{"title":"Using National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Standards and Criteria","authors":"V. Schug","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.302","url":null,"abstract":"&NA; Systematic curricular evaluation is essential to assure integrity of nursing programs. A holistic approach to evaluation using the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) Standards and Criteria provides a comprehensive perspective for nursing faculty and administrators. A conceptual framework illustrating the dynamic relationship of curricular context, content, and conduct is presented. This framework suggests that curricular content cannot be isolated and must be examined in light of the milieu or context of curricular delivery as well as the implementation or conduct of curricula. Results of this approach are shared along with recommendations for future use.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128616557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurse Educator Perceptions of Structural Empowerment and Innovative Behavior","authors":"J. Hebenstreit","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.297","url":null,"abstract":"Aim. Using Kanter's theory of structural power, this study explored whether the degree of structural empowerment as perceived by nurse educators influences the degree of their innovative behavior. Background. Faculty are challenged to reform nursing education via innovation and a departure from traditional pedagogies. Little research on innovative behavior of nurse educators exists in the literature. Method. Nurse educators randomly selected from 150 accredited baccalaureate nursing programs were invited to complete an online survey. Results. The nurse educators perceived themselves as moderately empowered. Significant and positive correlations between structural empowerment and innovative behavior were found. Significant differences in the degree of perceived innovative behavior were associated with age, academic rank, employment status, and tenure status. Nurse educators employed in private institutions perceived greater structural empowerment than those employed in public institutions. Conclusion. The findings support Kanter's belief that workplace environment structures can positively influence workers' behavior and attitudes.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124644977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION of the Applicability of the Dreyfus Skill Acquisition Model to the Professional Development of Nurse Educators","authors":"Lisa Ramsburg, Ronald B. Childress","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.5.312","url":null,"abstract":"Aim. This investigation represents an attempt to design and validate a skill acquisition model for the nurse educator role. Background. The preparation and role development of nurse educators has become a significant focus for the profession. The NLN Nurse Educator Competencies and skill acquisition theory provide a basis for studying skill acquisition among nurse educators. Method. A total of 339 nurse educators from North Carolina and West Virginia were surveyed using an instrument designed to assess skill among nurse educators. Results. The survey discriminated among five levels of skill (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert). Participants reported a proficient level of total skill acquisition and a proficient level for each of the eight NLN Nurse Educator Competencies. Internal consistency for the survey tool was high at .977. Conclusion. Results of this study add to the body of knowledge of skill acquisition, role development, and transition. The study provides a unique method to study skill acquisition.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116842430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thank you","authors":"P. Allebeck, D. Delnoij, A. Leyland, W. Ricciardi","doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckx003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx003","url":null,"abstract":"The Nursing Education Perspectives editorial staff acknowledges with thanks the following individuals who participated in the peer review process during the past year.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133581413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. B. Poronsky, J. Doering, L. Mkandawire-Valhmu, Elizabeth I. Rice
{"title":"TRANSITION to the Tenure Track for Nurse Faculty with YOUNG CHILDREN: A Case Study","authors":"C. B. Poronsky, J. Doering, L. Mkandawire-Valhmu, Elizabeth I. Rice","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.4.255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.4.255","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent efforts to ease the nursing shortage focus on recruiting and retaining younger faculty.The first years in a tenure‐track position are especially challenging for new faculty who struggle to negotiate demands of academia along with parenting young children.These struggles may influence retention and require further exploration. A case study using qualitative content analysis was conducted on the transitioning experiences of three assistant professors of nursing, who had young children, during their first two years on tenure track at a research‐intensive public university.Three main content areas emerged: adapting to the academic role, negotiating work/life demands, and benefiting from mentoring.To help ease the nurse faculty shortage, colleges and universities should strive to implement family‐friendly policies and mentoring programs to retain faculty with young children.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124396536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Souder, C. Beverly, Stephanie Kitch, Sandie A Lubin
