Nursing Education Perspectives articles from November 2005

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from November 2005

We do our best work against the odds.(President's Message)
November 1, 2005... THANK YOU for electing me president of the National League for Nursing. It is the greatest honor of my professional life. I appreciate your confidence. I will work tirelessly on your behalf. Dr. Joyce Murray, my predecessor, has done a...

New and exciting in nursing education.(From the Editor)
November 1, 2005... MANY OF US VISITED BALTIMORE THIS SEPTEMBER to participate in the NLN Education Summit 2005. Not only was there record attendance, but the presentations of new and exciting initiatives implemented in nursing education throughout the country...

What is new at your school of nursing?(Education News)
November 1, 2005... Please contact Leslie Block Managing Editor NURSING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES email lblock@nln.org "Le Grand Derangement": Nursing Education in Louisiana After the Hurricanes Comments by president Dr. Toni Bargagliotti at the recent NLN...

Faculty matters.
November 1, 2005... SINCE 1975, DIANE J. SKIBA, PhD, FAAN, has taught exclusively in nursing programs at the University of Virginia, Boston University, the University of Massachusetts at Worcester, and, finally, at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center...

Emergency preparedness curriculum in nursing schools in the United States.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT With concern about bioterrorism and inadequacies in responding to mass casualty events, health care professionals have been placed in the category of first responders. The International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education...

Challenging traditional teaching and learning paradigms: online learning and emancipatory teaching.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT The thoughts and expectations of faculty leaving the traditional classroom for online teaching are explored. This article discusses teaching strategies and technological advances and how these are affected by changing philosophical...

Impact of technology on the content and nature of teaching and learning.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Excelsior College has a web-based graduate nursing program with a focus on clinical systems management and health care informatics that incorporates a variety of technology-based educational strategies: synchronous and asynchronous...

Fostering the scholarship of discovery and integration for advanced practice education.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Graduate faculty are challenged to foster the scholarship of discovery and integration in their students. Fostering this scholarship requires that faculty critically analyze their approach to teaching and learning with the ultimate...

Self-regulated learning during a clinical preceptorship: the reflections of senior baccalaureate nursing students.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT This research was conducted to test the efficacy of audiotapes as a method of recording reflections of senior baccalaureate nursing students in a clinical preceptorship. The overall aim of the research was to promote cognitive and...

Patient care simulations: role playing to enhance clinical understanding.
November 1, 2005... ABSTRACT Role-play techniques can serve as an effective substitute for, and supplement to, simulation technology when teaching clinical nursing skills. They provide risk-free opportunities to practice clinical skills and develop clinical...

Distance education: a strategy for leadership development.(LOOKING FORWARD/ LOOKING BACK)
November 1, 2005... ACROSS THE CONTINENTS, countries are embracing distance education as a means of upgrading large cadres of nursing care providers--from aide to auxiliary, general or technical to professional, baccalaureate to master's, and master's to...

Academic Nursing Practice: Helping to Shape the Future of Health Care.
November 1, 2005... Academic Nursing Practice: Helping to Shape the Future of Health Care edited by Lois K. Evans, DNSc, RN, FAAN, and Norman M. Lang, PhD. RN, FAAN, FRNC; New York: Springer Publishing, 2004:304 pages. $52.95 Highly respected in academia, Lois...

Clinical Judgment and Communication in Nurse Practitioner Practice.
November 1, 2005... Clinical Judgment and Communication in Nurse Practitioner Practice Susan K. Chase, EdD, APRN. BC, FNP: Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. 2004:386 pages, 832.95 It is a rare phenomenon for a hook on nurse practitioner practice to appeal to every...

First, Do No Harm: Power, Oppression, and Violence in Healthcare.
November 1, 2005... First, Do No Harm: Power, Oppression, and Violence in Healthcare edited by Nancy Diekelmann, PbD, RN, FAAN: Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. 2002:300 pages, 860.00, paperback $24.95 Penetrating and provocative, First, Do No Harm...

The Millennials: have they arrived at your school of nursing?(Emerging Technologies Center)
November 1, 2005... Today, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, I read about the Net generation at college (1). This article and its accompanying live online discussion--colloquy--highlights the ongoing dialogue in higher education about the newest college...

US Environmental Protection Agency's National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Working Group on Public Education.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Brenda Afzal, MS, RN, project manager for the University of Maryland School of Nursing Environmental Health Education Center, will serve on the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Working Group on...

School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Mary G. Boland, DrPH, RN, FAAN, former associate dean and professor of nursing at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

South Dakota State University.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Sandra Bunkers, PhD, RN, FAAN, who taught community health in the doctoral program at Marquette University in Milwaukee, is now head of graduate nursing and director of a new doctorate in nursing program at South Dakota State University,...

