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Integrating Information Literacy Across a BSN Curriculum.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article offers a systematic approach to incorporating information literacy, a vital component of informatics, across a baccalaureate of science in nursing curriculum. Motivated by the Institute of Medicine report, guided by the initial Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform competency framework, and using the specific Quality and Safety Education for Nurses informatics competencies, the proposed integrated approach emphasizes clinical applications. The five assignments are designed to incrementally increase students' abilities to recognize the need for information (i.e., knowledge); advance students' abilitie...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Flood LS, Gasiewicz N, Delpier T Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Career Clue: An Interactive Teaching Strategy to Introduce Beginning Students to the Nursing Profession.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An assignment incorporating active learning, computerized technology, and contact with RNs or Real Nurses was created to educate, enthuse, and heighten the awareness of nursing students about the world of nursing that exists beyond the classroom walls. Students gather information about an assigned field of nursing and share findings with classmates by giving clues about their mystery careers related to educational background, practice location, clientele, responsibilities, rewards, and challenges associated with the area of practice. Access to Web sites, RN e-mails, and guidelines are provided via an online Blackboard(...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lever KA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Prescription for Success in an Associate Degree Nursing Program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the midst of a national nursing shortage and a demanding health care environment, nursing programs must prepare more nurses by facilitating student success from admission to program completion to licensure. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the factors that contribute to student success in associate degree nursing programs and on the NCLEX-RN((R)). Six seniors and three faculty members were interviewed, and a document analysis was conducted. Emergent themes were categorized as student related, collaborative, and curriculum related. These themes included, but were not limited to, the need for suppor...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Rogers TL Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Transitioning from Clinical Practice to Nursing Faculty: Lessons Learned.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Entering into academia as a nurse educator requires a major transition from the practice arena to the educational world. The nurse, often an expert clinician, enters as a novice educator. Lessons learned from personal experience and a literature review were integrated. These lessons are organized into three categories: knowledge deficit, culture and support, and salary and workload. Findings are shared with new nursing faculty to ease the transition. PMID: 19877571 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: McDonald PJ Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Graduate Student Seminars as a Faculty Development Activity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Because most new nurse academicians are prepared as expert clinicians, rather than as educators, they lack the skills and knowledge of effective teachers when they accept a position in an educational institution. In this article, the authors discuss a program in which graduate students being prepared as entry-level nurse educators have the opportunity to practice the art and science of teaching in a supervised environment in which seminar participants are their peers, novice faculty, and seasoned faculty. Teaching seminars conducted by graduate students are a successful component of faculty development in teaching. Gra...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Zsohar H, Smith JA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Webcam as a New Invigilation Method: Students' Comfort and Potential for Cheating.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this descriptive survey study was to determine the comfort of nurse practitioner (NP) students with webcam invigilation of online examinations and the effectiveness of webcam invigilation in preventing students from cheating. An online questionnaire was developed for NP students currently enrolled in Ontario's Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program, in which online examinations are invigilated through a webcam. All students were contacted via e-mail and invited to participate in the online questionnaire. The response rate was 77%. Data were collected and analyzed. Results demonstrated that webcam...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mirza N, Staples E Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Nursing Faculty: A Vulnerable Population.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nursing faculty are seldom viewed as a vulnerable population, yet those who teach nursing are susceptible to physical, psychological, and emotional harm from students, peers, and administrators. Such harm can arise from uncivil or dangerous encounters with students, horizontal violence from colleagues, and abuse of power by administrators. Although faculty vulnerability is a serious issue, strategies exist that can minimize the problem. PMID: 19877574 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Dalpezzo NK, Jett KT Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Use of Anecdotal Notes by Clinical Nursing Faculty: A Descriptive Study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although the use of anecdotal notes by faculty to document clinical performance is thought to be a common practice, no empirical study of this evaluation tool has been conducted. To investigate the frequency and pattern of use, a faculty questionnaire was developed using the Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) evaluation model as a framework. The model was adapted to focus on clinical nursing education. Sixty-four nursing faculty from six schools participated in the regional study. A descriptive design was used to collect quantitative data from clinical faculty. Findings indicated that 97% of clinical faculty use a...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Hall MA, Daly BJ, Madigan EA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Voices of Faculty of Second-Degree Baccalaureate Nursing Students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes this study and the implications for teaching accelerated second-degree baccalaureate students. PMID: 19877576 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - November 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Cangelosi PR, Moss MM Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

