Connecting Academia to Practice: Giving Tomorrow’s Nursing Leaders a Head Start This past spring, two of our Bethel University senior nursing students were instrumental in improving processes at area hospitals. One student led an effort to evaluate and improve the patient discharge process at the hospital where she was studying; the other student developed and presented compartment syndrome tra...

Reflection is widely used in nursing education to facilitate learning. Student writing and thinking, however, is not always of the quality faculty expect or desire. This project originated from concern about the quality of student descriptions of clinical experiences in a senior-level precepted clinical practicum. Providing students with more structure and guidance for consideration of clinical...

Anxiety in undergraduate nursing students in the clinical setting is caused by many factors, including fear of harming patients, difficulty transitioning, and unsupportive relationships. This has negative effects which include compromised student learning, decreased clinical performance, increased risk for patient harm, and a long term effect of worsening of the nursing shortage. The issue of s...

DEDICATION I would like to dedicate my dissertation to my wonderful daughter, Lisa Lamontagne. Lisa greets each day with grace, enthusiasm, and courage. She is an inspiration to me and my greatest source of pride. v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my dedicated committee for their hard work and tireless efforts on my behalf. I would also like to thank my loving family and friends for their...

Graduates of bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) programs are increasingly expected to take an active role in assessing and improving nursing practice, and nurse educators are expected to prepare BSN students for this expanding role. Information literacy, the ability to search for, find, get, and use scholarly information to inform nursing practice, should be a critical component of nursing ed...

This study examined the effect of integrated pediatric nursing simulation courseware on students' critical thinking and clinical judgment. Ninety-five senior nursing students participated in this study. Every student followed the established courseware schedule, as well as the regular pediatric nursing practicum. The courseware schedule included two simple simulation scenarios and one comprehen...

This article is an interpretive analysis of the author's method of teaching nursing to a diverse student body in an associate degree program. Rather than lecturing, the author and her colleagues facilitate small-group discussions, engaging students in communicative dialogue.This method leads to flexibility and openness to student ideas as well as opportunities to share personal stories and dial...

the effect of peer mentoring program performance on clinical function in second semester nursing students     bagherieh f [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 02 sep, 2012 accepted: 29 nov, 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical education is important part of nursing teaching. the peer mentoring program is considered a learning strategy that helps nursing st...