6 End of Life Teaching Strategy to Improve Student’s Attitudes Toward the Dying Patient Tricia K. Gatlin, PhD, RN, CNE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Purpose: End of life (EOL) care is an important aspect of nursing when comfort and quality of life are the patient’s goals. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) developed a comprehensive program of teaching care of the dying ...

The preface to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Future of Nursing (2011) report begins with a statement that the report is being published at a time of great opportunity in health care. As nurse educators, our great opportunity is the challenge to actualize the recommendations contained in the IOM report. Just as Robert Frost faced a divergence in the road, so too does our profession. Frost’s ...

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a 2-day, simulation-based orientation for baccalaureate nursing students preparing to begin their first clinical experience. Students were recruited for participation in the study from a clinical foundation course. Actors (standardized patients) provided students with the chance to engage with simulated real patients in realistic clinical situations pri...

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Heart failure is a prevalent and costly condition. Patients with better self-management are less likely to be rehospitalized. An online interactive heart failure module was developed and integrated into a medical-surgical nursing course to assist students in learning how to care for patients with heart failure. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the integration of an online heart ...

Aim To identify sustainable curricular practices that promote student resilience. Method Sophomore students in a four-year baccalaureate nursing program attended positive psychology seminar and formal mentoring led by senior- junior-level students. ‘resilience was measured pre- post-intervention using the Predictive 6-Factor Resilience Scale (PR6). Additional rich descriptions from experience o...

UNLABELLED The aim is to explore factors that motivate and obstacles that impede nurses from pursuing baccalaureate education when employed by a Magnet® organization. BACKGROUND In the Future of Nursing (2011), the Institute of Medicine concluded that the baccalaureate should be the minimum education for nurses. Magnet organizations are encouraged to meet the Institute of Medicine goal of 80%...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Nursing education necessitates vigilance for clinical safety, a daunting challenge given the complex interchanges between students, patients and educators. As active learners, students offer a subjective understanding concerning safety in the practice milieu that merits further study. This study describes the viewpoints of senior undergraduate nursing students about com...

BACKGROUND Increasing demand for baccalaureate-prepared nurses has led to rapid growth in the number of baccalaureate-granting programs, and to concerns about educational quality and potential effects on productivity of the graduating nursing workforce. We examined the association of individual productivity of a baccalaureate-prepared nurse with the ranking of the degree-granting institution. ...

Nurses need to think critically and respond to a wide variety of clinical situations. Simulations can provide realistic examples of typical clinical situations to undertake learning of complex skills in a less threatening environment. The teacher is thus provided with more control over the learning environment, resulting in a situation which is beneficial in knowledge and skill acquisition. In ...