The Relationship Between Simulation in Nursing Education and Medication Safety.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This experimental study examined whether the use of clinical simulation in nursing education could help reduce medication errors. Fifty-four student volunteers were randomly assigned to an experimental (treatment) group (24 students) or a clinical control group (30 students). The treatment replaced some early-term clinical placement hours with a simulated clinical experience. The control group had all normally scheduled clinical hours. Treatment occurred prior to opportunities for medication administration. PMID: 19810664 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sears K, Goldsworthy S, Goodman WM Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Incorporating Community Based Clinical Experiences into a Maternal-Women's Health Nursing Course.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses strategies implemented by faculty at Youngstown State University to meet these challenges and promote appropriate clinical learning experiences for student nurses enrolled in a maternal-women's health nursing course. PMID: 19810665 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Aurilio LA, O'dell VM Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Using Simulation to Teach Patient Safety Behaviors in Undergraduate Nursing Education.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this article is to describe how our college of nursing began to integrate patient safety instruction into simulation experiences for undergraduate nursing students. A system for evaluating and grading students was developed. Data on student safety behaviors were collected before and after implementation of instruction designed to improve adherence to hand washing and patient identification procedures. In the first semester in which data were collected, students did not demonstrate satisfactory performance of either hand hygiene or patient identification 61% of the time. After instruction, students still ...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Gantt LT, Webb-Corbett R Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Promoting Empathy Through a Creative Reflective Teaching Strategy: A Mixed-Method Study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The effects of a creative reflective clinical experience on psychiatric nursing students' empathy was examined using a mixed-method approach. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) was used to measure empathy in students (N = 73) in a baccalaureate nursing program. The control group (n = 44) completed a conventional 14-week clinical experience, whereas the comparison group (n = 29) experienced a community psychosocial program for 4 of the weeks. Comparison group participants completed a creative reflective assignment to represent the life experience of a client with mental illness. To further understand empathy, a co...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Webster D Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Equivalence Testing of Traditional and Simulated Clinical Experiences: Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge Acquisition.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although simulated clinical experience is being used increasingly in nursing education, vital evidence related to knowledge acquisition associated with simulated clinical experience does not exist. This intervention study used a 2x2 crossover design and equivalence testing to explore the effects of simulated clinical experiences on undergraduate students' (n = 74) knowledge acquisition in a fundamentals of nursing course. Following random assignment, students participated in laboratory-based simulated clinical experiences with high-fidelity human patient simulators and traditional clinical experiences and completed kno...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Schlairet MC, Pollock JW Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Development and Testing of a Portfolio Evaluation Scoring Tool.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focused on development of a portfolio evaluation tool to guide the assignment of valid and reliable scores. Tool development was facilitated by a literature review, guidance of a faculty committee, and validation by content experts. Testing involved a faculty team that evaluated 60 portfolios. Calculation of interrater reliability and a paired-samples t test were used to judge effectiveness. Interrater reliability was 0.78 for overall scores, 0.81 for the seven program outcomes criteria scores, and more than 0.65 for scores assigned by 11 of 13 pairs of raters. There were no significant differences between rater...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Karlowicz KA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Innovative Approach to Teaching Communication Skills to Nursing Students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed the effectiveness of a learner-centered simulation intervention designed to improve the communication skills of preprofessional sophomore nursing students. An innovative teaching strategy in which communication skills are taught to nursing students by using trained actors who served as standardized family members in a clinical learning laboratory setting was evaluated using a two-group posttest design. In addition to current standard education, the intervention group received a formal training session presenting a framework for communication and a 60-minute practice session with the standardized family ...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Zavertnik JE, Huff TA, Munro CL Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Benefits of Using Undergraduate Teaching Assistants Throughout a Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the development, challenges, and benefits of implementing a UTA program in a baccalaureate school of nursing. PMID: 19810671 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Herrman JW, Waterhouse JK Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

The Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Simulation Scenarios: Guidelines for Nurse Educators.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinical simulation has been recognized as a teaching method using learning exercises that closely mimic real-life situations. The development of evidence-based clinical simulation scenarios and guidelines for nurses is an important step in redesigning nursing education. These scenarios are created for students to learn in a safe environment. Simulated clinical experience requires immersing students in a representative patient-care scenario, a setting that mimics the actual environment with sufficient realism to allow learners to suspend disbelief. The purpose of this article is to discuss the Bay Area Simulation Colla...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Waxman KT Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Use of Simulation in Teaching and Learning in Health Sciences: A Systematic Review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The use of simulation as an educational tool is becoming increasingly prevalent in health care practice. Institutions have adopted simulations to help educate their students and health care professionals; however, intervention effectiveness evaluation continues to be an area requiring research. With use of this technology, it has become necessary to evaluate this method of educating health care professionals. As simulation use has increased, so has the literature related to evaluation of the innovative teaching method. A systematic review of the literature examined the effectiveness of simulation as a teaching tool. Th...