OBJECTIVES High turnover rates among nursing assistants (NAs) in nursing homes have costly implications for facility operation and quality, and low rates of NA profession retention can deplete the stock of experienced staff. This study assessed the extent to which the same factors are associated with NAs' intent to leave a particular job versus the NA profession. METHODS We used data for 2,32...

BACKGROUND Nursing home (NH) administrators need tools to measure the effectiveness of care delivered at the end of life so that they have objective data on which to evaluate current practices, and identify areas of resident care in need of improvement. METHODS A three-phase mixed methods study was used to develop and test an empirically derived chart audit tool aimed at assessing the care de...

The American Nurses Association will publish the revised Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice this summer. The new document focuses on outcomes, successes, change, and a global audience. This column highlights key changes within the context of nursing professional development, especially continuing nursing education.

oiR,'?lour corespondent K. JL. H. inquires why hospital routine, oft;n galling in the extreme, must be " slavishly imitated" by the authorities of nursing homes. I should be glad to know why another great fault of our hospitals is repeated in nursing homes. I refer to the underfeeding of the nursing staff. It is, I believe, a generally accepted fact that few, if any, nurses have sufficient to e...

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Research has shown that the present generation of students has a preference for digital literacy, experiential learning, interactivity, and immediacy; therefore, greater use of technology is being brought into university courses to aid in student involvement. Student Response Systems, called clickers, were incorporated as a teaching methodology to enhance student interaction and learning in a d...

This is a review article on the adoption of technology in higher education. Higher education in general is looked at. Nursing Education is also higher education and therefore it will not be addressed separately, but mentioned in some instances. The article presents a look into how students and lecturers experience change, as well as barriers they perceive in the integration and adoption of tech...