Nursing Education and the 21st Century Library.
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Current Status of Fellowship Programs for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in the Nurse Practitioner Role.
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Students completing an advanced practice RN program for practice as a nurse practitioner may seek options for further advancement. Although postgraduate clinical fellowship programs exist, information about such programs is not readily available. This article offers a resource for faculty to assist graduate students in finding advanced practice RN ...
Defining Roles and Expectations for Faculty, Nurses, and Students in a Dedicated Education Unit.
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The dedicated education unit (DEU) model of clinical nursing education is an innovative, evidence-based model for creating a more effective learning environment. Although nursing programs have used this model for years, the literature provides minimal direction to assist faculty in transitioning from traditional clinical teaching to the DEU model. ...
Effect of Simulation on Learner Stress as Measured by Cortisol: An Integrative Review.
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Simulated learning has become a mainstay in nursing education. Current literature focuses primarily on the development and implementation of simulation, although little is known about the stress that students experience. This integrative review examines studies evaluating learner stress in simulated settings as measured by cortisol. Findings sugges...
The Why Behind the What: Teaching With a Purpose.
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Mock Institutional Review Board: Promoting Analytical and Reasoning Skills in Research Ethics.
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Although it is critical that nurses possess ethical reasoning skills for research, there is limited information on effective strategies to develop these skills in graduate health care students. A research study analyzing educational interventions including the effect of online human subjects training followed by a mock institutional review board si...
Engaging Students in the Development of an Interprofessional Population Health Management Course.
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Development of an Interprofessional Teaching Grand Rounds.
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Value of Online Group Reflection After International Service-Learning Experiences: I Never Thought of That.
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Reflection is a widely accepted learning tool and a component of competent professional practice. An exploratory descriptive study was conducted to compare the breadth and level of reflection between students engaged in individual reflection papers and students engaged in an online group reflection discussion after an international cultural immersi...
Adjunct Nurse Faculty Demographics and Intent to Stay Teaching.
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Adjunct nurse educators have become a primary facilitator of students' clinical learning in nursing education. However, studies are lacking as to variables that correlate with their intent to stay teaching. This study examined demographic variables that had an impact on adjunct clinical educators' decisions about whether to leave a teaching positio...
