Chapter 13: Transformation in Nursing Education

The Importance of Research in Nursing and Midwifery

After reading this chapter you will be able to: • recognise the importance of research and evidence-based practice in nursing and midwifery • differentiate major philosophical approaches in the conduct of research and their use in nursing and midwifery services • understand developments in nursing and midwifery research in the context of society, politics and history • understand the links betw...

The Shifting Sands of Nursing Informatics Education: From Content to Connectivity.

This chapter considers the development of nurse education over the past 50 years and ventures a view towards 2020. A link will be made to the introduction of informatics to nursing curricula. It is clear when looking over the recent history of nurse education that it has moved from a medical model and content driven apprentice mode to that of a reflective agile professional mode where autonomou...

Explaining Challenges of Applying the Technology and Innovation University in Higher Education System

Introduction: Technology and innovation universities of third generation are universities whose main concern is teaching, learning and entrepreneurship. Regarded to the role of third generation universities in the commercialization of knowledge and entrepreneurship, present research aimed to explaining challenges of applying the technology and innovation university in higher education system. M...

How continuing education can help the advanced practice shortage.

Factors that Influence the Participation of Immigrant Latino Parents in the Special Education Process of their Children with Disabilities

.........................................................................................................xi CHAPTER I Introduction ...................................................................................1 Parental Involvement and Student Achievement..........................................................2 Parental Involvement in Special Education ......................................