...Mid-Main Friends of Bangladesh – Bangladesh Health Project Annual Report June 30, 20121 1. Program development a. Students. This has been another active year but we have had on-going problems with Bangladesh Nursing Council, which refuses to register our graduates. As a result, enrolment has dwindled, so that total enrolment across the four years of the program is about forty students. This is a significant concern, discussed further below. b. Graduates This was a very important year for the College of Nursing, because the first graduates were officially recognized during the third Convocation for the University. In late December, twenty-two BSN graduates had their Certificates of Graduation confirmed by the Government of Bangladesh. In the picture below, some are shown with Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mahmuda Khanum and Chair, Health Sciences, Dr. Karen Lund. In all about thirty students have graduated. To the best of our knowledge all those who want to be working have found good jobs. Some are working at private hospitals in Bangladesh as ward staff or senior nurses. Others are junior faculty at private nursing colleges in Nepal. A few have emigrated to USA or UK. One graduate successfully applied to a USA accrediting agency for recognition of her BSN credentials in order to apply for graduate school. and there are now about 70 students enrolled in the IUBAT College of Nursing. A few foreign students continue to enrol, but we are mostly seeing enrolment of...
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...E D U C A T I O N Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter’s theory Teresa P. Sarmiento MScN RN College Nurse Educator, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Heather K. Spence Laschinger Canada PhD RN Professor and Associate Director Nursing Research, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Carroll Iwasiw EdD RN Professor and Director School of Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Submitted for publication 22 May 2003 Accepted for publication 21 October 2003 Correspondence: Heather Spence Laschinger, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada. E-mail: hkl@uwo.ca SARMIENTO T.P., LASCHINGER H.K.S. & IWASIW C. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 46(2), 134–143 Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter’s theory Background. Empowerment has become an increasingly important factor in determining college nurse educator burnout, work satisfaction and performance in current restructured college nursing programmes in Canada. Aim. This paper reports a study to test a theoretical model specifying relationships among structural empowerment, burnout and work satisfaction. Method. A descriptive correlational survey design was used to test the model in a sample of 89 Canadian full-time college nurse educators employed in Canadian community...
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...NUR 649E Complete Class Nurse Education Seminar 2 Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/nur-649e-complete-class/ Discussion Questions week 1-8 Week 1: Question 1= Find a research article on designing learning activities that promotes critical thinking. Summarize the article for your classmates in 1-2 paragraphs. Explain why you chose this study and how this information could be used in your selected area of education (academic, staff, or patient). Be sure to include the entire citation in APA format. The article you select cannot be from any of the course materials or supplemental readings. (Note: It is a violation of copyright law to post the entire text of an article to an online discussion board. Post only the citation information so that it can be referenced by others. Use correct APA format for citations.) Question 2= Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty lists several principles for selecting learning activities. Select one of the principles and explain why it would be important to you in your selected area of education (academic, staff, or patient). Week 2: Question 1= Review “Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education,” located on the American Psychological Association website at http://www.apa.org/science/programs/testing/fair-code.aspx. What are your thoughts after reading the document? Did you realize it existed? How does the code apply to nursing education? The Code of Fair Testing Practices...
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...Thankfully, upon graduation in 2010 from Robert Morris University I was able to quickly find a job that would lead me to wanting to advance my career further and get my masters degree in nursing. Without the many programs made available because of willing nurses to become educators, a lot of us would not be where we are today, myself included. Many people think about the nursing shortage when it comes to bedside nursing and nurses in hospitals. Few rarely think that in order for a person to become a nurse they actually need other nurses that are willing to teach them. As the baby boomer generation gets older, we have to keep in mind that this is also a lot of our nurses in the field right now. According to the Administration on Aging by 2030 there will be 72.1 million people in the United States age 65 and older, which will be about 19% of the population. This number is compared to just 12.4% of the population in the year 2000. Again, not only do these numbers show the advancing age of our population, it shows that a lot of the nurses that we have in the work force right now are going to be retiring within the next 10-15 years. According to the National League for Nursing, in 2007, one out of five nurse educators planned to retire within 3 to 5 years. Unfortunately, projected retirements are expected to far exceed new faculty replacements. Furthermore, if hospitals continue seeking nurses with Bachelor of Science degrees (BSN) for advanced practice, demand for faculty may increase...
