There is overwhelming evidence that today’s education is inadequate for responding to the demands of the 21st century and probably beyond. In order to facilitate students’ learning and education, it will be pivotal to firstly re-consider what is required from the teacher and teacher professional competency. In this paper, we argue that for education being responsive to the requirements of the d...

When medication errors occur, nurse managers strive to determine the cause(s), identify the significant contributing factors within the system, or question staff competency. Critical care managers juggle this question against the backdrop of the demands of budget, bed utilization, patient outcome, and work life of the nursing staff that practises within chaotic environments with complex, severe...

O ur goal with this column is to provide a useful, practical introduction to competency modeling, a practice that is already a mainstay in many health professions and that is likely to find expanded use within health administration in the coming years. The competency model recently made available by the Healthcare Leadership Alliance (HLA) will serve to frame subsequent installments of this col...

Welcome to the 12th Annual International conference on Computational Science, to be held in Omaha, USA. This year’s conference will take place in Omaha, the heart of USA, at the Embassy suites – Downtown/Old Market. ICCS 2012 is organized by the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Universiteit van Amsterdam, the University of Tennessee, Nanyang Technological University, and Chinese Academy of Scie...

background: examining the quality of nursing care from the patient's perspective is an important element in quality evaluation. the extent to which patients' expectations are met will influence their perceptions and their satisfaction with the quality of care received. methods:   a cross- sectional survey was conducted among admitted patients at king khalid teaching hospital, riyadh, saudi arab...

Dr. Sour is a 50-year physician who practices in a busy multispecialty group practice in a large metropolitan community. In years past he was passionate, energetic and proud of his role as a health care provider. He enjoyed participating in a number of different hospital committees and clinical projects and was happy to help out when and wherever needed. Recently he has been noted by staff to b...

E. Paige Benson is an e-learning consultant ([email protected]) who helps health-care organizations define, create, implement, and evaluate complex learning solutions and a nurse educator at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif. Online learning offers a means of self-directed education with improved learning through interac-tivity. 10-16 Learners retain 10% of what they read, 30% ...

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the influence of professional competency, commitment, and nursing organizational culture on person-centered practice nurses in long-term care hospitals. Methods: A total 131 seven hospitals Daegu city Kyeongsang province participated study. Professional culture, were measured using Nurse Competence Short-Form, Commitment Questionnaire, Nursing Organizational...