Friendship Bridge Nurses and Vietnamese nurses developed a partnership based on the concepts of collaboration, sustainability, critical mass, and shared vision. This article explores the process of development and issues of implementation of a graduate nursing education program in Vietnam.

Nurses play an important role in responding to disasters. Preparing nurses to participate in planning for and responding to a disaster is integral to undergraduate nursing education. The authors describe the evaluation of a collaborative learning model that has been used to teach undergraduate nursing students about disaster preparedness.

there are two strategies that increasing skill of nursing students: heuristic method and concept map. these methods correlate theoretical and operational lessons effectively. different researches and experiments showed that students, who have educated with these methods, have more ability to attain skills than the other students. this subject is not a novel idea. even tyler has applied this the...

Terminology used in the field of continuing nursing education and nursing professional development can be confusing. This article defines common terms and explains the importance of their correct usage. J Contin Nurs Educ. 2018;49(1):19-25.

To address the faculty shortage problem, schools of nursing are reexamining how they provide clinical education to undergraduate students to find ways to use faculty resources more efficiently and to maintain student enrollment. We describe a unique clinical teaching model implemented at the New York University College of Nursing. The new model currently being evaluated shifts from the traditio...

This article explores the use of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in undergraduate nursing education. The advantages and limitations of this assessment approach are discussed and various applications of the OSCE are described. Attention is given to the complexities of evaluating some psychosocial competency components. The issues are considered in an endeavour to delineate t...

The following study has been conducted to discover the characteristics of an effective clinical teacher as described by faculty and students in a selected baccalaureate school of nursing. Through determination of these characteristics, clinical teachers can improve their teaching methodology and provide a more effective learning environment for the learner. The identification of these character...

Two broad issues that beginning graduate nursing students face are identifying a research focus and learning how to organize complex information. Developing a mind map is 1 strategy to help students clarify their thinking and lay the foundation for in-depth expertise related to their research focus, review of the literature, and conceptual framework. The authors discuss their use of mind mappin...

The increasingly complex role of a nurse requires a much higher level of critical thinking and clinical judgment skills than in the past. Opportunities to provide critical thinking experiences in clinical settings are challenged by various factors, including limited clinical facilities and a shortage of nurse faculty. Alternative methods to provide critical thinking experiences in undergraduate...

Suicide is a major health problem and a leading cause of death throughout the world. A primary goal for suicide prevention is reforming health professional education in order to increase the competence of health professionals in assessing and managing suicide risk. Nursing leadership is involved in this reform, yet nurses frequently lack the competence to care for patients in suicidal crisis. A...