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...of clinical sites are just a few concerns of nursing programs. Nurse educators seek teaching strategies that promote students that are highly skilled practitioners. Students must learn how to transfer their knowledge and learned skills into their clinical practice. It is the nurse educator’s goal to “produce safe and competent registered nurse” (Reid Searl, Eaton, Vieth, & Happell, 2011, p. 2758). Sufficient clinical experience is challenged as there is an increased demand for nursing schools to produce nurses that are competent, with the increasingly “ill population, coupled with the shortage of faculty” (Sportsman et al., 2009, p. 67). High Fidelity Simulation (HFS) is a method of providing students with clinical experience that is essential in developing the skills and knowledge. Many nursing programs are now using HFS in their curriculum. These simulators “allow students to experience high-risk, low volume patient problems in a realistic setting” (Tuoriniemi & Schott Baer, 2008, p. 105). The HFS are full size mannequins that can respond verbally and physiologically to the students interventions as well as omissions of care (Leigh & Hurst, 2008). The HFS offers students many advantages. This method of clinical training allows students to experience real life like patient encounters that they may not have the opportunity to experience during their clinical training. Nurse educators can correlate HFS with the current topics. Often, there are limited...
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...Running Head: The Gender Achievement Gap 1 The Gender Achievement Gap Clint Overstreet 2 The No Child Left Behind Act requires that states bring students up to the "proficient" level on state tests and individual schools have to meet state “adequate yearly progress.” This mandate targets not only all “typical” students, but students from all demographics. With this factor of accountability, as well as school success, many researchers have studied the gap in educational achievement and how these gaps can be lessened. The most noted gaps in academic success include the areas of gender, socioeconomic status, race, students with disabilities, and ethnicity (2001). Gender has been one of the areas in which the notable gap in achievement has been studied. Researchers have studied this trend for many years. They attribute this discrepancy in gender achievement to a number of various factors. Possible influences in this gap include: culture, biological factors, theories in gender behavior, and school attitudes and factors (2008). The longtime concern regarding the role gender plays in academic success has been the grounds for numerous studies around the globe. Our culture has strong imbedded ideals on the role of males and females. Although, changes in these roles continue to evolve there continue to be underlying ideals and behaviors, which are often unintentional, which dictate how we view the...
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...[pic] NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student: Coleen O’Hara-Vaughn THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: |O’HaraVaughnCEDU8001-8-8 1 | Save a copy of your assignments: You may need to re-submit an assignment at your instructor’s request. Make sure you save your files in accessible location. Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. | | | |EDU 8001-8 |Dr. Bockrath ...
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...relative or family friend so it makes it difficult to tell anyone about the abuse. Educators especially should pay attention for the signs and symptoms of abuse. For example, an outgoing child becomes withdrawn or chooses not to participant in normal activities. Some children display changes in behavior such as aggression, anger hostility or hyperactivity. Others may appear depressed, apparent lack of supervision or frequent absences ("Symptoms-Mayo Clinic," 2003). It doesn’t mean that a child is being abused if they display any of these symptoms. Educators should pay attention to the warning signs. Children can be mentally and physically abused. A child may report to school with unexplained bruises, fractures or burns ("Symptoms-Mayo Clinic," 2003).Some may report to school with injuries but they fail to provide an excuse that matches to the injury. No one should assume a child is being abused based one incident, however, it should be noted to the proper authorities. Educators should also pay attention to the parent of the abused child as well. The parent might deny any problems or injuries ("Symptoms-mayo clinic," 2003). There are parents who just don’t care if their child succeeds and lack parenting skills. Educators are usually the first line of protection for children as they have contact with children on constant basis (Crosson-Tower, 2003). If something is different about a child, educators have a legal...
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...of the new parts and pieces of this legislation. Also in 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a report that was two years in the making. The goal for the committee formed between the two entities was to produce a report that would address the lack of a roadmap for change needed to help steer the profession of nursing through the many coming changes in the modern American healthcare system. This paper will address three main components of the IOM report. The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education The profession of nursing is unlike many of its colleagues within the healthcare community. Currently there are four different tracks to becoming an RN. It has been noted that the different paths of reaching the same goal of becoming a practicing RN has been a contributor to confusion among not only the general public but also the profession itself. “Perhaps the belief that ‘a nurse is a nurse is a nurse’ developed because, even though registered nurses may be prepared in educational programs that vary in length, orientation, and content, the graduates all take the same licensing examination, and, superficially all seem to be able to provide the same level of care” (Catalano, 2009, p. 88). The IOM’s key component regarding education states that nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. With this in mind...
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...(automated essay scoring software) to compare results of hand-scored essays; the results appeared to produce a more accurate grade, however, no official statistical studies were performed to accurately maintain the claim. Essay Raters (e-Rater), developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), allowed Perelman to access, and analyze the technology. ETS uses vocabulary and content to score criteria, such as essay length, conjunctive adverb usage, and large word usage, in combination with paper and word length, words per sentence, and word complexity. The downside is the programs’ inability to differentiate factual from nonfactual information, intent, or meaning. Some educators banned to form the group, Professionals Against Machine Scoring of Student Essays in High-Stakes Assessment; they are concerned educators will reduce writing standards to conform to software constraints. Laudon & Laudon further discuss the probability of lost jobs due to computers taking the place of hired graders, and although this is an educational cost reduction for education, it conveys the potential of increasing unemployment. The e-Rater can score 16,000 essays in 20 seconds, whereas that is impossible from a human grader; additional pitfalls within the scoring criteria, as well as the system’s inability to distinguish thought from gibberish, are notable detractors, at this...
