Nursing Education Perspectives articles from November 2003

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from November 2003

Realizing new visions and new realities: greetings from the NLN Education Summit 2003.(President's Message)
November 1, 2003... IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE to have the opportunity to serve as the President of the NLN. The NLN has been a part of my professional career for many years. As faculty and department chair, I participated in annual meetings, self-studies,...

The bees and me: an unexpected reminder of why we need more and better prepared nurses.(From the Editor)
November 1, 2003... OK, THEY WEREN'T REALLY BEES, but yellow jackets. All my nurse and physician colleagues who have listened to this story in the past two weeks know all of the intricate details. I was a little late with my spring cleaning, but I had resolved to...

Information competency instruction at a Community College.(Education News)
November 1, 2003... Nursing education and practice have lung recognized that students. nurses, and educators require the ability to effectively seek. retrieve, and utilize information. The information age we live in, with its explosion of information and myriad of...

ADN nursing celebrates golden anniversary.(Education News)
November 1, 2003... Weber State University of Ogden, Utah, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as one of seven nursing programs selected by Dr. Mildred Montag in 1953 to offer a two-year, college-based associate degree program. Today. WSU offers students the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2003... NOVEMBER 5-6 The 8th National Nurse Educators Conference: Assessing Program Outcomes, cosponsored by the NLN and the Indiana School of Nursing Center for Teaching & Lifelong Learning, in Indianapolis; for more information, go to...

Karen.(Faculty Matters)
November 1, 2003... NOMINATED BY A FORMER STUDENT, Karen H. Morin, DSN, RN, was honored for Excellence in Teaching by the NLN at the Education Summit 2003 in San Antonio. Karen is now in her first semester on the faculty of Western Michigan University, Bronson...

Florida International University.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Dorothy Brooten, PhD, RN. FAAN, has been named associate director of the graduate program at Florida International University, Miami. Kathryn Anderson, PhD, RN, has joined the FIU faculty as associate professor of psychiatric-mental health...

University of Maryland School of Nursing.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... The University of Maryland School of Nursing has announced the appointment of two new associate deans. Barbara G. Covington, PhD, RN, is associate dean for information and learning technologies and an associate professor. Professor Barbara...

California State University.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Marie P. Farrell, EdD, MPH, RN, FAAN, has been appointed chair of the Department of Nursing at California State University at Bakersfield.

New York University.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Carol Hoskins, PhD, RN, a professor of nursing at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, has been selected to receive a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award. She will work with health officials and students in Cyprus.

Creighton Medical Center.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Eleanor V. Howell, PhD, RN, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at Creighton Medical Center, Omaha, NE.

University of Texas Medical Branch.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Janice Keller Kvale, PhD, RN, CNM, assistant professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, along with husband, Dr. James Kvale, a professor of geriatric medicine. She will teach...

Lewis University.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Peggy Rice, EdD, RN, has been appointed dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Lewis University, Romeoville, IL. A faculty member since 1991, she will continue to teach as an associate professor of nursing.

Jefferson College of Health Sciences.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Carol M. Seavor, EdD, RN, has been inaugurated president of the Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Roanoke, VA. She is former professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.(Announcements)
November 1, 2003... Gloria R. Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the recipient of the 2003 International Distinguished Leadership Award of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. Dr. Smith, former vice president for programs health at the W. K. Kellogg...

Developing Spirituality in the curriculum: worldviews, intrapersonal connectedness, interpersonal connectedness.
November 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Although many nursing education programs are searching for ways to incorporate spirituality into the curriculum, how this should be done remains a point of debate. A number of models and teaching strategies have been posed in the...

A pilot study to measure the caring efficacy of Baccalaureate nursing students.
November 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Caring in professional nursing, often described as the essence of nursing, has gained increasing attention over the past several decades. Many programs claim to be based on a caring philosophy and practice. Despite the expectation that...

Developing personal and community learning in graduate nursing education: through community engagement.
November 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Community engagement through service-learning was introduced into a graduate program in nursing education to develop student leadership skills, interest in learning, and social responsibility. With faculty expertise and guidance,...

Organizing and presenting: program outcome data.
November 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article focuses on the challenging process of collecting, organizing, and presenting outcome data for systematic program evaluation. Critical thinking is used as an example of outcome criteria. The article indicates how a...

Instructional tools for nursing education: concept maps.
November 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Students must deal with vast amounts of information in multiple formats, yet their ability to organize and link data in a logical way varies widely. Concept mapping offers nurse educators a useful tool to assist nursing students in...

Nursing Health Assessment: a Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach.
November 1, 2003... edited by Patricia M. Dillon, DNSc, MSN, RN; Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2003; 969 pages, $69.95 Patricia Dillon's book on nursing health assessment goes beyond the basics to include case studies and exercises in critical thinking. This very...

Nursing Now! Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Trends.
November 1, 2003... edited by Joseph T. Catalano. PhD, RN, CCRN; Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2003; 520 pages, $35.95 Joseph T. Catalano, one of nursing's most respected authors in the area of nursing leadership, has compiled his third edition of Nursing Now!...

Women's Health During and After Pregnancy: a Theory-Based Study of Adaptation to Change.
November 1, 2003... by Lorraine Tulman, DNSc, RN, FAAN, and Jacqueline Fawcett, PhD, RN, FAAN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2003; 208 pages, $42.95 A quotation repeated recently by a nursing student in response to questions about the joys and challenges of...

Request for proposals: 2004 Nursing Education Research Grants.(Resource Center)
November 1, 2003... The NLN Nursing Education Research Grants Program supports small projects and larger, multisite, multimethod projects. All projects must clearly relate to one or more of the NLN Priorities for Research in Nursing Education, and applicants must...

Identifying/treating battered women.(New Resources)
November 1, 2003... AWHONN, the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing, has released the second edition of "Universal Screening for Domestic Violence," a comprehensive presentation for educating health care providers. It contains a CD-ROM,...

Inspirational EOL stories.(New Resources)
November 1, 2003... Sixty inspirational stories that illustrate end-of-life issues have been compiled in a series of booklets by the Chest Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians. Proceeds from sales of Stories at the End of...

MS information.(New Resources)
November 1, 2003... Health care professionals may obtain timely and accurate information relating to multiple sclerosis by calling a toll-free number or forwarding an e-mail to the Professional Resource Center at the National MS Society. Questions concerning...

www.benefitscheckup.com: benefits for the elderly.(On The Web)
November 1, 2003... Hundreds of organizations are involved in efforts to publicize this site, which allows older Americans and their families to determine what programs and benefits they may qualify for and how to claim them. Users complete a brief questionnaire...

The NLN Education Summit 2003 & Annual Meeting: nursing education new visions-new realities.(Headlines from the NLN)
November 1, 2003... San Antonio, Texas / September 18-20, 2003 "YOU HOLD THE KEY TO THE REALIZATION OF BOLD PROPOSALS." With these words, Dr. Eileen Zungolo urged her audience of 900 nurse educators at the NLN Education Summit 2003 to challenge long-held...

An exemplar of a new generation of nurse.(End Note)
November 1, 2003... SARAH H. KAGAN, PHD, RN, will never know who nominated her as a MacArthur Fellow for 2003. Fellows are selected for the originality and creativity of their work and the potential to do more in the future. No one may apply for the awards. ...