Nursing Education Perspectives articles from May 2005

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from May 2005

Working collaboratively to provide leadership for Global Nursing Education.(President's Message)(Transcript)
May 1, 2005... While the terms global and international have been used interchangeably, global is a more encompassing term, reflective of today's environment. The shift in the mindset from international to global reflects the recognition that the health of...

Beyond our usual boundaries.(From the Editor)
May 1, 2005... IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN. Every four years the International Council of Nurses meets for an impressive global congress, a time to share expertise with nurses from around the world. This May, the 23rd ICN Congress, "Nursing on the Move: Knowledge,...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... TO THE EDITOR: As a graduate student beginning her advanced practice preparation in informatics, I was glad to read Diane Skiba's column "Informatics Competencies" (Nov/Dec 2004, p. 312). I agree that there is an urgent need to address...

What is new at your school of nursing?(Education News)
May 1, 2005... Please contact Leslie Block, Managing Editor, Nursing Education Perspectives, National League for Nursing, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006; fax 212/312-0393; email lblock@nln.org.

Graduate education to ease the global nursing shortage.(Education News)
May 1, 2005... Global Scholarship Alliance, which partners with United States universities and health care organizations in efforts to improve nursing globally, has announced that 28 nurse-scholars from the Philippines will pursue master's of science in...

Hope for Haiti.(Education News)
May 1, 2005... Members of the Michigan Nursing Students Association have started a statewide project to raise money and obtain supplies for the Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti, a new nursing program that opened its doors in...

MSN in clinical education.(Education News)
May 1, 2005... Holy Names University in Oakland, California, is offering a new master's program that focuses on the preparation of clinical faculty. The program was launched this spring. HNU is collaborating with seven San Francisco Bay area hospitals to...

Catherine.(Faculty Matters)
May 1, 2005... CATHERINE R. COVERSTON, PHD, RNC, an associate professor in the College of Nursing at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, speaks of herself as an American who has both lived and worked abroad. A member of the Joint NLN/NLNAC Task Force on...

Global community health education: perspectivas Cubanas.(Quick Reads)
May 1, 2005... CUBA IS A COUNTRY OF CONTRADICTIONS. The beautiful tropical scenery contrasts with abject poverty and a decaying infrastructure. The Cuban people, vibrant and gregarious, are confined by a restrictive socialist regime and their despondent...

A global frame of reference: learning from everyone, everywhere.(Quick Reads)
May 1, 2005... THE TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE comes from a journal entry made by a San Francisco State University (SFSU) nursing student after she had participated in an international nursing course and reflects the broadening of perspective that is possible...

Global and planetary health: teaching as if the future matters.
May 1, 2005... ABSTRACT If nursing, along with other health professions, is to be able to critique national and international health policy and be equipped to address the global and planetary dimensions of health, the conceptual horizons of our educational...

Introducing undergraduate students to global health: challenges through Web-based learning.
May 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Since many students cannot afford the expense of international travel, creative and active learning methods are needed to help students experience the increased awareness that results from exposure to global health concepts. The global...

A cyberspace project to connect undergraduate nursing students in Canada and the United States.(Building And Critiquing Qualitative Research Websites)
May 1, 2005... ABSTRACT This project had a dual purpose: 1) to facilitate student learning about qualitative research methods, and 2) to promote collegiality and professional development among senior nursing students in Canada and the United States through...

The implementation of narrative pedagogy into nursing education in Japan.
May 1, 2005... ABSTRACT The conventional approach to nursing education has been dominant in the teaching and learning environment in Japan. Some teachers are now seeking alternative approaches that can offer new ways of practice for reforming nursing...

Preparing for the 21st Century graduate nursing education in Vietnam.
May 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Friendship Bridge Nurses and Vietnamese nurses developed a partnership based on the concepts of collaboration, sustainability, critical mass, and shared vision. This article explores of development and issues of implementation of a...

Lessons learned challenges for the future.(LOOKING FORWARD / LOOKING BACK: NURSING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES CELEBRATED 25 YEARS IN 2005)(Reprint)
May 1, 2005... THIS IS THE SECOND 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. GLORIA R. SMITH, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN N&HC:...

Many Voices: Toward Caring Culture in Healthcare and Healing.
May 1, 2005... Many Voices: Toward Caring Culture in Healthcare and Healing edited by Kathryn H. Kavanagh, PhD, MA, BSN, and Virginia Knowlden, EdD, MEd, RN; Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004; 308 pages, $60, paper, $24.95 Culture,...

Vulnerable Populations in the Long Term Care Continuum (Vol. 5).
May 1, 2005... Vulnerable Populations in the Long Term Care Continuum (Vol. 5) edited by Paul R. Katz, MD, Mathy D. Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, and Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH, FCLM; New York: Springer Publishing, 2003; 158 pages, $39.50 One of a series of...

Cooked: An Inner City Nursing Memoir.
May 1, 2005... Cooked: An Inner City Nursing Memoir by Carol Karels, RN; Indianapolis, IN: Full Court Press, 2002; 220 pages, $13.99 Those of us who attended diploma schools of nursing in the late 1960s and early 1970s can relate to the story told by...

A Daybook for Nurses: Making a Difference Each Day.
May 1, 2005... A Daybook for Nurses: Making a Difference Each Day edited by Sharon Hudacek, EdD, RN, CS; Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2004; 166 pages, paperback, $15.95 When I first saw A Daybook for...

Open source: will you follow the Cathedral or the Bazaar model?(Emerging Technologies Center)
May 1, 2005... IN AN ESSAY WRITTEN IN 1999, Eric Raymond mused about the future of Linux and open source. His title was The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1), and these were used as metaphors for two different software programming models. Raymond wrote that the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... JULY 7-9 The 2005 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, sponsored by the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, in San Antonio, TX, with preconference on July 6 sponsored by the NLN, "Teaching EBP and EB Teaching"; call A....

Creating a Global Community in Nursing Education.(Headlines from the NLN)
May 1, 2005... This February, the Joint NLN/NLNAC Task Force on Creating a Global Nursing Education Community met for the first time in New York City. Half of the members were appointed by the NLNAC Board of Commissioners and half by the NLN Board of...

Position statement: transforming nursing education.
May 1, 2005... Board of Governors MAY 2005 Tomorrow's nursing education must be research based, and it is best taught by individuals who are prepared for the faculty role and who demonstrate competence in the multiple components of that role. Nursing...

Reference materials for nurses in the field.(End NOTE)
May 1, 2005... NURSES deliver more titan 80 percent of the health care in developing countries but of-ten lack access to current reference materials. Even nurse educators may be working from out-of-date textbooks that recommend practices that have been found...