Nursing Education Perspectives articles from November 2002

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from November 2002

Paradox, incongruity, and a new vision for our profession: remarks from the opening session of the NLN Education Summit 2002: within nursing, our paradoxical behavior has all too often hurt us and hampered our ability to serve the public at the optimal level. We are too often forced to accept something far less than what we intended. (President's Message).
November 1, 2002... THE NLN EDUCATION SUMMIT 2001 gave witness to the resilient and enduring spirit that operates within the nursing community. Beginning just one week after the horrific events of September 11, our Summit in Baltimore drew more than 90 percent of...

Who should teach advanced practice nursing? The role of an APN has its unique components, whether the person will function as a clinical nurse specialist, a nurse midwife, a nurse anesthetist, or a nurse practitioner. All APN students must understand the historical development of the role and the current challenges that exist nationally and within the state in which they are studying. (From the Editor).
November 1, 2002... No DOUBT WE HAVE MANY DILEMMAS IN NURSING EDUCATION. One of these is the nature of faculty preparation for teachers in advanced practice nursing programs. * A major dilemma results from the shortage of qualified APNs serving as full-time...

Kathleen. (Faculty Matters).
November 1, 2002... KATHLEEN T. HEINRICH, PHD, RN, is spending her sabbatical writing a book about revisioning master's and doctoral education to purposefully prepare mid-life nurses as passionate scholars and educators. A faculty member at the University of...

End-of-life care. (Education News).
November 1, 2002... Plans by the Visiting Nurse Association of Wisconsin to establish a hospice care center serving children and adults will include a state-of-the-art education site for end-of-life care, designed in collaboration with the Marquette University...

Geriatric care online. (Education News).
November 1, 2002... An interactive Internet review course to prepare nurse educators and practicing nurses for certification as gerontological nurses has been developed by the John A. Hartford Foundation for Geriatric Nursing in the Division of Nursing at New York...

Transition to the work world. (Education News).
November 1, 2002... Unrealistic expectations often result in nurses leaving the profession, thus contributing to the ongoing nursing shortage. A new approach to help provide students with a realistic picture of their future jobs has been developed at the Indiana...

Announcements.
November 1, 2002... Helen M. Castillo, PhD, RNC:, FAAN, is the new dean for the College of Health and Human Development at California Sate University, Northridge. Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, CNM, dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, has...

A brief history of the interagency council on information resources for nursing. (Quick Reads).
November 1, 2002... "Essential Nursing References" is just one of the services ICIRN provides to the nursing community. This list of references, published biennially in Nursing Education Perspectives, is comprehensive and up-to-date, with reliable resources that...

Students take the professor home.
November 1, 2002... ABSTRACT The nursing process is used to provide a rationale for substituting formal lectures on maternal-child nursing theory with audiotapes included in instructional packages provided to students prior to scheduled classroom time. Five...

Reflections on caring narratives: enhancing patterns of knowing.
November 1, 2002... ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to provide graduate students with the opportunity to enrich their esthetic knowing and acquire the meaning of caring in their practice by reflecting on their caring narratives. Content analysis examining...

RN-MSN admission practices and curricula in the mid-Atlantic region.
November 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Nurse educators are increasingly sensitive to the differences in learning needs of adult students in comparison to the traditional generic student and to the demand for advanced practice nurses. For these reasons, the number and type...

The legalities and practicalities of developing a course-specific electronic reserve room.
November 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This article discusses important issues related to maintaining the currency of readings in a nursing course. The development of a course-specific electronic reserve room is offered as a methodology for achieving both timeliness and...

Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science.
November 1, 2002... by Jean Watson, PhD, RN, HNC, FAAN; Springer Publishing, 2002; 249 pages, $48.95 Jean Watson, whose theory of human caring has been evolving over the years, presents a compendium of instruments to measure the elusive concept of caring. She...

End of Life Nursing Care.
November 1, 2002... edited by Belinda Poor, MSN, RN, OCN, and Gail P. Poirrier, DNS, RN; Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2001; 489 pages, $$4.95 This outstanding introduction to the many aspects of end-of-life care stresses the positive impact nurses can have...

New resources. (Resource Center).
November 1, 2002... Medicare Cards Playing cards offered by the Medicare Rights Center contain easy-to-read information on Medicare options, benefits, rights, and preventative services. To purchase two decks for $10, or bulk orders at reduced rates, call...

On the web. (Resource Center).
November 1, 2002... www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic19/tpc19toc.htm Issues in Nursing Offered without charge by Kent State University College of Nursing, this online journal has devoted an entire issue to "One Year Later: The Impact and Aftermath of...

Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing. (Essential Nursing References).
November 1, 2002... The list was compiled by the following representatives of member agencies of ICIRN: Margaret (Peg) Allen, Richard Barry, Karen DuBois, Yelena Friedman, Warren G. Hawkes, Wanda C. Hiestand, Carole Julien, Dorothy L. Moore, Juliette Ratner, and...

Calendar.
November 1, 2002... DECEMBER 6-7 The 4th Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference, "Translating Research Evidence into Best Practice," sponsored by the University of Rochester School of Nursing, in Rochester, NY; call G. Lewis, 585/275-7376, or visit...

NLN profiled in association journal. (NLN CEO).
November 1, 2002... The NLN has been profiled as an organization with the "will to govern well" in a featured article in the October 2002 issue of Association Management, the official journal of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The article,...

First round of scholarships presented. (NLN Foundation for Nursing Education).
November 1, 2002... The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education has awarded scholarships up to $5,000 each to 12 nurses who are pursuing academic careers for a nurse educator role in an academic setting. Foundation chair Dr. Nancy Langston, former president of the...

Nursing education research grants. (Research and Professional Development).
November 1, 2002... The NLN has awarded $36,000 to support six research projects related to the NLN Priorities for Research in Nursing Education. The small grants program has doubled in size each year since it was reinstated in 2000 and has some important new...

Use of the Human Simulator Research Grants. (Research and Professional Development).
November 1, 2002... Jane Olson, Director of Sales for Medical Educational Technologies, Inc. (METI), presented four teams with NLN/METI Use of the Human Patient Simulator Grants at the NLN Education Summit 2002. The purpose of this grant program is to document...

Americans for nursing shortage relief. (Public Affairs).
November 1, 2002... This group of 46 nursing organizations and eight "friends of nursing" has been working diligently to move nursing shortage bills through the 107th Congress. The NLN, a founding and leading member of the ANSR Alliance, is represented in...

New to the board. (The Board of Governors).
November 1, 2002... Four individuals were sworn in as members of the NLN Board of Governors at the Annual Business Meeting on September 21. They are: * Dr. Marie Hayden-Miles, Acting Dean, School of Health Sciences, and chairperson of the Department of...

Funding for nurse education research approved by the NLN board of governors May 18, 2002. (Position Statement).
November 1, 2002... Position The National League for Nursing believes that there is an urgent need to provide significant funds to support research that will build the science of nursing education. Such a science should address questions related to student...

End note.
November 1, 2002... In San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago, Miami, and Detroit, coalitions of hospitals, health systems, and nursing organizations have joined with Johnson & Johnson to raise significant funds to establish new scholarships and grant programs...