Karen Dow.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Karen Dow, PhD, RN, a professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Central Florida, has been recognized as the first Beat M. and Jill L Kahli Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing.

Vernice D. Ferguson.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Vernice D. Ferguson, MA, RN, FAAN, FRCN, Senior Fellow Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania and Fagin Family Chair in Cultural Diversity, will receive the 2005 CGFNS International Distinguished Leadership Award at a symposium hosted by...

Sally Ellis Fletcher.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... The University of Missouri-Kansas City has honored Sally Ellis Fletcher, MSN, APRN, BC, assistant professor of clinical nursing at the University of Rochester, with the 2005 School of Nursing Alumni Achievement Award.

University of Arkansas.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Sheila Garland, EdD, RN, has joined the School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as baccalaureate program chair. Most recently, she was test development manager for the NLN.

Yale University School of Nursing.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN, Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing and associate dean for scholarly affairs, is the new dean of the Yale University School of Nursing. She is a pediatric nurse and expert in diabetes research.

University of Alabama.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Doreen Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the Graduate School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts, Worcester, joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing as dean on November I.

University of Pittsburgh.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Louise Schwabenbauer, MEd, RN, has joined the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville nursing faculty as part of a new nursing program launched this fall. She is a question writer for the National Council Licensure Examination and a program...

Terry Valiga.(Faculty Notes)
November 1, 2005... Terry Valiga, EdD, RN, FAAN, chief program officer for the NLN, was awarded the College of New Jersey School of Nursing 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award in Nursing Education. When Dr. Valiga was a student, TCNJ was known as Trenton State...

In memoriam.(Faculty Notes)(Obituary)
November 1, 2005... Florence S. Downs, who died on September 8 at the age of 80, was the first academic editor of Nursing Research, a post she held for 17 years. Dr. Downs began her teaching career as an instructor of psychiatric nursing at the Division of Nursing...

Cherry Ames is back.(NEW RESOURCES)
November 1, 2005... Springer Publishing Company has re-released tour volumes from the original Cherry Ames nursing series: Cherry Ames Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse, and Chief Nurse. The books have the look and feel of the originals and are available...

Louis, Louis.(NEW RESOURCES)
November 1, 2005... Award-winning filmmaker Cynthia Sahzman has released Louis, Louis: A Portrait in Parkinson's about her father's determination to retain his independence and the challenges faced by her family as they watched him cope with this disease. The film...

ACTION trivia.(NEW RESOURCES)
November 1, 2005... Nurses administering chemotherapy must be well prepared to formulate and carry out a detailed plan of care. ACTION Trivia: An Education Game for Chemotherapy is a board game for 4 to 10 players based on information and guidelines developed by...

Fitness forever.(NEW RESOURCES)
November 1, 2005... Developed for seniors, Fitness Forever is a new video appropriate for individuals of any age with physical conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or high blood pressure. Exercises may be adapted to a wide range of fitness...

Sexual health: www.pfizersexualhealth.com.(ON THE WEB)
November 1, 2005... Developed in collaboration with seven leading medical schools, this Pfizer resource aims to enhance the knowledge and comfort level of students in addressing sexual health issues with patients. The site provides comprehensive content and...

Luminary Project: www.TheLuminaryProject.org.(ON THE WEB)
November 1, 2005... Jointly sponsored by Health Care Without Harm, the University of Maryland School of Nursing, and the American Nurses Association, this interactive site promotes the work of nurses who advocate for clean communities and educate others about the...

Clinical research training overseas.(Resource Center)
November 1, 2005... The Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research program, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center, is a one-year clinical research training experience for doctoral-level US students with a...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... JANUARY 8-10 "Setting the Course for Faculty and Student Success," Mosby's Faculty Development Institute 2006, in Miami, FL; www.mosby.com/ Faculty. 27-30 Boot Camp for New Nurse Educators, presented by DI Associates, Inc., in...

Nursing education: navigating toward new horizons.(THE NLN EDUCATION SUMMIT 2005)
November 1, 2005... Baltimore, Maryland September 29-October 1, 2005 STATISTICS TELL PART OF THE STORY. Attendance at the NLN Education Summit 2005 was 40 percent greater than attendance in 2004. Among the 1412 individuals registered, 723 were part of...

Upheaval.(End NOTE)
November 1, 2005... UPHEAVAL Months have passed since death struck shattering everything fragile collapsing carefully crafted structures. Now, like tectonic plates after an earthquake, relationships shift and resettle in...