Objective: Faculty who are aware of culturally responsive practices are better positioned to implement teaching-learning strategies that meet the educational needs of culturally diverse learners. This study investigated the extent to which faculty used practices that promoted the academic success of African American and Hispanic minority nursing students and their preparedness in teaching these...

BACKGROUND Patient safety is a national and global concern. In the United States, medical errors result in more than 50,000 unnecessary patient deaths annually and contribute to billions of dollars in health care costs. The purpose of this project was to evaluate a standardized bedside handoff process and its influence in a medical-surgical unit. METHOD A quality improvement project was perfo...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To determine, from the perspectives of enrolled nurses and registered nurses, the current scope of enrolled nurse practice and to identify the activities that most enrolled nurses frequently performed in their workplace. BACKGROUND Enrolled nurse scope of practice in Australia has evolved and expanded over the past decade. However, the unclear role, function and competency...

This is the last in a series of articles guiding nursing administrators from broad marketing strategy to tactics and specific applications. The first article laid the foundation for developing a market-driven strategic plan. The second focused on marketing from the inside out. This final article explores the benefits of specialty nurse certification as a strategy for nursing administrators to r...

The concept of this honors project was to explore correctional nursing competency, working closely with my advisor and the research team. Key findings from the initial competency assessment evaluation phase were compiled, organized, and analyzed. A podium presentation “Advancing Correctional Nurse Competencies for Quality Care: Evaluation of Simulation Learning and Satisfaction” was given at th...

The Faculty of Nursing ensures the quality education it provides is suitable to health needs meet demands and challenges care in country. Deemed produce future nursing leaders educators, faculty has undertaken its first graduate tracer study. Graduate studies obtain both intrinsic extrinsic results benefits. Intrinsic can be used point at areas for improvement study programs service delivery un...

BACKGROUND South Africa transformed higher education through the enactment of the Higher Education Act (No. 101 of 1997). The researcher identified the need to develop a model for the mentoring of newly-appointed nurse educators in nursing education institutions in South Africa.  OBJECTIVES To develop and describe the model for mentoring newly-appointed nurse educators in nursing education in...

T he Synergy Model was adapted by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses as a basis for nursing practice and for CCRN and CCNS certification examinations. In the latter examination, a variety of scenarios typify how the Synergy Model is the basis for practice for the clinical nurse specialist. The model describes 7 characteristics that patients will manifest during various phases of t...