OBJECTIVE to analyze the formation of nursing doctorates in Brazil, from theses production, disciplines and other strategies focusing on research offered by courses. METHOD a descriptive and analytical study of the performance of 18 doctoral courses in nursing, running from 1982 to 2010, and defended their theses between 2010-2012. RESULTS 502 theses were defended in this period, most linke...

Patient advocacy is an inherent component of professional nursing ethics; in other words, nurses' enough knowledge would be essential to gain a positive attitude towards nursing advocacy. Using a descriptive-analytic design, this study aimed to assess the correlation between nurses' perception and attitudes towards patient advocacy, amongst 385 nurses in Kerman, Iran; hence, a three-part questi...

OBJECTIVE To determine ethical implications for nursing practice at the point of decision making by nursing professors in practice area. METHODOLOGY A qualitative method was adopted, with use of semistructured interviews with sixteen nursing professors who delivered care at a teaching hospital in Salvador, Bahia, from May to June 2011. The methodological reference used was the discourse of th...

We thank Professor Christine Godfrey, Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, for advice on methods; Amanda Farrin and Vicky Allgar for statistical advice; ResMed (UK) for the loan of the ventilators; and the consultants, junior doctors, nursing staff, and physiotherapists at all 14 centres for help in conducting the trial. Contributors: See bmj.com Funding: Northern and Yorkshir...

background and purpose: of the significant processes for educational quality promotion is to evaluate the teachers' competency.this study has been conducted with the goal for designing and psychometric the measure for determining the professional competence of nursing faculty members. methods: the present research is the qualitative part of a sequential exploratory combined study of the co...

As the largest sector of the health professions in the United States with more than three million registered nurses, the world needs to hear our voices in forging a new vision in nursing education and nursing practice. Nursing education and practice is constantly evolving and Nursing 2013 is at the cutting edge of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to integrate Ethics, Legal and Sociocultura...

Nursing students represent multiple generations--Baby Boomers, Generation X, and now the Millennials. Each generation has its own set of values, ideas, ethics, beliefs, and learning styles. The authors describe the context, characteristics, and learning styles of each generation and provide suggestions for enhanced teaching and learning across multiple generations. Using generational diversity ...

An ethics framework for the use of the Internet for nursing education, consultation, research, and practice is proposed. The proposed framework, discussed in terms of structure, process, and outcome, would guide policy for confidentiality, privacy issues, professionalism, ownership of intellectual property, accountability, and control of access. A goal would be to encourage creative problem sol...