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...do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This report is the product of an educational program, and is intended to serve as partial documentation for the evaluation of academic achievement. The reader should not construe the report as a working document. Abstract The WPI OfCourse! course management system provides educators with a set of tools to extend their existent course websites. While this toolset offers great functionality, the installation and configuration of the system is complex and difficult. The project team created a two-tiered installation package that is both simplified and easy to use. User testing was conducted and indicated a significant improvement in the installation procedure. In conclusion, the OfCourse! system was improved by the newly created installer. -i- Executive Summary As the web evolves and grows, educational professionals continue to pursue the use of online tools. While a variety of software exists, educators of average computer literacy seek a feature-rich application that is easy to install and use. Educators demand a well-designed user interface and a comprehensive set of features. The OfCourse! course management system is a set of online educational tools that can be integrated into existent websites. While the toolset provided is packed with great modules such as calendars, discussion boards, and grade books, the software suite was difficult to install and configure...
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...suggests, cultural synchronization between the teacher and the students can be influential in discipline. This is illustrated in the authors’ transcription of an interaction among students and the teacher along with commentary. More specifically, the authors note that Ms. Simpson (the teacher) has shifted her language to include dialect that is non-standard English but is closer to the students’ own language. The authors state “Ms. Simpson’s comments, undoubtedly, have altered her professional image from one of “effective educator” to “unprofessional teacher” in the eyes of many teacher educators.” They go on to note “conventional wisdom fails to account for the importance of cultural context when analyzing teacher behaviors.” c. Research Questions/Hypotheses No specific research question or hypothesis is noted, but the authors do address the overall context for their qualitative study. They state that “we argue that researchers and teacher educators must carefully consider the salience of culture as related to effective classroom management techniques for low-income African American students who attend urban schools.” More specifically, after reviewing the literature, the authors state that the “purpose of the...
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...weighs heavily on human development. It is presented to lay the foundation of knowledge and intellectual welfare for all people. However people being different physically, mentally, and emotionally brings in all types of groups. The diversity in society provides specific challenges for educators sworn to provide an equal effective educational opportunity for all they must have a plan of action to teach all students in their classroom. With more and more classes becoming inclusive educators are more likely than not to have at least one student who suffers from Emotional Behavioral Disorder or EBD. What is EBD? According to the Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act EBD is defined as a” condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a student’s educational experience.” (IDEA ADMENDMENT 1997) 1. Inability to learn that cannot be explained. 2. Hyperactivity 3. Fighting and acting out 4. Socially awkward; Excessive fear 5. Learning difficulties, inappropriate behavior. To define EBD is a difficult task the government definition has been accused of being flawed. Several noted professionals like Steven Forbes and June Knitzer joined together with The National Mental Health Institute and Special Education Coalition and over thirty others national organizations to try and come up with a universal definition unable to agree they stated that all the definitions contain...
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...them perform better. This behavior management program ensures student motivation. It models real life situations and students are allowed to earn and buy rewards. The consequence map gives the student a graphic representation of behaviors and consequences. It depicts the current, undesirable behavior and an alternate behavior along with the consequences that goes along with each option. With the use of either method, educators are likely to see and improvement in student behavior in the general education classroom. B. F. Skinner was an American psychologist and behaviorist who invented the idea of operant conditioning. Skinner says that people do not just develop behaviors, but they release them as well and that our behaviors operate on our environment, which generates consequences. According to Golembiewski (1993), “we acquire behaviors or extinguish them in response to the conditions or contingencies of reinforcement” (p. 32). Improving student behavior has been a topic educators have been trying find a solution too for some time now. Educators have seen a decrease in student interest and participation in class, low academic scores and a lack of...
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...Leadership as Educators Violet Meadows COM/705 November 26, 2011 Dr. Teresa North How Information Literacy Influences Scholarship, Practice, and Leadership as Educators? There are many ways to define information literacy. Information literacy affects some facets of scholarship practice, and leadership. “Information literacy has the ability to identify what information needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the source for information needed, located those sources, evaluate them critically, and share the information” (Turusheva, 2009, p. 126). At the University of Maryland there are Library-led Faculty Workshops that teach educators how to meet information literacy goals in their classroom (Miller, et al.). According to the article educators participation in the hands- on activities and discussions among their colleague, information about the university, information literacy standard, library resources and services, free Web tools, and the best way to implement how to design class assignments involving library research (Miller, et al.). To meet literacy goals for students, educators, and Librans collaboration is essential. The Association for College and Research Libraries (n. d.) emphasizes for the collaboration to be successful, there needs to be a partnership between the Liberians and the educators. To successful...
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