Nursing education and nurses' articulation with the working market are guided on the premise that the quality of nursing service is related to training workers to be reflexive subjects. The main object of the study was to understand nursing education based on the current political pedagogical projects (PPPs) of nursing courses and, more specifically, to verify with coordinators and/or former-co...

The inclusion of gerontology content in the nursing curriculum is paramount as our population of older adults grows. As one of 10 recipients of the John A. Hartford Foundation/AACN awards for Enhancing Gerontological and Geriatric Nursing Education for Advanced Practice Nursing Programs, we successfully integrated gerontological/ geriatric content throughout core courses for all concentrations ...

BACKGROUND Differences exist in the perception and enactment of professional values among practicing registered nurses (RNs). Hall's Care, Cure, and Core model was used as a framework for this study. METHODS This study compared perceptions of professional values of 198 RNs according to their level of nursing education and other potentially influencial factors. An online survey developed by th...

introduction: the importance of optimal clinical nursing education in professional skills development is undeniable. in clinical education, nursing students are often faced with problems. recognizing nursing students’ perception on clinical education is the first step to remove the barriers of this challenge. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the nursing...

This article reviews the use of constructivism in traditional brick-and-mortar classrooms, as opposed to the online learning environment. The applicability of constructivism to nursing education is discussed. The article concludes with recommendations for online nursing education programs, offering ways that constructivist methodologies can be applied to online distance education.

This article contrasts the debate between conservatism and liberalism evident in educational policy and practice, with the radical, deconstructive position. Radical views of education are in turn contrasted with what the educational theorists Shaun Gallagher identifies as a moderate position, in which the various controversies turn in on themselves to reveal our dependence on a series of discur...

The challenge of building new medical schools or expanding the class size of current ones is a lengthy and costly enterprise. That reality argues for the creation of a national vision about how to proceed and what to prioritize, a vision that could serve as a map for public and private officials considering further investment in medical education. A national commission funded by one or several ...

This paper shows that policy reforms in Vocational Education and Training in Australia since the late 1980s developed with the specific intention of reforming the official pedagogic discourse and associated pedagogic spaces that existed at that time. The discourses of flexible delivery, flexible learning, online learning, e-learning and blended learning established pedagogic spaces that are des...

introduction: development of nursing profession is faced with new challenges. role of education is important for advancement of nursing. faculty members are experienced in education, and they are authentic sources for determining of the educational challenges in nursing. the aim of this study was to determine the educational challenges in nursing from the viewpoint of faculty members of nursing...