Nursing Education Perspectives articles from March 2008

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from March 2008

Change as dialogue, opportunity, and courage to embrace the new.(President's Message)(National League for Nursing)
March 1, 2008... One of the greatest joys of being president of the NLN is traveling around the country and meeting faculty from all types of nursing education programs. I am constantly energized by nurse educators, by their commitment to their students and by...

The art of teaching the art of nursing: where are the nursing virtuosos?(From the Editor)(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... We use the term virtuoso when referring to musicians, dancers, and other artists and performers. So, too, we speak of the art of nursing and the performance of teachers. Many aspects of the art of teaching the art of nursing can be woven...

Drexel University's five-year work/study undergraduate program.(Education News)(Organization overview)
March 1, 2008... When Drexel University College of Nursing opened its doors in fall 1999, it had 16 full-time, cooperative undergraduate nursing students. Eight years later, it has a total of 860 cooperative students. Drexel, situated in Philadelphia, is now...

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Virginia Trotter Betts, MSN, JD, RN, FAAN, former president of the ANA, has been appointed president of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. She was commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and...

University of Buffalo School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Jean K. Brown, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and interim dean, has been named dean of the University of Buffalo School of Nursing. She is a specialist in oncology nursing.

Elizabeth Davies, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of Southern California, San Francisco, is the recipient of the 2008 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Distinguished Career Achievement Award.(Faculty NOTES)(Karin T. Kirchhoff and Marianne Matzo)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Elizabeth Davies, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of Southern California, San Francisco, is the recipient of the 2008 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Distinguished...

Clarkson College.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Maria Erbin-Roesemann, PhD, RN, has been named dean of nursing at Clarkson College, Omaha, Nebraska, and promoted in rank to professor. In her new role, she will oversee the nursing programs in addition to serving as the director of the...

Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN, dean and professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, was awarded the President's 2007 Call to Service Award from the US Freedom Corps and the President's Council on Civic Participation. She was...

University of West Georgia.(Faculty NOTES)
March 1, 2008... Bobbie Siler, PhD, RN, CNE, is now a professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton.

Walden University.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Walden University has appointed Sara Torres, PhD, RN, as associate dean of the School of Nursing in the College of Health Sciences. She comes to Walden from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where she served as dean of the...

University of Portland.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Joanne Rains Warner, PhD, DNS, RN, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Portland, Oregon. She is an expert in health policy with an extensive background in community health and nursing education.

In memoriam.(Elizabeth Carnegie)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Elizabeth Carnegie, author of The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1854 to 1994, died on February 20. Dr. Carnegie, editor of Nursing Research for 35 years, initiated the baccalaureate nursing program at the historically black...

Patty.(Faculty Matters)(Patricia Kelly)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A mentor, Marjorie Roark, EdD, RN, encouraged PATRICIA KELLY, a maternal-child nurse and staff educator at a large university hospital, to pursue her master's in nursing education. Patty's interest in teaching became...

Getting in S.T.E.P. with simulations: simulations take educator preparation.(Quick Reads)(Report)
March 1, 2008... PAMELA R. JEFFRIES, DNS, RN, FAAN, ANEF, delivered the first Debra L. Spunt Endowed Lecture at the NLN Education Summit 2007 on September 29 in Phoenix, Arizona. This article is adapted from her presentation. The NLN Foundation for Nursing...

Millennials considered: a new generation, new approaches, and implications for nursing education.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT A new generation is pursuing degrees in nursing. These students, 18 to 24 years old, aptly called Millennials, are technologically competent and described as optimistic and group oriented. Their propensity for multitasking, reliance on...

Professional resilience in baccalaureate-prepared acute care nurses: first steps.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT New nurses typically begin their practice in acute care settings in hospitals, where their work is characterized by time constraints, high safety risks for patients, and layers of complexity and difficult problems. Retention of...

Assisting students to use evidence as a part of reflection on practice.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT The practice environment is increasingly complex and requires that nursing students and graduates possess the ability to make evidence-based decisions. The factual overload current in many curricula, however, can suppress the...

Toward an inclusive science of nursing education: an examination of five approaches to nursing education research.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This article illuminates how a new science of nursing education, one that is inclusive of not only traditional empiric-analytic research, but also alternative research approaches reflecting phenomenology, critical social theory,...

