* Extracted from the dissertation “Os sentidos da avaliação do desempenho do estudante em um currículo integrado orientado por competência”, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, 2009. 1 Ph.D. in Nursing. School of Nursing, University of São Paulo. Professor at Faculdade de Medicina de Marília. Marília, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 2 Full Professor of the Department of Collective Health ...

Integrated care generally refers to care for the elderly. Fragmentation in health and social care services creates the need to develop coordinated activities and cooperative networks in order to achieve a more cohesive set of services for the elderly. This is seen as being highly desirable by care providers, politicians, care users and financiers, mainly for reasons of quality and efficiency. H...

Nursing students for whom English is a second language (ESL) are now found in greater numbers in nursing schools. Their presence in nursing contributes to the diversity of the profession, but the language difficulties these students experience may influence academic achievement. Nurse educators can assist ESL students in reaching their career goal by being aware of the special language problems...

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Generated Questions in the Teaching and Learning Process. Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi Marshall, S. (editors).A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: Enhancing academic practice.(3rd edition). New York. Pintrich and Garcia (1991) found that intrinsically motivated students did A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education enhancing academic. Two Required Tex...

* Extract from the master's thesis "Estar con Estudiantes de Enfermería: la experiencia de las Enfermeras" School of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, 2007. 1 MSc. in Nursing. School of Nursing at Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile. [email protected] 2 Full Professor at School of Nursing, University of São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. [email protected]...

This study investigated the image of school nursing in the American press during 1978 and 1980. Content analysis of newspaper articles yielded specific measurements of the extent to which school nursing is visible via the press, the content of messages disseminated to the public about school nursing issues and two year changes in newspaper treatment of this topic. The mean number of articles pu...