Nursing Education Perspectives articles from July 2006

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from July 2006

The DNP: historical parallels and persistent questions.(President's Message)
July 1, 2006... HAVE YOU NOTICED that, in the midst of a shortage of nurses, faculty to teach them, and resources to support nursing practice, education, and research, there is no shortage of position papers advocating significant change in nursing education?...

The chaos surrounding faculty evaluation.(From the Editor)
July 1, 2006... I AM CERTAIN that some of you must have the answer to the age-old dilemma of faculty evaluation. If you do, please send it my way. * Although I have been teaching for more than three decades in more than a dozen schools of nursing, it is...

Dual degree program in nursing.(Education News)
July 1, 2006... A unique articulation model developed by the Department of Nursing at Le Moyne College and the St. Joseph's College of Nursing in Syracuse, New York, allows qualified high school graduates the opportunity to earn two nursing degrees in four...

Alice.(Faculty Matters)
July 1, 2006... AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of clinical affairs at the University of Michigan-Flint, Alice Lorenz, MSN, RN, coordinates the clinical placement of baccalaureate students at the Hurley Medical Center, where she holds the title coordinator for...

A nursing course with the great masters.(Quick Reads)
July 1, 2006... TODAY'S COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC health care landscape requires inquisitive and self-reflective nurse professionals who identify and acknowledge patterns of human experience. In working toward this goal in undergraduate nursing education, faculty...

Nurse anesthesia education in the new millennium: outcomes of a federally funded advanced nursing education grant.
July 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Graduate nursing education is evolving in response to multiple societal influences affecting higher education. Nurse anesthesia education has also been affected by these forces. This article describes the planning, implementation, and...

Fostering student interest in geriatric nursing: impact of senior long-term care experiences.
July 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Preparing nurses to meet the care needs of an expanding aging population is a challenge for nursing. Student experience in long-term care is typically limited to initial practicums. Students are rarely able to appreciate the...

Energizing the nursing lecture: application of the theory of Multiple Intelligence Learning.
July 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Nurse educators struggle to find ways to create learning opportunities that are interactive and appeal to the needs of various students. The key to energizing the nursing lecture is to create an environment that encourages students to...

Concept mapping: an effective, active teaching-learning method.
July 1, 2006... ABSTRACT Nurse educators, under pressure to prepare graduates who are able to think critically and solve problems in a variety of clinical practice settings, require active teaching strategies to promote meaningful learning, instead of relying...

Cases 101: learning to teach with cases.
July 1, 2006... ABSTRACT There is little information in the nursing literature regarding how best to develop and implement cases as a teaching strategy. This article takes the reader through the process of developing a case and implementing its use in a...

Advanced Practice Nursing: Core Concepts for Professional Role Development.
July 1, 2006... Advanced Practice Nursing: Core Concepts for Professional Role Development edited by Michaelene P. Mirr Jansen, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, and Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2006; 227 pages, $34.95 ...

Forensic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice.
July 1, 2006... Forensic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice edited by Rita Hammer, PhD, RN, CS, Barbara Moynihan, PhD, RN, and Elaine M. Pagliaro, MS, JD; Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2006; 879 pages, $99.95 Congratulations to Rita Hammer, Barbara...

Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention (4th edition).
July 1, 2006... Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention (4th edition) by Lorraine M. Wright, PhD, RN, and Maureen Leahey, PhD, RN; Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2005; 345 pages, soft cover, $28.95 Those nurses who care for...

Web 2.0: next great thing or just marketing hype?(Emerging Technologies Center)
July 1, 2006... MANY RECENT ARTICLES in the literature and on the web discuss the emergence of Web 2.0 and its applicability to higher education. While numerous blogs, discussion groups, and the media are touting the new Web 2.0 tools, others, like Tim...

Calendar.(Emerging Technologies CENTER)(Calendar)
July 1, 2006... AUGUST 14-15 "From ZZZs to Zing! No Napping in This Nursing Class," workshop co-sponsored by the NLN and the New York State Nurses' Association, in Albany; visit www.nln.org/profdev/ Workshops/nysna/index.htm. SEPTEMBER 14-16...

IOM reports on emergency care.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2006... Emergency rooms in the United States are pushed beyond capacity and will be overwhelmed in the case of mass emergency. These concerns are outlined in three reports released in June by the Institute of Medicine, available online as follows as...

