Nursing Education Perspectives articles from May 2008

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from May 2008

All we hope and dare to achieve.(President's Message)
May 1, 2008... CEDRIC JENNINGS, an honors student and the protagonist in Ron Suskind's powerful story, A Hope in the Unseen (Random House, 1998), ascends out of poverty and deprivation in an inner-city high school to attend Brown University. Along the way to...

Moving beyond rhetoric toward respect for human dignity and differences.(Editorial)
May 1, 2008... TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, the National League for Nursing called for inclusion of diversity content in all nursing education programs. Now, in 2008, we are renewing our efforts to focus on diversity through a variety of NLN initiatives, from this...

Future faculty at Roxbury Community College.(Education News)
May 1, 2008... How are graduates of associate degree programs encouraged to continue their formal nursing education and prepare for future leadership roles, such as that of nurse educator? Understanding that untapped potential may exist among those who do not...

Mississippi faculty shortage initiative.(Education News)
May 1, 2008... Facing a shortage of nurse faculty the Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce (ONW) established the Mississippi Critical Nursing Faculty Shortage Initiative to develop a comprehensive approach to recruit and retain nurse faculty who reflect...

Emelia.(Faculty Matters)
May 1, 2008... For a course she is currently teaching in advanced health assessment in the nurse practitioner program, she has students from India, Nigeria, Jamaica, and different regions of the United States. Students' ages range from their early 20s to...

University of Wyoming.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Mary E. Burman, PhD, RN, is now dean of the Fay W. Whithey School of Nursing in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming. She is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Program fellow.

Sharon B. Cannon, EdD, RN, ANEF.(Faculty NOTES)(2008 Heritage of Odessa Foundation's Community Statesman Award)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Sharon B. Cannon, EdD, RN, ANEF, regional dean of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences School of Nursing at Permian Basin, was awarded a 2008 Community Statesman Award from the Heritage of Odessa Foundation in the category of education....

Ameritech College.(Faculty NOTES)
May 1, 2008... Katherine Dimmock, EdD, RN, JD, is now director of nursing education at Ameritech College, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Galen College of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Joan L. Frey, EdD, RN, CNAA, a member of the NLN Board of Governors, has been named dean of nursing for the Louisville campus of the Galen College of Nursing. Tracy Ortelli, MS, RN, CNE, former manager, Nurse Educator Certification for the NLN,...

South Florida Community College.(Faculty NOTES)
May 1, 2008... Michele D. Heston, MSN, RN, has been named director of the nursing department at South Florida Community College, Avon Park.

University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Courtney H. Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN, has been named dean of the University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing effective August 1. Dr. Lyder has been on the faculty of the University of Virginia, where he was a chaired professor of nursing...

Nursing Economic$.(Faculty NOTES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Donna M. Nickitas, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, associate professor and graduate specialty coordinator, Dual Degree MS/MPA program, Hunter College, City University of New York. has been selected as the new editor of Nursing Economic$. Dr. Nickitas is a...

Diane Snow, PhD, APRN-BC, CARN, PMHNP.(Faculty NOTES)(2008 Duke University School of Nursing Distinguished Alumnus Award)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Diane Snow, PhD,APRN-BC, CARN, PMHNP, clinical professor and director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, received the 2008 Duke University School of Nursing...

Mary S. Tilbury, EdD, RN, CNAA.(Faculty NOTES)(Walden University)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Mary S. Tilbury, EdD, RN, CNAA, a member of the Nursing Education Perspectives Editorial Board, has joined the faculty of Walden University as education specialty coordinator for nursing.

In memoriam.(Isabel Harris)(Obituary)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... M. Isabel Harris, dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota from 1969 to 1975, died on March 2 at age 93. Dr. Harris's early career focused on psychiatric care. She served in the Johns Hopkins medical unit in Australia during...

Leaving your comfort zone: immersion in English for the foreign born.(Quick Reads)(Essay)
May 1, 2008... WHEN THE "POWERS THAT BE" mandated desegregation, my parents immediately checked the "yes" box, sending me to school in a culture that was not my own and where I (DMJ) was not invited. Perhaps that is why I try to lessen the pain for the many...

Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2008... JUNE 8-12 The 2008 NLN Immersion in Evidence-based Nursing Education, at the Indiana University Conference Center, IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis; www.nln.org/facultydevelopment/ workshopsandconf.htm. 11-12 The Sixth National Conference of...

Voices of Hispanic students in baccalaureate nursing programs: are we listening?(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Hispanics have been described as the "missing persons" in the health professions at a time when a lack of cultural diversity in the workforce has been linked to health disparities. The shortage of Hispanic nurses cannot be addressed...

