background: assessment is the process of systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data to achieve the goals. the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of educational activities of departments of nursing and midwifery faculty of hamadan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2009 at the faculty of nursing and midwifery...

oiR,'?lour corespondent K. JL. H. inquires why hospital routine, oft;n galling in the extreme, must be " slavishly imitated" by the authorities of nursing homes. I should be glad to know why another great fault of our hospitals is repeated in nursing homes. I refer to the underfeeding of the nursing staff. It is, I believe, a generally accepted fact that few, if any, nurses have sufficient to e...

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This is a review article on the adoption of technology in higher education. Higher education in general is looked at. Nursing Education is also higher education and therefore it will not be addressed separately, but mentioned in some instances. The article presents a look into how students and lecturers experience change, as well as barriers they perceive in the integration and adoption of tech...

BACKGROUND Nursing home (NH) administrators need tools to measure the effectiveness of care delivered at the end of life so that they have objective data on which to evaluate current practices, and identify areas of resident care in need of improvement. METHODS A three-phase mixed methods study was used to develop and test an empirically derived chart audit tool aimed at assessing the care de...

The American Nurses Association will publish the revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice this summer. The new document focuses on outcomes, successes, change, and a global audience. This column highlights key changes within the context of nursing professional development, especially continuing nursing education.

As the baccalaureate becomes the new standard for nursing practice in China, nursing education is pivotal. The authors review the history and the current situation of nursing education and practice in China and discuss issues concerning baccalaureate graduates and the challenges in Chinese nursing education.