While the concept of advanced practice nursing (APN) is still relatively new, distinct patterns of evolution from specialty practice to advanced practice nursing are evident over the last 100 years. The purpose of this article is to describe 3 stages in this evolutionary process, as well as discuss several internal and external issues that represent challenges facing APN educators and clinician...

A growing body of research informed by theories and methods in the social sciences and humanities indicates that certain problematic messages are commonly embedded in popular and oncological representations of cancer. Becoming more aware of these underlying messages has the potential to improve the ways clinicians think about and manage cancer. (Note: A written response to this article appears ...

The present text had a purpose of reflect about the connections between postgraduation an nursing research courses in Brazil. The origins used were magazines, with distinction for Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem and Escola Anna Nery-Revista de Enfermagem, annals of conferences, seminaries and research forums, like the oral deposition of the teacher Emerita EEAN/UFRJ, the doctor Vilma de Carval...

introduction: some students attribute their academic failure to such factors as low aptitude, unavailability of resources, and bad luck. however, we can dare to say that the most important factor playing a role in academic success is students’ little acquaintance with learning and study skills. this study aimed at examining the quality of study skills in newly-admitted students of fasa medical ...

Distance education is becoming ever more important in providing continuing post basic, and especially postgraduate, education to practising professional persons, including nurses. As more and more institutions in the Republic of South Africa offer distance education courses to nurses, it is essential to take note of the positive and negative experiences of successful graduates of these programm...