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Harder BN Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Engaging Nursing Students in a Long-Term Relationship with a Home-Base Community.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the development and structure of the Home-base model, identifies preliminary outcomes, and discusses implications for nursing education. PMID: 19731887 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kruger BJ, Roush C, Olinzock BJ, Bloom K Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Nursing Students' Perceptions of the Clinical Learning Environment in Nursing Homes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to assess how first-year nursing students perceived their learning environment in nursing homes and to explore which factors in the clinical learning environment had the greatest influence on students' overall satisfaction with their clinical placement. Students rated their perceptions of the psychosocial learning environment using the Clinical Learning Environment Inventory. Students perceived the learning environment as moderately positive. Mean scores were the highest on the Personalization subscale and the lowest on the Innovation subscale. Students who highly valued Innovation, Involvement, and Person...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Berntsen K, Bjørk IT Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Student Stress and Academic Performance: Home Hospital Program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether nursing students assigned to a home hospital experience less stress and improved academic performance. Students were assigned to a home hospital clinical placement (n = 78) or a control clinical placement (n = 79). Stress was measured using the Student Nurse Stress Index (SNSI) and Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory. Academic performance included score on the RN CAT, a standardized mock NCLEX-RN((R))-type test; nursing grade point average; and first attempt pass-fail on the NCLEX-RN. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups for age, ...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Yucha CB, Kowalski S, Cross C Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Getting to Know You: Development of an RN-to-BSN Online Orientation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes how both the informational and social goals of an orientation program may be effectively accomplished in a more flexible manner that meets students' needs by moving from a face-to-face format to an online format using a course management system. PMID: 19731890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Hansen E, Clark CL, McCleish JM, Hogan JR Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

The Health Policy Pathfinder: An Innovative Strategy to Explore Interest Group Politics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the health policy pathfinder, including design, execution, and evaluation steps, and provides a brief excerpt from a student pathfinder. PMID: 19731891 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nannini A Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Looking Is not Seeing: Using Art to Improve Observational Skills.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This project evaluated the effects of an art museum experience on the observational skills of nursing students. Half of a class of non-nurse college graduates entering an accelerated master's degree program (n = 34) were assigned to a museum experience, whereas the other half (n = 32) received traditional teaching methods. Using original works of art, students participated in focused observational experiences to visually itemize everything noted in the art piece, discriminate visual qualities, recognize patterns, and cluster observations. After organizing observed information, they drew conclusions to construct the obj...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Pellico LH, Friedlaender L, Fennie KP Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Bringing Nursing to the Public.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For the past 5 years, an unusual program has been evolving in the University of Basel's Institute of Nursing Science master's program in Basel, Switzerland. A special course designed to help nurses master public communication skills requires students to play the roles of journalist, exhibition curator, conference organizer, radio reporter, and news producer. Two faculty members, an experienced radio and newspaper journalist and a nurse scientist, teach and support the students. By developing their competence in media relations, participants prepare themselves to tackle the course's long-term goal of bringing the nursin...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - September 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kazis C, Schwendimann R Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Integrating diversity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19731894 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - August 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Bellack JP Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Evidence-Based Practice to Outcomes Management: Spiraled Learning Activities, Part III.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19731895 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - August 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ross AM, Menkens R Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Clinical education reform: reenvisioning the workforce.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19681528 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ridenour N Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Letter to the editor.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19681529 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Rosenberg S Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Clinical instruction: using the strengths-based approach with nursing students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinical instruction experience can vary significantly based on the needs of the organization and the individual characteristics of instructors and students. Clinical instructors may encounter difficulties in their relationships with students, such as personality conflicts, differences in style and values, and limited skill levels or a lack of interest on the part of students. To reduce obstacles when working with challenging students, a strengths perspective approach is recommended. This framework emphasizes discovering, affirming, and enhancing the capabilities, interests, knowledge, resources, goals, and objectives ...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Cederbaum J, Klusaritz HA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Cultivating authentic concern: exploring how norwegian students learn this key nursing skill.