Nursing Education Perspectives articles from May 2003

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from May 2003

Imbedding care in armed conflict: let us express gratitude for military nurses: given recent events and the military action in Iraq, it seems timely and appropriate to pay special attention to the fine work of the nurses in the military. (President's Message).
May 1, 2003... EACH MAY, DURING NURSES WEEK, we formally, on a national level, celebrate our work and our profession. Given recent events and the military action in Iraq, it seems timely and appropriate to pay special attention to the fine work of the nurses...

Nurses as healers: while we formally celebrate nurses' contributions during the first week of May, officially designated as Nurses Week, let us carry the images of nurses as healers with us throughout the year and throughout our work. (From the Editor).
May 1, 2003... THE 2003 NURSES WEEK THEME HAS BEEN, "Nurses Lifting Spirits, Touching Lives." Nurses touch lives as healers. The word heal derives its meaning from the Anglo-Saxon word haelan, meaning to be or become whole. The nursing role is focused on...

Golden anniversary for Tuskegee. (Education News).
May 1, 2003... Spring 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the first class to graduate in Alabama with the bachelor of science degree in nursing. Tuskegee University was the first baccalaureate nursing program established in Alabama and the first such program...

ROTC in Washington State. (Education News).
May 1, 2003... In the fall semester 2002, seven nurse cadets, each holding full ROTC scholarships, joined the incoming junior class at the Washington State University College of Nursing in Spokane as part of the Partnership in Nursing Education Program. Over...

Nurses nurturing nurses. (Education News).
May 1, 2003... As many as half of all new graduates leave their first nursing job within a year. For this reason, the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses has launched a new program designed to retain new nurses by nurturing them personally and professionally....

Syracuse University. (Education News).
May 1, 2003... The Board of Trustees of Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, voted in December to close the university's nursing school by the end of the 2005-2006 academic year. The decision to close the school stems from financial troubles and years of...

Calendar.
May 1, 2003... JUNE 7-12 The Third Annual Faculty Development Institute:A National Institute for Nurse Educators, co-sponsored by the National League for Nursing and Villanova University College of Nursing, in Villanova. PA; call G. Fraser, 800/669-1656,...

Faculty matters.
May 1, 2003... CAROL DIANE EPSTEIN, PHD, CS, CCRN, is relocating to New England where she will join the nursing faculty at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut. She is now completing her final semester as assistant professor at the Frances Payne...

Trying something new: implementing and evaluating narrative pedagogy: using a multimethod approach. (Nursing Education Research).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT To meet the challenges of rapidly changing health care systems, teacher-scholars are rethinking conventional approaches to education and developing new pedagogies that offer new ways of thinking about and using current approaches. The...

Intuition: a critical way of knowing in a multicultural nursing curriculum. (Featured Articles).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT For nurse educators to provide a multiculturally sensitive curriculum for a diverse student population, there needs to be recognition and inclusion of a wide variety of ways of knowing, cultural beliefs, and values. Nurse educators,...

A nursing education model for second-degree students. (Featured Articles).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article describes and discusses a successful model for an undergraduate nursing major for degreed students that may be begun with as little as one prerequisite course and can be completed in just over 13 months. In designing the...

Professionalism of Associate Degree Nurses: the role of self-actualization. (Featured Articles).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Historically, nursing has affirmed the inductive approach to professionalism gained through education at the baccalaureate level. Research has challenged the inductive approach by identifying professionalism among associate...

Community health nursing education: where we are going and how to get there. (Featured Articles).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article discusses practical aspects of providing community health nursing (CHN) education in community-based care in partnership with a community. Changing from traditional CHN clinicals to more current models involves a shift in...

Resource center.
May 1, 2003... NEW RESOURCES Job Shadowing and Computer Skills The Oncology Nursing Society has developed two kits that address the nursing shortage and nurses' use of computers. Although the content focuses on oncology, the information in both kits...

Health Care Informatics: an Interdisciplinary Approach.
May 1, 2003... by Sheila P. Englebardt, PhD, RN, CNR, and Ramona Nelson, PhD, RN, BC; St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 2002; 576 pages, $56.95 This book was written as a textbook and reference for health care informatics specialists. It helps the reader understand...

Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence.
May 1, 2003... by Diane Kaschak Newman, MSN, RNC, CRNP, FAAN; Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, 2002; 282 pages, $27.95 Diane Kaschak Newman, an adult nurse practitioner, has authored an excellent and comprehensive source of information regarding...

Developing A&E testing goals: responding to feedback from academia and practice. (Headlines from the NLN).
May 1, 2003... In keeping with a 60-year tradition, the Assessment and Evaluation Unit of the NLN (A&E) continues to look for new ways to develop quality tests for nurse educators in the practice and academic communities. Intrinsic to that process is the...

The uniform. (End Note).
May 1, 2003... In 1956, entering the Bellevue School of Nursing could be compared to joining the military. The outward sign of membership in each organization was the uniform, and those aspects of the uniform not readily noticed by the layperson signified...