July 1, 2005... LISA ANN PLOWFIELD, PHD, RN, a professor and director of the School of Nursing at the University of Delaware, is also director of the UD Nursing Center. She participates in a consultative role in the center's comprehensive geriatric assessment...

Health Sciences Division.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... The Health Sciences Division of Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, has named Susan Clifford, RDH, EdD, division dean. Cynthia Dorroh, MSN, RN, PHN, a Pasadena professor from 1971 to 1990, has returned as director of nursing. Most...

Lynda J. Davidson, PhD, RN.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Lynda J. Davidson, PhD, RN, founding dean of the Robert Morris University School of Nursing and Allied Health, Pittsburgh, received the Distinguished Nurse of the Year Award for District 6 of the Pennsylvania Nurses Association. The Robert...

Allen College.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Jerry D. Durham, PhD, RN, FAAN, former professor of nursing, dean of the College of Nursing, and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has been named chancellor of Allen College, Waterloo, Iowa.

North Carolina Institute of Medicine.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Phyllis Horns, DNSc, MPH, RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing at East Carolina University and a former member of the NLN Board of Governors, was appointed to membership in the North Carolina Institute of Medicine for a five-year term....

University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Barbara Luke, ScD, MPH, has been appointed professor at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is engaged in research to evaluate infant mortality and maternal morbidity and mortality associated with multiple...

Penny Makuchal, MEd, RN.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Penny Makuchal, MEd, RN, who teaches Introduction to Nursing to high school students at Worcester Career and Technology Center in Newark, Maryland, received a National Disney Education Award for creativity in the classroom.

International Council of Nurses.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Hiroko Minami, vice president of the University of Hyogo, has been elected president of the International Council of Nurses. She will serve in this position for a four-year term. Immediate past president of the Japanese Nursing Association and...

Nursing Spectrum.(Faculty Notes)
July 1, 2005... Nursing Spectrum has selected four nurse faculty as winners of regional 2005 Nursing Excellence Awards. In Greater Chicago, Marilyn Grace O'Rourke, MSH, RN, assistant professor at Rush University College of Nursing was honored for professional...

In memoriam.(Obituary)
July 1, 2005... Ann L. Clark, who taught maternal-child nursing at Rutgers University, Arizona State University, and the University of Hawaii, died May 8 in Honolulu. She was 91. Dr. Clark served as director of nursing education for the Hawaii Nurses...

Too much material, too little time: I'm drowning as a novice faculty member.(Quick Reads)
July 1, 2005... As experienced faculty retire, nurses with extensive clinical knowledge and experience, but little experience as educators, will take their place. Many of these novices will feel overwhelmed by the amount of material that must be imparted to...

Nurses at war.(Education News)
July 1, 2005... Nurses who have served in any capacity in any nation's military during a period of armed conflict are invited to tell their stories for a project called Nurses at War. Stories are archived in the Special Collections Department of the Harold B....

New York University.(Education News)
July 1, 2005... Effective September 1, the New York University Division of Nursing will become a new College of Nursing within the NYU College of Dentistry. Currently, nursing is a division of the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU. Under the new...

Calendar.(Calendar)
July 1, 2005... AUGUST 7-12 Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Institute 2005,"Leading and Shaping Clinical Excellence," sponsored by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, in Alliston, Ontario, Canada; www.rnao.org. 12-15 "Nursing Care...

Integration of disability-related content in nursing curricula.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Despite evidence that health care professionals, including nurses, do not perceive persons with disabilities in a positive light and fail to attend to their health care needs, it is not known how nursing programs address the topic of...

Time, tact, talent, and trust: essential ingredients of effective academic-community partnerships.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Building strong partnerships between academic institutions and community health agencies requires a commitment to time, tactful communications, talented leaders, and trust. The essential elements of partnership building are discussed...

A community nursing center for the health promotion of senior citizens based on the Neuman Systems Model.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT This article describes a community nursing center that provided clinical learning experiences for students from two schools of nursing. Work at the center was based on the Neuman systems model, which views the client as a system in...

Maximizing resources the S.H.A.R.E. model of collaboration.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT This article describes the S.H.A.R.E. model for collaborative programming that evolved from the joint Clarion, Edinboro, and Slippery Rock Universities graduate nursing programs. The five components of the model--students,...

Transforming pedagogy in nursing education: a caring learning environment for adult students.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT This article is an account of a project involving nursing faculty and adult learners. Their purpose was to generate interactive and collaborative pedagogies. Reflection and dialogue were used to explore how the educational experience...

Trends in registered nurse education programs 1998-2008.
July 1, 2005... ABSTRACT In 1999, the Connecticut Colleagues in Caring team conducted a pilot study to identify trends in RN education programs. The present study replicates the pilot study for a national sample. In 2003, a 15-page questionnaire, divided into...