Nursing shortage.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2006... Nursing Economic$ has published The State of the RN Workforce in the United States, a 58-page bound report consisting of a six-part series on such topics as: the impact of the shortage on quality care; nurses' perceptions of nursing; keeping...

Men in nursing.(NEW RESOURCES)
July 1, 2006... Developed in collaboration with the American Assembly for Men in Nursing, Career Encounters[R]: Men in Nursing is a documentary-style program produced to broadcast standards by Davis Gray, Inc. It is suitable for release on television,...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://rwjf.org/global/signin.jsp.(ON THE WEB)
July 1, 2006... A new monthly electronic newsletter from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides updates about efforts to revitalize the nursing profession and transform hospital care by improving work processes, physical design, and organizational...

Virginia Henderson Library: www.nursinglibrary.org/.(ON THE WEB)
July 1, 2006... The website of the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library from Sigma Theta Tau has been redesigned. It now has more powerful search capabilities, a streamlined submission form, a single point of access to other leading data sources,...

Tool kit for a healthful work environment.(Resource CENTER)
July 1, 2006... Findings from the National Study of Faculty Role Satisfaction, conducted by the NLN Task Group on Recruitment and Retention of Faculty, have been used as the basis for The Healthful Work Environment Tool Kit, now available for personal reading...

NLN Audio/Web seminars from the NLN.(UPCOMING)(Calendar)
July 1, 2006... OCTOBER 17 Transforming Nursing Education: The Oregon Experience Christine A. Tanner, PhD, RN Patricia Gubrud-Howe, MS, RN Louise Shores, EdD, RN OCTOBER 24 Building Partnerships in Innovation: The Texas Tech Alliance for...

Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, is editor-in-chief of American Nursing Today, the new official journal of the American Nurses Association, which premieres in October. Dr. Cipriano, chief clinical officer and chief nursing officer at the...

Allen College.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Susan Dawson, EdD, RN, BC, is now dean of academic affairs and professor of nursing at Allen College, Waterloo, Iowa.

Kent State College of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Laura Cox Dzurec, PhD, RN, CS, has been appointed dean of the Kent State College of Nursing in Ohio. Formerly, she served as professor and dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Susan S. Gunby, PhD, RN.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Susan S. Gunby, PhD, RN, was recognized as NSNA's Leader of Leaders at the Foundation of the National Student Nurses' Association Annual Awards Ceremony in Baltimore. Nominated by her students, Dr. Gunby is dean and professor at the Georgia...

University of Texas Health Sciences Center.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Jill M. Hayes, PhD, RN, C, is now assistant dean for students and assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.

University of Kentucky College of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Jane Marie Kirschling, DNS, RN, is leaving the University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions to assume the position of clean of the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington.

University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Barbara Luke, ScD, MPH, RD, has been appointed professor at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. A former professor at the University of Miami Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, she is co-author with Tamara...

University of Arkansas.(Faculty NOTES)
July 1, 2006... Carolyn Mosley, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, a member of the NLN Board of Governors and the Editorial Board of Nursing Education Perspectives, is now professor and associate dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of BSN programs at the...

In memoriam.(Faculty NOTES)(Obituary)
July 1, 2006... Ruth Borofsky, head of the Department of Child Psychiatric Nursing at Boston University when she retired in 1977, died April 23 at the age of 95. In later years she worked exclusively as a psychologist in private practice. Mary J. Keenan,...

Using evidence in education and practice: more findings from the national survey on excellence in nursing education.(Headlines from the NLN)
July 1, 2006... THE LITERATURE reflects a growing commitment among nurse educators to infuse curricula with evidence-based practice. Consistent with recent Institute of Medicine reports (1,2), the NLN has monitored the infusion of evidence-based practice in...

The NLN Day on the Hill.(Headlines from the NLN)
July 1, 2006... Armed with talking points and targeted information, members of the NLN Board of Governors visited Capitol Hill on April 27. Accompanied by members of the NLN staff, they met with senators and representatives from their home states and...

Benedicion.(End NOTE)(Poem)
July 1, 2006... Benedicion In Room 28, an old woman perches on her bed stiff with fear. She licks crooked, gold-filled teeth, spews Spanish words of sorrow that fall like tears. I hold out my hands like sieves dripping syllables, say ...