Internationally, nursing faculty shortages have been reported and there is a potential for them to worsen into the next decade as existing faculty age. To, in part, address this issue, across disciplines there is clearly an international trend towards the increasing casualisation of the higher education workforce. Despite the potential impact of this two-tiered workforce structure, there has be...

BACKGROUND Research in nursing schools still falls behind that in other disciplines. Schools need to develop a good research culture, in which those undertaking and supervising research are supported and guided. This requires commitment from management and effective leadership. CONCLUSION To raise awareness the authors explore some of the ways in which a nursing school can foster a positive r...

This is a theoretical reflection, grounded in the ideas of 'revolution theory' and its influence on the nursing profession. According to authors, many nursing schools have assimilated progress theory and embraced the claim that nursing follows the same revolutionary developmental model as the other sciences analyzed by this model. Thus, this reflection addresses the thesis that the existence of...

competency- based mastery learning: a planned clinical experience for nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, habibzade h [3] , rasouli d [4] , khalilzadeh h [5] , jafarizadeh h [6]    received: 2 may, 2011 accepted: 6 july, 2011   abstract  background & aims: clinical education is one of the most important and crucial parts of nursing education. successful clinical education...

background: in recent years, there is a growing appreciation of the stresses involved in nursing training. it is important for nursing educators to know the prevalence of psychological distress and psychological well-being among nursing students. the present study aimed to assess perceived stress in the undergraduate students studying in a nursing college located in north india. materials and m...

background untrained fingertip palpation has been shown to be unable to adjust endotracheal tube (et) cuff pressure in most intubated patients. objective we determined the impact of a training course of ett cuff adjustment by palpation in attaining a safe cuff inflation pressure. patients and methods twenty-five nurses were asked to adjust the ett cuff pressure to 25 cmh2o by palpation on three...

Academic nursing practice holds great promise for the future of the nursing discipline. The successful and intentional integration of the tripartite mission of research, education, and clinical practice can facilitate both the evolution of the science and implementation of evidence-based practice, while imbuing practitioners in the making with the world of the possible. Although many schools of...

The nursing faculty pay scale at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has increased significantly over the past 5 years. This increase was driven by a number of factors: (a) the rapidly expanding population in Nevada, (b) the nursing shortage and the Nevada legislative mandate to double nursing enrollment in state schools, (c) the national nursing faculty shortage, and (d) the opening of privat...