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Influence Of Nurse Educators On The Inclusion Of Interprofessional Education In Nursing Curricula, Holly Freas-Webster
Influence Of Nurse Educators On The Inclusion Of Interprofessional Education In Nursing Curricula, Holly Freas-Webster
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
Background: The Institute of Medicine (2010) and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses () action recognized the impact that collaboration among health care workers has on safe patient care. Ineffective communication and teamwork are a cause of medical errors. To remedy this cause, including interprofessional education in program curriculum will better prepare nurses and strengthen their skills as they enter the workforce. Methods: Selected data bases were searched for interprofessional education that identified the methodologies nursing faculty were implementing and what obstacles were identified to successful curriculum inclusion of interprofessional education (IPE). Results: A variety of methods are being …
Disability ≠ Inability: How Framing Disability Through A Social Model Impacts Rn Recruitment And Retention, Rebekkah Stanko
Disability ≠ Inability: How Framing Disability Through A Social Model Impacts Rn Recruitment And Retention, Rebekkah Stanko
Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship
Registered nurses with disabilities are a minority group within the profession of nursing; though the exact number of nurses with disabilities is unknown, it is projected to be about 1 in 5, and is estimated to increase as the nursing population ages. As more nurses develop physical disabilities, related to age or the demanding nature of nursing work, health care organizations should develop methods to recruit and retain these nurses within the profession. The recruitment and retention of registered nurses with disabilities is mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the America Nurses Association Code of Ethics, and has …