Simulation is widely used in nursing education. Previous studies have examined the impact of simulation on the acquisition of psychomotor skills, knowledge, critical thinking and non-technical skills such as teamwork. Challenges associated with the integration of simulation into nursing curricula have also been examined, however only limited research addresses the most effective simulation desi...

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To address the faculty shortage problem, schools of nursing are reexamining how they provide clinical education to undergraduate students to find ways to use faculty resources more efficiently and to maintain student enrollment. We describe a unique clinical teaching model implemented at the New York University College of Nursing. The new model currently being evaluated shifts from the traditio...

AIM To determine the predominant learning style preferences of undergraduate nursing students. METHOD A demographic questionnaire and Honey and Mumford's (2000a) learning styles questionnaire were administered to a purposive sample of 136 students. RESULTS A response rate of 81% (110) was obtained. The results are congruent with U.K. studies, which show that the reflector is the preferred l...

Although social media is fi nding its way into classrooms in a variety of ways, the literature demonstrates that its use in nursing is lagging (Ferguson, 2013). This article describes how the TwitterTM concept of using 140 characters or fewer can be effectively implemented by nursing faculty and students while staying within the school’s learning management system. PEET is an acronym that stand...

This article is about a teaching strategy that operationalizes an aspect of the National League for Nurses' position statement "Transforming Nursing Education" and the Institute of Medicine's report "Crossing the Quality Chasm." Engaging students with patients' first-person experiences related to health and illness and their experiences with health care can help students learn about the multipl...

During the last several years, a school of nursing in the southeastern United States has made concerted efforts to integrate geriatric content into every undergraduate course except obstetrics. Even the pediatric nursing course has infused content about grandparents, both as care providers for children and as extended family members. Faculty expertise and passion for teaching geriatric best pra...

The process of change, implemented by the School of Nursing at the University of the Orange Free State so that a paradigm shift in approaches to nursing education at undergraduate level could be achieved, is outlined. The necessity to change, the identification of external and internal variables that impact on change, the founding of a support system, the process of overcoming resistance to cha...

INTRODUCTION Literature provides adequate evidence of a poor perception of nursing within the profession, resulting in high rates of attrition of student nurses and newly qualified nurses. The nursing profession, in particular nurse educators, has an ethical and professional responsibility to find innovative strategies to promote the positive image of nursing amongst student nurses. PURPOSE T...

Teaching health centers were created as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 293k et. seq.], as amended by section 5303). The purpose of this legislation was to enhance the primary care workforce through funding graduate medical education in federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, rur...