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The importance of interpersonal and expressive qualities has long been recognized in nursing. Drawing on data from a qualitative study among nursing students in Norway, this article discusses how nursing students cultivate authentic concern with patients. Because the nursing role has become more ambiguous, it must be created and formed in a personal way. Nursing students need to learn how to use their subjectivity in a way that promotes caring and compassionate conduct. PMID: 19681531 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Christiansen B Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Practicum and clinical experiences: postpracticum students' views.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study collected e-mail survey responses from 63 post-practicum nursing students who had just completed their culminating fourth-year clinical course. Students identified the most positive and the most negative aspects of that final practicum experience. These responses were compared with those reported by postpracticum students from the disciplines of engineering and teacher education. The cross-disciplinary similarity of these data related to postpracticum students' perceptions of this experiential learning phase of their preservice professional training was noted. The student voice provides a critical dimension to t...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ralph E, Walker K, Wimmer R Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

The influence of concept-based learning activities on students' clinical judgment development.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study evaluated the effect of concept-based learning activities on the development of clinical judgment in baccalaureate nursing students. The clinical judgment of students who were and were not exposed to concept-based learning activities was compared. Quantitative data were analyzed using a univariate analysis. In addition, a focus group consisting of members of the treatment group provided qualitative data. Results suggest concept-based learning activities are a clinical learning strategy that should be considered by faculty to deepen clinical thinking in preparation for reaching sound clinical judgments. PMID:...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lasater K, Nielsen A Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Five recommendations for prelicensure clinical nursing education.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The acute shortage of RNs is both well established and projected to continue. Two primary factors contributing to the nursing shortage are insufficient numbers of faculty and insufficient clinical sites for students. Innovative academic-service partnerships are realigning these scarce resources to improve the quality of clinical education and build cultures of safety. Relationships among students, staff nurses, faculty, and the institutions where they practice are central to students' socialization, professional role development, and transition to practice. Five recommendations to strengthen these professional relation...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Macintyre RC, Murray TA, Teel CS, Karshmer JF Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

An integrated mental health clinical rotation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes key curricular elements of a successful interprofessional clinical rotation within an integrated mental health team that included the use of case studies, a standardized mental health screening instrument, a quality improvement process, and a patient satisfaction questionnaire. Family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students learned to collaborate with each other and with other members of the interprofessional team to provide holistic care. PMID: 19681535 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Roberts KT, Robinson KM, Stewart C, Smith F Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Promoting Skill Building and Confidence in Freshman Nursing Students with a "Skills-a-Thon".Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Freshman nursing students returning for their second semester after summer break benefited by reviewing previously learned clinical skills presented in a Skills-a-Thon. Skills stations were established and facilitated by faculty and senior students. Senior students were first trained in mentoring and specific steps in skills competencies. Freshman students demonstrated skills in various mock clinical situations including catheter insertion, sterile dressings, medications, and physical assessment. The strategy reinforced learning and provided an opportunity for students to experience risk-free skills performance among p...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Roberts ST, Vignato JA, Moore JL, Madden CA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Turning simulation into reality: increasing student competence and confidence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinical experiences are an essential part of nursing education as students learn technical skills, build on critical thinking skills, and hone skills in patient teaching. To build competence and confidence in each of these skill areas, an innovative clinical experience for senior students enrolled in women's health nursing was developed to provide nursing care and independent discharge teaching for postpartum mothers. Faculty facilitated this clinical experience by designing a simulation laboratory for students to practice their maternal self-care teaching and infant care skills prior to beginning their clinical rotat...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Wagner D, Bear M, Sander J Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Teaching to the three apprenticeships: designing learning activities for professional practice in an undergraduate curriculum.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently completed a series of comparative studies that examined components and best practices in professional education and practice across five professions (clergy, law, medicine, nursing, and engineering). Across these disciplines, three apprenticeships were identified as necessary components of education for professional practice: an intellectual or cognitive apprenticeship, a skill-based apprenticeship related to clinical judgment and practice, and an apprenticeship to the ethical comportment or behavior of the profession. Although nursing education has a str...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Noone J Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Innovative learning activity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19681539 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 31, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Noone J Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Nursing Pedagogy and the Intergenerational Discourse.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the effects of intergenerational diversity on pedagogical practice in nursing education and highlights the need for nurse educators to engage in a critical discourse regarding the adequacy of current pedagogy in fostering an ethos that can optimize the teaching-learning process and promote ongoing learning for the future. It is evident that further research is needed to promote awareness and understanding of the expectations of today's students and to reform nursing pedagogy to accommodate the current generation of learners in colleges and universities. In this article, the context of intergenerationa...