Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Department of Immunology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan Kinan General Hospital, Minamimuro, Mie, Japan Division of Hematology, Stanford ...

Throughout the world, the supply of skilled nurses is notoriously volatile, with major shifts into and out of the workforce as economies fluctuate. In the USA, Staiger et al. [1, 2] believe that the current surge in new registered nurse (RN) graduates will only partially alleviate future shortages. They predict that when the US unemployment rate drops to 6.5%, large numbers of nurses will retir...

Oncology education can impact nursing students' attitudes toward oncology and their interest in oncology nursing. To explore that relationship, a literature search was conducted using the CINAHL®, Cochrane Library, ERIC®, PubMed, and Scopus® databases. Nineteen pertinent studies were incorporated into the review, and recommendations were graded by strength of evidence schemas. The reviewed lite...

T he Carnegie Foundation National Study of Nursing Education has just been completed, and the book reporting the findings will be published early in 2009. This is the first national study of nursing education since the Lysaught report, published in 1970. It is dizzying to think of all the changes that have occurred in society and health care since that time: the advancement of women’s rights, t...

Hong Kong returned to the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China in July 1997. In the past, Hong Kong has been greatly influenced by the British system of nurses' training, which was very different from that in mainland China. As Hong Kong is now a part of China again, there is an increased opportunity for the exchange of experience and ideas among nurse educators. The First China-Hong K...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to describe the first attempts and performance of health system in Iran in training specialist nurses in the field of diabetes- related care and education. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a qualitative content analysis. Three diabetes management planners in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, three provincial executive authorities of diabetes ...

The nursing students have fewer opportunities to come into contact with children due to the declining birth rate in Japan. The objective of this study was to clarify the changing of the feelings of children and the image of nursing students about the medical institutes of pediatric before and after a pediatric nursing modules. We also aimed to identify related issues in education of pediatric n...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to determine if new bachelor's of science in nursing (BSN) nurses perceived their education to be relevant for the current demands of the profession. METHODS The design was nonexperimental, descriptive survey research. Data were gathered using a researcher-designed mailed survey. Addresses for survey participants, RNs who had graduated with a BSN within 2 years prior to...

No other health‐care professional spends more time with patients at the end‐of‐life stage than the nurse, who is responsible for assessing and supporting patients’ physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Therefore, nurses are expected to provide quality palliative/end‐of‐life care that maintains the dignity and improves the quality of life (QOL) of patients who are entering the la...

It is imperative to understand the factor that influence teaching competency. Therefore, it is necessary to study those that have an impact on the process of acquiring teaching competency. Competent nurse teachers have an important role in the achievement of nursing students and improving the quality of nursing education. However, few researches have focused specifically on the process of acqui...