abstract background: new teaching methods are essential in the promotion of competence in nursing students. measuring blood pressure, which is one of the most essential skills, is the foundation of nursing care and clinical decision‑making, and students should be trained to master this skill. this study aimed to determine the impact of two teaching methods on students’ performance in blood pres...

a Graduate student of Nursing at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Scientifi c Initiation Scholarship student/National Counsel of Scientifi c and Technological Development (CNPq). João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. b Nurse. PhD in Nursing. Collaborating faculty member of the Post-Graduate Nursing Programme (PPGENF/UFPB) linked to the National Post-Graduate Programme/Coordenação de Aperfeiç...

Rebouche, for their helpful comments as well as the generous faculty commenters at Villanova Law and Temple Law's faculty workshops. Rebecca Cole provided excellent research assistance as always.

Online Journal of Cultural Competence in Nursing and Healthcare Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011 ABSTRACT The purpose of this ethnonursing research study was to discover nursing faculty care practices that support teaching students to provide culturally congruent care within baccalaureate programs in urban and rural universities in the Southeastern United States. Twenty seven Angloand African-American facul...

Objective: Faculty who are aware of culturally responsive practices are better positioned to implement teaching-learning strategies that meet the educational needs of culturally diverse learners. This study investigated the extent to which faculty used practices that promoted the academic success of African American and Hispanic minority nursing students and their preparedness in teaching these...

26 Translating Technology in Professional Practices to Optimize Infection Prevention and Control: A Case Study Based on the TRIP-ANT Framework; Randa Attieh, CHU de Québec, Université Laval Research Center, Quebec City, Canada Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada Geneviève Roch, Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada Sarah L Krein, VA...

abstract [1]   background and objective:hospital infection is undoubtedly the most important world's problem which is considered by health care centers. lack of proper understanding of staff of infection controling ways and procedures play a decisive role in the increased transmission of infectious agents in hospital infections. if nurses know the proper effective ways they would help to r...

Humor has been recognized by nurse researchers and practitioners as a constructive therapeutic intervention and has shown positive psychological and physiological outcomes for patient care. Because cross-cultural research on humor is sparse, this preliminary study investigates how nursing faculty members approach teaching therapeutic humor in the classroom and clinical education in different co...

Nurses are positioned to play a significant role in oral health promotion and disease prevention across the life cycle. Oral health has not been a high priority in nursing practice, and educating nurses about oral health has been inadequate particularly regarding the interrelationship between oral health and overall health. The first step for developing a nursing workforce with core competencie...

The benefit of engaging in evidence-based teaching practice (EBTP) is to identify and implement best practices in nursing education. Unfortunately, nursing education has made little forward movement in identifying the evidence upon which faculty base their teaching practices. A national online survey of 295 nurse educators from 86 programs revealed the evidence they use in their teaching practi...