Calls to transform the healthcare system and evolve the preparation of healthcare professionals have increased in recent years. In response to the concerns and recommendations voiced in the series of national reports, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Board of Directors initiated a series of task forces from 1999-present. The pilot Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL(trade mark)) in...

1Organization for Promotion of Tenure Track, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture 889-1692, Japan 2Division of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture 260-8672, Japan 3Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba Pref...

1Department of Pediatrics, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 2Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran 3Health Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran 4Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Ilam Universi...

Habib Shareinia, Forough Rafii, Payam Sarraf, Mahnaz Seyedalshohahadaee. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Social Development & Health Promotion Research Centre, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran; Professor, Center for Nursing Care Research, Medical surgical Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran Universityof Medical Sciences,...

background: the negative attitudes and behaviors of iranian nursing students impede learning and threaten their progression and retention in nursing programs. the need to understand students’ perception and experiences of nursing provide knowledge about effectiveness of nursing education program as well as their professional identity. the purpose of this study was to discover experiences of nur...

abstract background: childhood cancers are fatal diseases which cause intense stress and traumatic situations for the ones who experience those diseases. this kind of an emotionally hard life may create some hardships for developing self‑concept. the aim of the study is to put forth the self‑exposure of a school‑age child by using plays. materials and methods: six play sessions had been carried...

In 2000, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing developed guidelines to help nurse educators incorporate gerontological nursing content into baccalaureate curricula. In 2001, the Hartford Foundation also provided grant monies to nursing programs to support gerontology curricular innovations and new clinical experiences...

The human patient simulator (HPS) has recently been introduced as an adjunct technology in nursing education. An international survey of nursing schools and simulation centers that collaborate with nursing schools and have purchased a Medical Education Technologies, Inc. (METI) HPS was undertaken in 2002. Thirty-four schools of nursing (18 based in universities and 16 based in community college...

Yonatan Mintz, Anil Aswani, Philip Kaminsky Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, {aaswani,kaminsky,ymintz}@berkeley.edu Elena Flowers Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, [email protected] Yoshimi Fukuoka Department of Physiological Nursing & Institut...