Nursing Education Perspectives articles from May 2007

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from May 2007

Gathering wisdom in the global nursing village.(President's Message)
May 1, 2007... AS WE CROSS TIME ZONES, it is important to celebrate the achievements of nurse faculty from around the world, encouraging those gifted faculty members whose offices are right next door and recognizing the courage and creativity of those who...

Global advanced practice nursing: how practice developments and professional organizational initiatives might influence educational developments.(From the Editor)(Editorial)
May 1, 2007... NURSING HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE 1965 when the first nurse practitioner program was launched by Drs. Loretta Ford and Harry Silvers at the University of Colorado. Thanks to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and its ICN Nurse...

Lin.(Faculty Matters)(Lin Zhan)
May 1, 2007... LIN ZHAN, PhD, RN, FAAN, a member of the NLN Board of Governors, received her basic nursing education in China and her advanced degrees from Boston University and Boston College School of Nursing. She is a full professor and director of the...

And a-traveling I will go ...(Quick Reads)(Personal account)
May 1, 2007... TRAVEL NURSING. All the students talk about it, and many graduates are eager to complete their first year of practice so that they can join the travel craze. But a half-century old faculty member who has not practiced without students in more...

Standard terminology accepted by DHHS.(Education News)(Department of Health and Human Services)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... At a meeting in October of the American Health Information Community, a federal advisory group on health information technology, the US Department of Health and Human Services accepted the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) nursing terminology...

Scottish/Egyptian collaboration.(Education News)(Queen Margaret University and University of Egypt)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland, will create a new nursing faculty with the University of Egypt. The Maghraby International College of Nursing in Cairo is due to open in September with 50 students. It is expected that the...

Johns Hopkins and China.(Education News)(Johns Hopkins University and Peking Union Medical College )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The first doctoral program in nursing in China was launched in 2004 through the collaboration of the nursing schools at Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Students in the first of three cohorts...

Calgary and Qatar.(Education News)(University of Calgary School of Nursing )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A satellite campus of the University of Calgary School of Nursing will open this summer in Qatar in the Persian Gulf. The program is designed to educate 100 students annually and offer both master's and doctorate programs within 10 years. It...

Global standards for education.(Education News)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... More than 30 international leaders in nursing and midwifery convened in December in Bangkok, Thailand, to initiate the development of global standards for basic nursing and midwifery education. This effort, which is being led by the World...

Integration of global health concepts in nursing curricula: a national study.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT The concept of global health is evolving with a growing recognition that international social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural issues affect health and health care around the world. Nurse faculty are challenged to find...

Using a capstone cultural diversity paper for program outcomes evaluation.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT The need to evaluate program outcomes is a task facing many nurse faculty. This three-part capstone paper is used to evaluate the baccalaureate program outcomes of critical thinking, written communication, and therapeutic...

Looking back ... moving forward: the educational preparation of nurses in Ireland.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT The history and evolution of nurse education in Ireland has been similar to that of other countries. Initially conducted under the apprenticeship model established by Nightingale, it continued under this model for more than a century...

Developing a culturally competent health care workforce in Japan: implications for education.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT In recent years, the population of foreign nationals and individuals from diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, and linguistic populations has consistently increased in Japan. An apparent failure by the health care workforce to deliver...

The influence of culture on clinical nurses transitioning into the faculty role.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe how cultural differences and similarities affect the transition of nurses into the faculty role from professional clinical practice. Components of culture (e.g., values and beliefs)...

Promoting smoking cessation among nursing students: how faculty can help.
May 1, 2007... ABSTRACT Cigarette smoking is a major health issue in the United States. Research has shown that more than a quarter of young adults aged 1824 are smokers, and there has been a recent rise in the prevalence of cigarette smoking among college...

The University of Pennsylvania.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The University of Pennsylvania has named four members of the faculty to endowed chairs in the School of Nursing. Deborah Watkins Brunet, PhD, RN, was named to the Independence Chair in Nursing Education; Lois K. Evans, DNSc, RN, FAAN, to the...

University of Delaware School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(appointed Christine Cannon)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Christine Cannon, PhD, RN, associate professor at the University of Delaware School of Nursing, has been appointed to the Governor's Consortium on Hispanic Affairs. She is chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association...

Galen College of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(appointed Ruth D. Corcoran)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Ruth D. Corcoran, EdD, RN, who recently retired as CEO of the NLN, has joined the board of directors for Galen College of Nursing. Galen College, one of the nation's largest institutions focused solely on nursing education, has campuses in...

Sigma Theta Tau International.(Faculty NOTES)(Susan Gennaro honored)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Susan Gennaro, DNS, RN, FAAN, FACCE, Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research at New York University's College of Nursing, has been named editor of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, the official journal of Sigma Theta Tau...

Cochise College.(Faculty NOTES)(appointed Jennifer Lakosil)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Jennifer Lakosil, MSN, RN, PNP, is the new director of nursing/allied health at Cochise College, Douglas, AZ.

