Embracing the unique technology-driven clinical contributions to nursing practice that only nurse informaticians can provide demands that nurse leaders at all organizational levels lock arms to take three definitive steps towards advancing patient care and the practice of the nursing profession. • First, BLOCKINnurse BLOCKINleaders BLOCKINmust BLOCKINselect BLOCKINa BLOCKINproperly BLOCKINeduca...

PURPOSE The promotion of educators is challenged by the lack of accepted standards to evaluate the quality and impact of educational activities. Traditionally, promotion is related to research productivity. This study developed an evaluation tool for educational performance of medical school faculty using educator portfolios (EPs). METHODS Design principles and quantitative items for EPs were...

An especially dynamic area of discussion within nursing ethics is the philosophy of caring. The work on moral development by Harvard educator Carol Gilligan in her book, In a Different Voice, is pivotal in this discussion (see IV B, Cooper 1989). Jean Watson, a nurse at the University of Colorado Center for Human Caring, also has written extensively on the philosophy of caring. She states that ...

The purpose of this article is to review a historical perspective of the Certified Nurse Specialist role and current trends in nursing education and practice of the Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist. Since the initiation of Certified Nurse Specialist credentialing system in 1995, 193 Oncology Certified Nurse Specialists have practiced in clinical settings. The Oncology Certified Nurse Special...

diabetic foot ulcer (dfu) is considered as one of the main causes of hospitalization in diabetic patients, which can lead to infection, gangrene, amputation, and even death if the necessary care is not provided. based on the recent investigations, one of the most effective tactics to manage diabetic foot ulcer is to form a multidisciplinary team including a general practitioner, a nurse, an edu...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to contribute to pertinent discussions regarding advanced practice nursing roles. In particular discussion will focus on the potential implications for the developing nurse ractitioner (NP) role on the existing clinical nurse specialist (CNS) roles. SETTING The literature presented originates primarily from the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom ...

Specialist nurses have existed for many years. Initially denoting a nurse with extensive clinical experience, implicit within nursing's professional agenda for attaining 'specialist' status since the 1960s has been the requirement to achieve a high degree of 'specialist' knowledge through post-basic education. Despite the professional agenda, much confusion surrounding definitions of specialist...

Watch our Application Materials Online Workshops: CVs for Residency [1] CV 1 Before [7] and CV 1 After [8], Nurse Practitioner CV 2 [9], Nurse Practitioner CV 3 [10], Nurse Midwifery CV 4 [11], Advanced Practice Cardiovascular Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist CV 5 [12], Gerontological Nurse Practitioner CV 6 [13], Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist CV 7 [14], Adult Nurse Practitioner CV 8 [15], ...

Watch our Application Materials Online Workshops: CVs for Residency [1] CV 1 Before [7] and CV 1 After [8], Nurse Practitioner CV 2 [9], Nurse Practitioner CV 3 [10], Nurse Midwifery CV 4 [11], Advanced Practice Cardiovascular Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist CV 5 [12], Gerontological Nurse Practitioner CV 6 [13], Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist CV 7 [14], Adult Nurse Practitioner CV 8 [15], ...