PhD, RN Robin Bartoletti, MS Online education requires nursing faculty to learn teaching strategies that encourage students’ interaction with the course content, their peers, the faculty, and the technology. The Web 2.0 technologies of wikis and blogs can help faculty direct online learning activities that encourage peer support, collaboration, and dialogue. The authors discuss these tools and how they were used to engage students in a nursing research course. ince the mid-1990s, increasing numbers
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Professional organizations and associations in nursing are critical for generating the energy, flow of ideas, and proactive work needed to maintain a healthy profession that advocates for the needs of its clients and nurses, and the trust of society (Matthews, J.H., 2012). These organizations are helpful to get the nurses together from all around the nation and share ideas, thoughts, congregate, talk among themselves, and advocate for their causes. These organizations make it possible for nurse
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care is the major concern for nurses, and the procedure of patient care transfer should take that into account. The objective of the review was stated clearly and mentioned the appraisal and synthesis of the qualitative evidence related to the nursing handoff report. Moreover, the authors aimed at recommending the improvements which would facilitate and enhance the information transfer. by reviewing the qualitative studies which dealt with the real experience of nurses with their inter-shift handoff
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| Diabetic Management in Public schools | Grand Canyon University | | `` | 10/13/2013 | | The following is a summary regarding a research study on the non-medical personnel assigned to care for Type I diabetic students in the state of Virginia public school system in the absence of a registered nurse following a legislative bill passed in the Senate in 1999. The research conducted in 2005 and released in 2007 (Hellems & Clarke 2007) was implemented with questions regarding
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graduated from my nursing program with an Associate’s Degree of Applied Science in Nursing, I thought I had reached the pinnacle of my formal education. After all, the rest was ‘on the job’ training. The opinion I held of Bachelor degree nurses was, quite frankly, that they were more educated in research and theory than they were in actual patient care. In my eyes, only nurses who wanted to pursue administrative roles were interested in furthering their degree. Pursing a greater nursing experience, I
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The choices that have to be made are whether to prepare at the Associate Degree level versus the Bachelor Degree level in nursing. It is quite clear that, this choice remains with the individual. There is strong belief, based on evidence, research and personal experience to acknowledge the differences in competencies between Associate Degree and Bachelor Degree in nursing. One difference between Associate Degree Nurse and Bachelor Degree Nurse is the number of credits require for each. While
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they are delegating to be able to delegate effectively and with minimal stress for themselves (Harris, 2007). With the determining of competence and appropriateness of the task to be delegated, there are many things to consider. According to the nursing practice act, the RN is authorized to delegate to lower licensed staff with ongoing supervision to help patients receive a quality of health care. The RN has to evaluate the patient for stability, condition, and abilities of the team to perform the
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A Nursing Professional Organization The National Association of Hispanic Nursing Name College Abstract This research paper is on The Nurse Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN). I will explain the primary mission of this organization and it’s contributing factor and benefits to nursing. The impact of the organization on the community, the political stand point and supportive issues it has on nursing, the resources it provides on the web and to health professionals and the public, the choices
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SCHOOL OF THE PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING BY HARSHAL THOMAS, BSN, RN HOUSTON, TEXAS March 3, 2014 DeMonica Junious, PhD, RN, CNE INTRODUCTION This paper is a systematic presentation of nursing theories based on literature review. The purpose of this paper is to describe how nursing theories are applied in administrative practice. It will help to generate further nursing knowledge. Nursing theory can help patients, managers and other healthcare professionals
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The IOM report on the impact of nursing focuses on some key issues: 1) Nurses should be able to practice to the maximum potentials of their education. 2) The educational systems should be improved so that nurses can achieve higher levels of education possible. 3) Nurses should be given equal opportunity as the physicians and other professionals in the decision-making of changing or reshaping the health care of the nation. Message #2 states, "Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training
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