Warming the nursing education climate for traditional-age learners who are male.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(Report)
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT For nurse educators to facilitate student learning and the achievement of desired cognitive, affective, and psychomotor outcomes, they need to be competent in recognizing the influence of gender, experience, and other factors on...

When nursing meets English: using a pathography to develop nursing students' culturally competent selves.(Report)
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This article describes a collaboration between nursing and English faculty to pilot and study the use of a pathography to develop nursing students' cultural competence. The setting is a nursing program in an urban community college...

Preparing teacher-scholars to reduce health disparities.
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Health disparities are a major public health problem in the United States. Doctorally prepared nurse scholars, who understand factors contributing to these disparities, possess research competence to study these factors, and pose...

Promoting cultural awareness and knowledge among faculty and doctoral students.
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT This article describes the activities conducted by the Race and Gender Committee of one school of nursing in North Carolina to promote cultural awareness and knowledge among faculty and doctoral students. Wells's Institutional Cultural...

The effects of linguistic modification on ESL students' comprehension of nursing course test items.(NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH)(English as a second language)(Report)
May 1, 2008... ABSTRACT Recent research has indicated that language may be a source of construct-irrelevant variance for nonnative speakers of English, or English as a second language (ESL) students, when they take exams. As a result, exams may not accurately...

About accreditation.
May 1, 2008... QUESTION I am chair of a nursing program that has not been previously accredited. Recently, a number of employers in our area stated that they are revising their hiring policies and will only hire new graduates from accredited programs. The...

Nursing education 2.0: games as pedagogical platforms.(Emerging Technologies Center)
May 1, 2008... The 2008 HORIZON REPORT lists "games as pedagogical platforms" as one of seven metatrends related to emerging technologies in higher education (1). Many in higher education agree with Oblinger that " exploring games and education is inherently...

Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research.(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research by Margarete Sandelowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Julie Barroso, PhD, ANP, CS; New York: Springer Publishing; 275 pages, $50 (soft cover) With this handbook, which is based on...

An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family.(Book review)
May 1, 2008... An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family edited by Nell Casey; New York: HarperCollins, 2007; 282 pages, $24.95 (soft cover) Anyone who is or has been a caregiver (professionally or personally), could become...

Go, and Do Thou Likewise.(NEW RESOURCES)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... The Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association has published Go, and Do Thou Likewise, by Dr. Shirley H. Fondiller. This history of the school, from 1877 to 1979, is a scholarly exploration that parallels the...

Web-based Genetics Institute.(NEW RESOURCES)(continuing education for nurses course of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Hosted by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Blackboard course management system, the WBGI spans 18 weeks and provides continuing education for nurses. Particpants should plan to spend a minimum of 10 hours per week to complete...

Safe Staffing Saves Lives: www.safestaffingsaveslives.org.(ON THE WEB)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Safe Staffing Saves Lives The ANA has launched this national campaign to fight for safe staffing legislation and educate nurses on the issue. This website includes research findings, legislative updates, and a Safe Staffing Action Center for...

National Library of Medicine: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/womenshealthoverview.html.(ON THE WEB)(Website overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... National Library of Medicine The NLM, through its Division of Specialized information Services, has partnered with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health to create this consumer website. The content is developed based on 2008 National...

World Health Care Congress: www.reformplans.com.(ON THE WEB)
May 1, 2008... World Health Care Congress ReformPlans.com features news, opinion, and analysis aimed at expanding and deepening the dialogue about health care reform. The site examines how reform experiments are unfolding in various states and how other...

Executive summary from the Nursing Data Review, Academic Year 2005-2006, Baccalaureate, Associate Degree, and Diploma Programs.(Headlines from the NLN)
May 1, 2008... As Applications Fall Off "Applicant Discouragement" Is Suspected Cause Applications to all types of prelicensure RN programs dropped by 8.7 percent between 2005 and 2006. In 2005, total applications peaked at more than 347,000 in contrast with...

Expanding diversity in the nurse educator workforce.
May 1, 2008... In January 2008, the NLN convened a think tank to help conceptualize strategies for expanding diversity in the nurse educator workforce. Co-facilitating the think tank were St. Rosemary Donley, PhD, RN, ordinary professor and director of...

Toward a culturally inclusive environment in nursing education.(End NOTE)(Excerpt)
May 1, 2008... AN OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN I'LL CALL "ADA" was in her first semester of our upper-division nursing program. She was a busy mother of several school-aged children as well as a fulltime student who took on a leadership role at the college....