Nursing Education Perspectives articles from September 2003

Nursing Education Perspectives archives from September 2003

Four years have passed: a public thank you to teachers, mentors, colleagues, and friends.(President's Message)
September 1, 2003... IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE that four years have passed since I was elected to serve on the NLN Board of Governors as president-elect. These years have been challenging, rewarding, frustrating, demanding, exciting, and stimulating--most of all, they...

Professional development: getting the most from the summit.(From the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I KNOW THAT I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE: "I am a convention junkie." I get an adrenaline rush from conventions, just as I do when I step into any hospital and experience the memories of nursing days past. I can feel my energy increase with the...

Nursing exploration patch for youth recruitment.(Education News)
September 1, 2003... WHAT IS NEW at your school of nursing? Please contact NURSING EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES, c/o Leslie Block, Managing Editor, National League for Nursing, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006; fax 212/812-0393; or e-mail lblock@nln.org. On any given...

Jennifer.(Faculty Matters)
September 1, 2003... JENNIFER COUVILLON, PHD, RN, is an assistant professor at Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Nursing. She teaches undergraduate baccalaureate students in the classroom and clinical settings and is currently course...

A snapshot of nursing in Qatar.(Quick Reads)
September 1, 2003... Between September 2002 and February 2003, shortly before the military action in Iraq, Virginia Nehring served on the faculty of the College of Science in Doha, Qatar For her second experience as a Fulbright scholar--she taught nursing in Africa...

"That spirit, that thing inside": using qualitative research techniques to produce a recruitment film for Hispanic/Latino and American Indian students.(Recruitment Film)
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This article reports on the use of qualitative research methodology in producing a 23-minute recruitment film to attract Hispanic/Latino and American Indian students into a baccalaureate nursing program. The research question addressed...

Analyzing the teaching style of nursing faculty: does it promote a student-centered or teacher-centered learning environment?(Teaching Styles)
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were to a) describe the predominant teaching style of a group of nursing faculty members, either as teacher centered or student centered, and b) to compare teaching style to the instructional methods the...

Academic performance of nursing students: do prerequisite grades and tutoring make a difference?
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship of prerequisite science course performance and tutoring services with academic performance of first semester nursing students. Quantitative data were gathered from student...

A collective case study of nursing students with learning disabilities.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT This collective case study described the meaning of being a nursing student with a learning disability and examined how baccalaureate nursing students with learning disabilities experienced various aspects of the nursing program. It...

An innovative strategy to enhance new faculty success: many factors have led to, and continue to compound, the current nursing faculty shortage, mandating the development of strategies to attract high quality faculty and facilitate their success in academic positions. This article presents an innovative strategy to enhance new faculty success.
September 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Faculty stress is a factor in the current shortage of nursing faculty. New faculty members in schools of nursing are subject to stress from many sources. This article reports on an innovative strategy that decreases stress for new...

Susan Abbe, PhD, RN, Director of Accreditation Services at the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... Susan Abbe, PhD, RN, Director of Accreditation Services at the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, has left the NLNAC to become Assistant Dean, Nursing and Allied Health, at St. Vincent's College, Bridgeport, CT.

Lee Accord, PhD, RN, has been named Dean of the College of Nursing.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... Lee Acord, PhD, RN, has been named Dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has named 20 Executive Nurse Fellows for 2003.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has named 20 Executive Nurse Fellows for 2003. They include several deans and faculty members: Derryl Block, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Professional Program in Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay;...

Karen H. Morin, DSN, RN, has joined the faculty of Western Michigan University.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... Karen H. Morin, DSN, RN, has joined the faculty of Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, as professor of nursing.

Pamela Pieper, MSN, ARNP, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing, Jacksonville, has been selected as president-elect of the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... Pamela Pieper, MSN, ARNP, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing, Jacksonville, has been selected as president-elect of the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association. She was honored with the...

Linda Spoonster Schwartz, DrPH, MSN, FAAN, a research scientist at the Yale University School of Nursing, has been nominated by Connecticut Governor John Rowland as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veteran's Affairs.(Announcements)
September 1, 2003... Linda Spoonster Schwartz, DrPH, MSN, FAAN, a research scientist at the Yale University School of Nursing, has been nominated by Connecticut Governor John Rowland as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs. She will be...

Quick Look Nursing: Pathophysiology.
September 1, 2003... Eileen M. Crutchlow, EdD, APRN, Pamela J. Dudac, MS, MSN, APRN, Suzanne MacAvoy, EdD, APRN, and Bernadette R. Madara, EdD, APRN; Thorofare, NJ: Slack, 2002; 273 pages, $24.95 The Quick Look Nursing series provides core curriculum...

Care of Arthritis in the Older Adult.
September 1, 2003... edited by Arm Schmidt Luggen, PhD, RN, and Sue E. Meiner, EdD, APRN; New York: Springer Publishing, 2002: 220 pages, $39.95 As the life expectancy rate in our society continues to rise, more older adults may be at risk for, or experience,...

Resource center.
September 1, 2003... DIVISION OF NURSING WORKSHOPS The Health Resources and Services Administration Division of Nursing has announced a series of workshops to inform eligible applicants about existing grant opportunities, with a special focus on new programs...

Calendar.
September 1, 2003... OCTOBER 23-25 "New Cardiovascular Horizons and Management of the Diabetic Foot and Wound Healing," sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Nursing and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,...

To the editor.
September 1, 2003... It was my last day of clinical rotation in the ICU and I was still feeling like a novice as I read through a list of a dozen medications that I would be administering to my patient over the next 12 hours. I knew my preceptor would be coming...

The pursuit of excellence in nursing education.(Headlines from the NLN)
September 1, 2003... THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR NURSING has developed a number of recent initiatives that focus on promoting and recognizing excellence in nursing education. These new initiatives represent an exciting challenge to NLN members and nursing education in...

A Friend's Sage Advice.(Poem of the Week)
September 1, 2003... A FRIEND'S SAGE ADVICE: Just do what you can do on a given day. So on days I can't pray or pick up the phone I send a poem. Poem of the Weak, I once accidentally called it. I've sent Carver,...