{"title":"EARLY EXPOSURE to Geriatric Nursing Through an Externship Program","authors":"E. Souder, C. Beverly, Stephanie Kitch, Sandie A Lubin","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.3.166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.3.166","url":null,"abstract":"&NA; The Summer Geriatric Extern Program was developed in 2004 to provide nursing students between the junior and senior year an opportunity to learn more about careers in geriatric nursing. This full‐time, eight‐week commitment provides students with a stipend and a faculty mentor in their area of interest. Of the 24 externs since the inception of the program, seven have enrolled in graduate programs. The findings suggest that the summer geriatric externship program is effective in developing interest in a geriatric nursing career and providing exposure to nursing research and other aspects of the faculty role.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122319911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Outcomes of a Study Abroad Course for NURSING STUDENTS","authors":"L. Carpenter, Alexandra A. García","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.2.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.2.85","url":null,"abstract":"RESEARCH ABSTRACT There is little debate about the importance of preparing nursing graduates to provide culturally sensitive care to an increasingly diverse society. However, it is difficult for nurse educators to fit learning experiences that help students develop cultural competence into already full programs and create mechanisms to evaluate the results.This article describes a study to assess the impact of a study abroad program on developing cultural competence, including cultural awareness, sensitivity, knowledge, and skills. Results from the Cultural Awareness Survey, reflective journals, and interviews illustrate how the study abroad experience influenced the development of components of cultural competence and might influence clinical practice. Results suggest effective teaching strategies to assist students in becoming culturally competent are experiential in nature and include role modeling, reflective activities, and group discussion.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125701201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrative literature review of Study Abroad Programs for Nursing Students","authors":"Michelle Edmonds","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-33.1.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-33.1.30","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Nurse researchers need to explore study abroad programs and identify their impact on the development of cultural competence and global perspectives in nursing students. Despite the anecdotal professional and personal benefits that have been attributed to study abroad in other disciplines, current nursing literature regarding this topic is limited and has only emerged in nursing research within the last decade. There is a significant gap in the existing body of knowledge with respect to American nursing students who study abroad and the reported benefits of and impediments to their experiences. Much of the nursing research conducted with American nursing students has been quantitative as opposed to qualitative studies with European and Australian nursing students. Many samples are homogenous and therefore exclude diverse populations. Further research involving all methodological designs is warranted to better understand this type of engaged learning.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116719042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Reising, D. Carr, Roberta A Shea, Jason M. King
{"title":"Comparison of Communication Outcomes in Traditional VERSUS Simulation Strategies in Nursing and Medical Students","authors":"D. Reising, D. Carr, Roberta A Shea, Jason M. King","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-32.5.323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-32.5.323","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Institute of Medicine has called for more interprofessional collaboration between physicians and nurses. The purpose of this research was to compare the outcomes in affective and communication domains using a traditional (roundtable) model versus simulation in nursing and medical students. A prospective, descriptive survey design was used to collect data on 41 senior bachelor of science in nursing students, and 19 second‐year medical students. The simulation strategy resulted in statistically higher levels of stress as identified by participants. In addition, nearly all participants reported having a better sense of the clinical role, and with 55 percent of participants stating that the experience changed their view of the role of the clinical team. This initial study indicates that interprofessional communication may be enhanced using simulation.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121012866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE IMPACT of a Simulation Lab Experience for Nursing Students","authors":"D. Lewis, A. Ciak","doi":"10.5480/1536-5026-32.4.256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5480/1536-5026-32.4.256","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A simulation clinical learning experience was initiated by a diploma school of nursing at a multidisciplinary training and research facility for simulation‐based education. The simulation focused on pediatric and obstetrical scenarios. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact simulation laboratory experiences have on critical thinking, student satisfaction, self‐confidence, and cognitive learning. With 63 students participating over four semesters, a positive response was found for satisfaction and self‐confidence in learning; there was also a significant increase in cognitive knowledge. No definitive conclusion regarding critical thinking was established, but a discovery was made regarding the importance of process during the simulation.","PeriodicalId":153271,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspective","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134009411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}