Cheryl Corbett, Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The academic objectives for the Global Health nursing course were met and exceeded. Students had didactic courses that accompanied their international experience to enhance their knowledge and understanding of global health principles. Students successfully completed these accompanying nursing courses and […]
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Nursing Curricula Changes: Reflections of Shifts in Health Care Delivery
Chloe Allen Maycock and Dr. Cynthia O’Neill Conger, Nursing My ORCA grant resulted in a 50 page thesis that I submitted for graduation with University Honors. The thesis was completed between April 1997 and August 1998. The focus of my thesis was change in nursing curricula. The convergence of change and nursing curricula are inevitable. […]
How is Nursing Facing the Nursing Faculty Shortage?
J.R. Meadows and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing A severe nursing shortage has been growing across the United States over the past six years and the outlook on immediate signs of recovery is bleak. It has become an increasing worry to the federal and state governments, nurses, health-care providers and hospitals, current nursing students, and nursing […]
Sleep Deprivation and Subsequent Nursing Errors in the Hospital Setting
Whitney L. O’Reilly and Professor Catherine Coverston, Nursing The current state of health care in America presents some difficult problems with its increased need for nurses along with a significant nursing shortage. There is an approaching aging baby-boomer population along with an aging nurse population resulting in increased nurse workloads and fewer nurses to manage them. […]
Nursing Practice in Tucumán, Argentina as seen by an American Nursing Student
Heather Merie Buzbee and Professor Catherine Coverston, Nursing Nurses form the backbone of healthcare systems around the globe. Unfortunately, throughout the world there is a nursing shortage (WHO, 2004). Argentina, like many other nations throughout the world, is a country struggling with the current shortage. The most recent statistics show that in Argentina there is one […]
NURSING RESEARCH: WHAT DO UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT RESEARCH AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN PRESENT RESEARCH?
Kirk A. Roberts and Dr. Joan Baldwin, Nursing Research is an integral part of any profession. The profession of Nursing uses research as a means to improve patient care and enhance the quality of nursing practice. The College of Nursing also uses nursing research as a “thread” in the complete woven picture of nursing practice. Yet this […]
Retention of Emergency Care Knowledge among Nursing Students
Alanna R. Rowley and Dr. Sheri P. Palmer, College of Nursing Much focus has been placed on studying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) retention among nurses, but little has been done to understand the retention of emergency care/first-aid knowledge among undergraduate nursing students. Even though nursing students are educated in basic emergency care and first-aid throughout school, […]
Writing Apprehension and the Impact on Learning in Undergraduate Nursing Students
Alicia Anderson and Dr. Lynn Clark Callister, College of Nursing Nursing requires critical thinking to provide effective patient care. “The production of clear, accurate, and relevant writing is an essential competency in nursing.” Undergraduate nursing students learn to enhance their writing skills in a nursing research/advanced writing course taken during the program. Those students who […]
Global Health and Nursing
Heather Trane and Dr. Lynn Clark Callister, Nursing A key component of the nursing profession is a lifelong commitment to learning with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. Research finds new data everyday as the world is constantly changing. For nurses to provide the best possible care to patients, they need to be up to date […]
Simulation in Nursing Education to Stimulate Critical Thinking
Katrina Duncan and Dr. Patricia Ravert, College of Nursing Recent studies have shown that only 35% of new registered nurse graduates demonstrate appropriate entry expectations for critical thinking and clinical judgment . As the present nursing shortage continues to escalate, adequate preparation of new graduate nurses becomes ever more important. Simulation is used in nursing […]
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