Over the last 20 years, medical-surgical nursing has changed and should now be considered an international nursing speciality. Unlike other specialities, there is no opportunity to become a nurse practitioner in most Western countries. These two issues--lack of professional recognition and career development--should be addressed.

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 purpose of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Oncology Nurse Navigator Role Delineation Study was to examine the job-function activities of the oncology nurse navigator, thus providing an understanding of this unique role. The Role Delineation Advisory Committee consisting mainly of oncology nurse navigators was formed to provide content expertise to Applied Measurement Professionals, which...

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...

When nurses understand what interventions are needed to achieve desired patient outcomes, they can more easily define their practice. Work Complexity Assessment (WCA) is a process that helps nurses to identify interventions performed on a routine basis for their specific patient population. This article describes the WCA process and links it to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and...

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 ...

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.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore perspectives on music therapy as a nursing intervention in adult cancer care and to expand and integrate knowledge and understanding about music therapy as an adjunctive intervention in adult cancer nursing care. DATA SOURCES Published nursing articles. DATA SYNTHESIS Medical and nursing journals have reported on research related to music and its effect as a nu...

Studying the effectiveness of educational interventions is centrally important to building the science of nursing education. Yet, the design most commonly used in the study of nursing education interventions-the single-group, preand posttest design-provides limited evidence to support claims of intervention effectiveness. In this Methodology Corner installment, the limitations of the single-gro...