France’s transition to academic nursing: the theory–practice gap

Student’s Academic Transition Issues: Associate Degree to Baccalaureate Nursing

Health care requires increasing the number and quality of registered nurses to the baccalaureate level to address part of the critical nurse shortage problem and need for highly qualified professionals. Two major national initiatives examining the nursing workforce issue in the United States recommend decreasing barriers, refining academic pathways and facilitating nurses return to school for h...

Academic training and clinical placement problems to achieve nursing competency

Introduction: High quality of care is one of the requirementsof nursing which depends on the nursing competency. In thisconnection, the aim of this research was to determine theproblems related to the academic training (nursing’ educationalprogram) and clinical practice to achieve competency from theviewpoint of nurses, faculty members, and nursing students.Methods: The study was an analytical ...

The German Academic Publishers Project - Gap

German Academic Publishers (GAP, www.gap-c.de) is a project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Science Foundation, www.dfg.de) for the purpose of creating a new model for academic publishing. Activities commenced in December 2001 and funding is secure for two years; a follow-up proposal requesting an extension of funding for additional developments and integration will b...

The gender gap in academic leadership.

Tailoring the Energy Band Gap of Transition Metal Doped TiO2 Thin Film

Water splitting for hydrogen production under sunlight using TiO2 as photo catalyst provides a better route for solar energy and attracts the attention of many researchers. The photo catalytic activity of TiO2 under sunlight irradiation depends on the band gap energy. The transition metal doped TiO2 shows an edge over TiO2 in optical absorbance and photo catalytic activity. Thin film of Cr dope...