Lewis-Clark State College.(Faculty NOTES)(appointed Geni Mertsching)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Geni Mertsching, MSN, RN, CNE, has accepted a nine-month appointment as an associate professor, adult health nursing, in the baccalaureate program at Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho. She was director and assistant professor of the...

West Virginia University School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(appointed Georgia L. Narsavage)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Georgia L. Narsavage, PhD, APRN, FAAN, will be the next clean of the West Virginia University School of Nursing, Morgantown. She has served as associate clean for academic affairs and professor in the School of Nursing at the Medical College of...

University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences.(Faculty NOTES)(Betty A. Rambur honored)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Betty A. Rambur, PhD, RN, professor of nursing and clean of the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2007-08 by the American Council on Education. She is one of 39 fellows...

Utah Association of Nurse Anesthetists.(Faculty NOTES)(James Stimpson joins Westminster College)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... James Stimpson, CRNA, MAE, president-elect of the Utah Association of Nurse Anesthetists, will serve as director of the Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia Program at Westminster College, Utah, which recently received accreditation from the...

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(honors May L. Wykle)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... On June 22, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University will host a major event to mark the establishment of the May L. Wykle Professorship. This professorship, the first endowed chair in the university's...

In memoriam.(Faculty NOTES)(Debra L. Spunt)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... DEBRA L. SPUNT, assistant professor and director of the Clinical Simulation Laboratories at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, died on March 9. She was awarded the doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Maryland...

Nursing education 2.0: second life.(Emerging Technologies Center)
May 1, 2007... DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT HAVING A SECOND LIFE? Have you ever wished that you took an alternative path in your life's journey? Well, there is good news. You can have a second life. You can create a virtual life in a virtual new world. * This...

Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice.(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice by Susan Kun Leddy, PhD, RN; Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2006; 495 pages, $54.95 (soft cover) Concepts of health assessment, health promotion, and healing are...

Nursing Excellence for Children and Families.(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Nursing Excellence for Children and Families by Martha Crafi-Rosenberg, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Marilyn J. Krajicek, EdD, RN FAAN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2006, 352 pages, $54.95 (soft cover) Nurses have long recognized the importance of...

Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2007... JUNE 8-9 "Global Health and Development Summit: You Can Make a World of Difference" sponsored by Physicians for Peace, in Virginia Beach, VA; call 757/351-3718 or visit www. physiciansforpeace.org. 11-13 The fifth annual What's RIGHT...

Charting Nursing's Future.(NEW RESOURCES)
May 1, 2007... The April 2007 issue of Charting Nursing's Future, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, addresses the nursing faculty shortage with a focus on public and private partnerships. Data from the NLN/Carnegie Foundation Survey of Nurse...

Palliative care.(NEW RESOURCES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... New educational materials are available from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. The BASICS CD-ROM (Background, Assessment, Symptom/Situation, Interpretation, Communication and Successful Outcome) uses case studies to provide a...

Mosby Index.(NEW RESOURCES)(Elsevier)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Elsevier has announced the release of Mosby's Nursing Index, a new nursing and allied health journal abstracts and indexing database. The index is available as a subscription-based or stand-alone service. For information, see www....

Teaching IOM.(NEW RESOURCES)(Intra-Operative Monitoring )(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Nursesbooks.org, the publishing program of the ANA, has published a new book and CD-ROM, Teaching IOM: Implications of the Institute of Medicine Reports for Nursing Education. These are designed as teaching tools for discussing contemporary...

Nurse political network: www.icn.ch/npnnet.htm.(ON THE WEB)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... With more nurses entering government, the International Council of Nurses has established this network to serve a forum for communication among elected and appointed nurse politicians. It is intended to facilitate the exchange of information...

STTI my info: www.stti.org.(ON THE WEB)(Sigma Theta Tau)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Dozens of features have been added to Sigma Theta Tau's My Info Search, including a new interface, easier access to Medline articles and citations, and enhanced access to STTI published journals. Password-based security has been introduced with...

Introducing the NLN / Carnegie National Survey of Nurse Educators: compensation, workload, and teaching practice.(Headlines from the NLN)(Survey)
May 1, 2007... IN THE FALL OF 2006, DR. PATRICIA BENNER, principal investigator for the Carnegie Foundation Preparation for the Professions Program, approached the NLN research division and proposed a partnership. Investigators for the Carnegie program had...

Advancing the science of nursing education: more findings from the national survey on excellence in nursing education.(Headlines from NLN)(Survey)
May 1, 2007... RECENT ISSUES of NURSING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES have reported results of a national survey conducted by the NLN's Nursing Education Advisory Council (1-3). The purpose of the survey was to establish a baseline regarding the extent to which...

The contributions of a nursing student: priceless.(End NOTE)
May 1, 2007... ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, I visited a hospital located in the rural mountains of Pennsylvania to prepare clinical assignments for my first-semester junior clinical nursing students. The busy medical-surgical floor was as I expected. Nurses scurried...