Combining creativity and community partnership in mental health clinical experiences.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Lack of parity for mental health treatment, coupled with the trend toward more community-based care, has challenged nurse faculty to identify quality, creative psychiatric clinical sites. The purpose of this article is to educate nurse...

Implementing a high-fidelity simulation program in a community college setting.(Report)
March 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Despite their relatively high cost, there is heightened interest by faculty in undergraduate nursing programs to implement high-fidelity simulation (HFS) programs. High-fidelity simulators are appealing because they allow students to...

Nursing Education 2.0: Twitter & Tweets. Can you post a nugget of knowledge in 140 characters or less?(Emerging Technologies Center)
March 1, 2008... AS YOU KNOW, I rely on many resources to write this column, including various blogs on technologies in higher education and my faithful resources from Educause. I am most interested in tools that facilitate communication, collaboration, social...

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2008... MAY 1-2 "Health Literacy in Primary Care: Best Practices and Skill Building" sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement, in Irvine, CA; call 800/434-4633 or visit www.iha4health.org. 4-7 The Second Annual Breathing Matters:...

Genomic short course.(NEW RESOURCES)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The Current Topics in Genomic Research Short Course, sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, is designed to update faculty on genome science as well as continuing efforts to find the...

March of Dimes modules.(NEW RESOURCES)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... For nurses seeking up-to-date, cost-effective continuing education on the care of mothers and babies, three new modules are available from the March of Dimes: "Challenges and Management of Infertility, Including Assisted Reproductive...

Access to health programs.(NEW RESOURCES)(Foundation for Health Coverage Education and www.coverageforall.org)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The Foundation for Health Coverage Education (FHCE) has captured, on a single database, more than 144 government-sponsored programs to help people in need of health coverage. Visitors can go to www.coverageforall.org and click on a...

Business of Being Born.(NEW RESOURCES)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2008... Choose midwifery is the primary message of a new documentary, The Business of Being Born, produced by Ricki Lake. This critique of the medicalization of childbirth is now available on DVD. Visit www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com for more...

Ahora Hablo.(NEW RESOURCES)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Ahora Hablo! Medical Edition by Meg Graham is a pocket-sized guide to communicating with Spanish-speaking patients. The book offers simple communication strategies and basic medical vocabulary with a guide to phonetic pronunciation. The focus...

Healthy People 2020.(NEW RESOURCES)(www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Every 10 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services embarks on a process designed to maximize public dialogue on objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Visit www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/for information about...

VA Nursing Academy.(Resource Center)(Department of Veterans Affairs)
March 1, 2008... The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a second Request for Proposals for the VA Nursing Academy's Enhancing Academic Partnerships program, established to expand the number of nurse faculty, enhance the professional and scholarly...

Bayada Award for Technological Innovation.(Resource Center)
March 1, 2008... Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions has announced the fifth annual Bayada Award for Technological Innovation in Nursing Education and Practice. Two $5,000 cash awards will be presented: one to a nurse educator whose...

http://nursingworld.org/students: American Nurses Association.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The Members Only section of NursingWorld.org can help students prepare for their nursing careers. The ANA is giving students free access to the site, which includes access to a number of features: OJIN, electronic versions of The American...

Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice edited by Sister Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, ANP, FAAN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2006:432 pages, $60 (soft cover) How do nurses come to know, and how...

Health Literacy in Primary Care: A Clinician's Guide.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Health Literacy in Primary Care: A Clinician's Guide by Gloria G. Mayer, EdD, RN, FAAN and Michael Villaire, BA; New York: Springer Publishing, 2007; 368 pages; $55 (soft cover) All nurses have faced clients with low health literacy levels...

Save the First Dance for You: The Complete Nurse's Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patients, and Yourself.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Save the First Dance for You: The Complete Nurse's Guide to Serving Your Profession, Your Patients, and Yourself by Doris Young, PhD, RN; Norfolk, VA: Young Publications, 2007; 211 pages, $25.95 Understanding about the broad variety of...

Characteristics of candidates who have taken the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) examination: a two-year review.(Headlines from the NLN)
March 1, 2008... The National League for Nursing's Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential is the only professional credential that recognizes excellence in the advanced specialty role of the academic nurse educator. The CNE examination was initially offered...

The Science of Comforting.(End NOTE)(Poem)
March 1, 2008... The Science of Comforting for Jan Morse IT'S NOT A CROWDED FIELD. After all, there's no Nobel for achievement in caregiving, no headlines to grab. Want grants, tenure, a plush lab? Then work on...