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Earle V, Myrick F Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Academic Dishonesty in Nursing Schools: An Empirical Investigation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article attempts to provide some of that empirical data and supports the conclusion that cheating is a significant issue in all disciplines today, including nursing. Some preliminary policy implications are also considered. PMID: 19650608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: McCabe DL Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Personal Background Preparation Survey for Early Identification of Nursing Students at Risk for Attrition.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During 2004 and 2005 orientations, all 187 and 188 new matriculates, respectively, in two southwestern U.S. nursing schools completed Personal Background and Preparation Surveys (PBPS) in the first predictive validity study of a diagnostic and prescriptive instrument for averting adverse academic status events (AASE) among nursing or health science professional students. One standard deviation increases in PBPS risks (p < 0.05) multiplied odds of first-year or second-year AASE by approximately 150%, controlling for school affiliation and underrepresented minority student (URMS) status. AASE odds one standard deviati...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Johnson CW, Johnson R, Kim M, McKee JC Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

The Relationship of Nursing Students' Spiritual Care Perspectives to Their Expressions of Spiritual Empathy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Guided by Chism's Middle-Range Theory of Spiritual Empathy, the overarching purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which nursing students' spiritual care perspectives account for their expressions of spiritual empathy. In this descriptive correlational study, spiritual care perspectives accounted for 8.6% of the variance in nursing students' (N = 223) expressions of spiritual empathy after controlling for relevant demographic and spirituality variables. Findings of the study suggest that the provision of spiritual care in nursing practice depends, in part, on nurses clarifying their own spiritual care per...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Chism LA, Magnan MA Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Application of the Newell Liberal Arts Model for Interdisciplinary Course Design and Implementation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Health professions faculty think that interdisciplinary education is critical for students pursuing careers as health care professionals. Initial attempts at interdisciplinary education by simply combining students into groups without adequate curriculum adaptation, preparation, and planning have been ineffective. Applying the liberal arts interdisciplinary model, developed by William Newell, a transdisciplinary faculty team in the College of Health Professions of the University of New England identified the course content, design, and instructional processes necessary to create an interdisciplinary elective course. Th...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Haas BA, Sheehan JM, Stone JA, Hammer-Beem MJ Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Nursing Students' Response to Tobacco Cessation Curricula in Minnesota Baccalaureate Nursing Programs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ensuring that RNs entering the profession are knowledgeable and have the skills to provide evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions to patients can substantially increase the number of smokers who are provided with such treatments. Quantitative descriptive survey data were collected in spring 2007 from two samples: 675 baccalaureate nursing students in their senior coursework and directors of 10 Minnesota baccalaureate nursing programs. Two of 10 programs contained all items of content and these students were significantly more knowledgeable, whereas 8 of the programs did not cover the content adequately and stud...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lenz BK Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Identifying Genetics and Genomics Nursing Competencies Common Among Published Recommendations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this article is to identify published recommendations for genetics/genomics competencies or curriculum for nurses in the United States and to summarize these competencies based on common themes among these documents. A review of the literature between January 1998 and June 2008 was conducted. Efforts were also made to access the gray literature. Five consensus documents describing recommendations for genetics and genomics competencies for nurses meeting inclusion criteria were analyzed. Twelve genetics and genomics competencies were created based on common themes among the recommendations. These competen...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Greco KE, Salveson C Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Toward an Appreciation of Nursing Scholarship: Recognizing Our Traditions, Contributions, and Presence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the scope and definitions of scholarship advanced by Boyer and his colleagues with a view to surfacing the limitations that this framework places on academic disciplines that also serve professional mandates. Also presented is a framework for contemporary nursing scholarship that moves beyond Boyer's construction and captures the immensely rich and varied contributions that nursing does and can make to humankind. PMID: 19650614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Thoun DS Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Faculty Application of the American Psychological Association Style.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores current faculty methods with the application and evaluation of the American Psychological Association (APA) style. Specific aims were to determine concerns related to APA style, review faculty grading practices, identify institutional resources, and report potential solutions for improving application of APA style. A survey with an exploratory descriptive research design was developed and distributed online to academic chairs and deans, requesting their support in distributing the survey to their faculty.Responses (N = 704) were grouped into five categories: departmental and personal concerns; faculty...
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 26, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Morse GG Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals

Assuring Ethical Treatment of Students as Research Participants.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the basic assumptions and examples of how these principles have been applied to nursing education research. PMID: 19645366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)
Source: The Journal of Nursing Education - July 26, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ridley RT Tags: J Nurs Educ Source Type: journals