A nurse educator has an important role in promoting students' learning and professional development as well offering high quality nursing education. To describe the competence of educators explore its connection with self-evaluated graduating students. cross-sectional survey design was used. total 1796 students Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania Spain participated this study. The dat...

diabetic foot ulcer (dfu) is considered as one of the main causes of hospitalization in diabetic patients, which can lead to infection, gangrene, amputation, and even death if the necessary care is not provided. based on the recent investigations, one of the most effective tactics to manage diabetic foot ulcer is to form a multidisciplinary team including a general practitioner, a nurse, an edu...

Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare Vol. 1, No. 3, 2011 ABSTRACT The US Department of Labor has identified nursing as one of the fastest growing occupations in terms of growth through 2014, when over one million nurses will be needed to fill the nation‟s health care needs (Monthly Labor Review, 2005). In order to educate these and additional nurses, there need to be ...

BACKGROUND The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and similar courses have been used to train clinicians. However, formal teamwork training was not included in these courses, and their effectiveness has been questioned. In adult resuscitation, debriefings using video recordings have improved outcomes, but recordings of neonatal resuscitation have been used primarily for research. AIMS To te...

Objective In Western Australia the cancer nurse coordinator (CNC) role is unique, state wide and situated in nursing. It requires the domains of clinical expert, resource consultant, educator, change agent, researcher and advocate to facilitate seamless coordination of care for patients across metropolitan, rural and remote geographical areas of Western Australia. This study examined the role, ...

In Australia, like other countries, two levels of nurse are registered for entry to practice. Educational changes for second level nurses in Australia have led to questions regarding roles and career options. This paper reports on interviews with nursing course coordinators to examine educator expectations of roles and career pathways of registered and enrolled nurses. Coordinators of eight deg...

AANA Journal/February 2007/Vol. 75, No. 1 13 Many factors have led to the current nursing and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) faculty shortage. These shortages need to be addressed with the development of strategies to attract high quality nurse anesthesia faculty and facilitate success in academic positions. As part of its strategic plan, the 2005-2006 AANA Education Committee ad...