Nursing Curriculum Healthcare is changing so rapidly, there will be a need to profoundly alter the nature of nursing education to address the needs of providers and patients. "Nurse researchers are calling for curricular changes that emphasize how, along with what, students learn. Educators are bringing classroom and clinical teaching together by integrating knowledge acquisition and situated knowledge use in the classroom and clinical practice. The health care system and the patient population have undergone dramatic changes in the last half-century, but many nurse educators teach their students in the same way that they were taught decades ago" (A new dawn in nursing education, 2012, RWJF). A number of innovations have been instituted, both technological and pedagogical in nature. For example, simulation technology allows nursing students to have an experience more accurate to the 'real world' of the nursing environment very early in their education,...
Also, narrative or case study approaches encourages greater creative thinking and hands-on use of abstract materials.
Nursing Time Management Strategies By its very nature, the profession of nursing requires effective time management. Nurses are constantly asked to balance the needs of patients and also the demands of administrators as they care for patients and attend to the bureaucratic aspects of their duties. The nursing shortage has made the need for time management particularly acute. Nurses are often overburdened with the care of many patients, whom they must
Cross-Sectional Study to Determine Factors in the Educational Advancement of the Licensed Practical Nurse to the Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina According to the Harvard Nursing Research Institute, United States nursing school enrollments dropped by 20.9% from 1995 to 1998 (Healthcare Review, 2000). Behind headlines such as this one are the overwhelming issues which threaten the nursing workforce: 1) staffing cuts, 2) mandatory overtime, and 3) the
What are the goals of higher education: to prepare a person for success in a specific career path, or to cultivate virtues like critical thinking, good citizenship, and moral reasoning? Bok (2006) suggests that colleges and universities consider combining these two purposes to create an ideal educational environment. It is possible to create a program that promotes higher order thinking while also promoting vocational development. Ultimately, Bok (2006) presents the following
The RN verifies comprehension with the nursing assistive personnel and that the assistant accepts the delegation and the responsibility that accompanies it; 7) Communication must be a two-way process. Nursing assistive personnel should have the opportunity to ask questions and/or for clarification of expectations. 8) the RN uses critical thinking and professional judgment when following the Five Rights of Delegation, to be sure that the delegation or assignment is: (a) the
This study will look for a hospital which has a wide variation in terms of educational attainment of its nurses. The nursing population of this chosen hospital will then become the participants of this study. Only the currently-employed; full-time nurses are eligible for the survey. IV. Data Collection and Analysis This study will use secondary information. The researcher will request the educational attainment data of their employed nurses to the Human
Improving Nursing Practice by Reducing Burnout Levels Nursing may be the most stressful of all professions, and it is not surprising that many nurses abandon their careers after experiencing the rigors of their workplace. A growing body of research clearly shows that nurses in general and those working in emergency department settings in particular are at the highest risk of any profession for experiencing professional burnout syndrome (Hamaideh & Ammouri, 2011).
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