Looking forward / looking back: Nursing Education Perspectives celebrates 25 years in 2005.
July 1, 2005... THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF KEY ARTICLES FROM THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF Nursing Education Perspectives REPRINTED TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF PUBLICATION. WITH THIS CLASSIC ARTICLE BY DR. WILLIAM L. HOLZEMER, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN Nursing &...

Commentary.
July 1, 2005... When Bill Holzemer published his article, the status of assessing quality in graduate programs was in its infancy. True enough, accreditation agencies such as the National League for Nursing and regional accreditation bodies had standards and...

Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials for Role Development.
July 1, 2005... Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials for Role Development by Lucille A. Joel, EdD, RN, APN, C, FAAN; Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2004; 681 pages, $49.95 Lucille Joel's new book is a welcome addition to the few texts available to teach the...

Conducting Research in Long-Term Care Settings.
July 1, 2005... Conducting Research in Long-Term Care Settings Brenda Lewis Cleary, PhD, RN, FAAN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2004; 136 pages, $32.95 The numbers of eiders living in long-term care settings in the United States is projected to rise to...

Code Blue: A Tale of Romance, Murder, Mystery & Managed Care.
July 1, 2005... Code Blue: A Tale of Romance, Murder, Mystery & Managed Care by Richard E. McDermott, PhD, and Kevin D. Stocks, PhD, CPA; Syracuse, UT: Traemus Books, 2003; 287 pages, plus supplementary CD; $24.95, soft cover There are two--well...

E-portfolios, Webfolio, and E-dentity: promises and challenges.(Emerging Technologies Center)
July 1, 2005... FOR DECADES, artists have used portfolios to collect and organize their work. Portfolios are seen as an essential medium to document creative development over time and allow fellow students and instructors to provide feedback and guidance. Many...

Nominations for Community Health Leadership Award.(Resource Center)
July 1, 2005... Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program honors 10 outstanding individuals for their work in creating or enhancing health care programs serving communities whose needs have been ignored and unmet. Each leader...

Helping smokers quit.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... A new tool from the Department of Health and Human Services gives nurses evidence-based information to help patients quit smoking. The free pocket guide, Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses, uses the "5 As" approach to cessation...

Treating depression.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... Short for "Re-Engineering Systems for the Primary Care Treatment of Depression," the RESPECT-Depression approach has been shown to bring about significant improvement for patients treated at primary care centers. Supported by the John D. and...

Breast Cancer Research.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... Life Uniform and A&E Group, Inc. have partnered to support research at the American Institute for Cancer Research. Through December 31, 2005, 5 percent of the purchase price of specific items of clothing and accessories, all sporting a pink...

Finding the facilities.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... Travel writer Arthur Frommer has teamed up with Novartis Pharmaceuticals to produce a guide to restroom accommodations at restaurants, museums, and other tourist attractions in 19 US cities and four national parks for individuals with...

Reclaiming midwives.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... From October 15 to Decembers 31, 2005, the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture will host Reclaiming Midwives, an exhibit of photographs, drawings, diary entries, and household Items that document the life and...

Fulbright Program for faculty.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2005... The Fulbright Scholar Program offers numerous opportunities for lecturing, research, or a combination of the two in 140 countries and all regions of the world. Awards range from two months to an entire academic year. Many countries offer "All...

www.gem-nursing.org: Group E-Mentoring in Nursing.(ON THE WEB)
July 1, 2005... Now in its second year and ending this fall, Gem-Nursing provides an avenue for students aged 15-21 to ask questions of nurse professionals who have volunteered as mentors. Students may explore educational and career opportunities through the...

http://medscapenursing.blogs.com: Medscape Nurses.(ON THE WEB)
July 1, 2005... When Medscape asked nurse readers to tell what they do and why, well over 600 nurses submitted stories about their nursing careers. In response, Medscape instituted a blog for nurses, In Our Own Words: Medscape Nurses, which highlights nurses'...

A day on the hill.(Headlines from the NLN)
July 1, 2005... On May 12, members of the NLN Board of Governors and senior staff met in small groups with United States senators, representatives, and their legislative assistants from the states and districts where board members reside or work. The purpose...

We're sorry.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2005... In Headlines from the NLN, June/July 2005, two names were omitted from the list of members of the Joint NLN/NLNAC Task Force on Creating a Global Nursing Education Community: Jerry L. White, PhD, RN, associate professor, University of Louisiana...

The promise of nursing.(End NOTE)
July 1, 2005... When I graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a BSN in 1980, I swore I would never go back to school. Little did I realize that to be a good nurse, you also choose to become a lifelong learner. Very little in nursing stays the...