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Prevention Of Alzheimer's Disease: The Roles Of Nutrition And Primary Care, Connie Cole Dnp, Rn-Bc, Np-C Apr 2015

Prevention Of Alzheimer's Disease: The Roles Of Nutrition And Primary Care, Connie Cole Dnp, Rn-Bc, Np-C

Connie Cole

No abstract provided.


Three Technology Enhancements In Nursing Education: Informatics Instruction, Personal Response Systems, And Human Patient Simulation, R. Jensen, Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Three Technology Enhancements In Nursing Education: Informatics Instruction, Personal Response Systems, And Human Patient Simulation, R. Jensen, Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Think Globally, Learn Locally: Multimedia Conferencing Between Two Schools Of Nursing, Carol Sternberger, Belinda Deal, Rebecca Fountain Jul 2014

Think Globally, Learn Locally: Multimedia Conferencing Between Two Schools Of Nursing, Carol Sternberger, Belinda Deal, Rebecca Fountain

Carol S Sternberger

Three nurse educators, who met at the American Nurses Association Nursing Care in Life, Death, and Disaster Conference, collaborated on a multimedia conferencing project to teach nursing students about disaster response. This case study examines two outcomes of this project. The project provided students in a disaster nursing course in Indiana an opportunity to meet faculty who helped establish and maintain a special needs shelter in Texas following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It also demonstrated, through the use of technology, the ability of nurse faculty to share their expertise with colleagues and students residing in different geographical locations.


Successful Implementation Of An Ehr Into Undergraduate Education., Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger, Tammy Toscos Jul 2014

Successful Implementation Of An Ehr Into Undergraduate Education., Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger, Tammy Toscos

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Collaborating Competitors: Creative Strategies For Addressing The Shortage, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Collaborating Competitors: Creative Strategies For Addressing The Shortage, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Interactive Learning Environment: Engaging Students Using Clickers, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Interactive Learning Environment: Engaging Students Using Clickers, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

Educators continue to search for effective methods that will engage students in their learning. This article presents the integration of clickers while using the constructivist approach to foster critical thinking wile engaging learners in a large classroom setting. A 22-item survey was used to measure the perceived value by students to the use of clickers in engaging them in the learning process and fostering critical thinking. Clickers, also known as personal response systems, created an interactive environment, moving students beyond simple recall to application, analysis, and construction of knowledge.


Self-Efficacy, Self-Reliance, And Motivation In An Asynchronous Learning Environment, Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Self-Efficacy, Self-Reliance, And Motivation In An Asynchronous Learning Environment, Linda Meyer, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Engaging Students Using A Personal Response System, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Engaging Students Using A Personal Response System, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Development And Evaluation Of A Faculty Designed Courseware, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Development And Evaluation Of A Faculty Designed Courseware, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


How To Implement The Electronic Health Record In Undergraduate Nursing Education, Carol Sternberger, Linda Meyer, Tammy Toscos Jul 2014

How To Implement The Electronic Health Record In Undergraduate Nursing Education, Carol Sternberger, Linda Meyer, Tammy Toscos

Carol S Sternberger

Information literacy, evidence-based practice (EBP), and informatics are fundamental to delivering culturally competent, safe patient care. Yet most nursing schools continue to educate students in traditional ways; only a minority integrate high-fidelity simulations, require evidence-based literature to support nursing interventions, identify the five core competencies for healthcare professions delineated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and incorporate the electronic health record (EHR) to stimulate critical thinking and decision making. The Health Information Technology Act (2009) requires all healthcare facilities to fully adopt EHRs by 2014. This will change how nurses practice, underscoring the importance of teaching students about informatics and …


Nursing Education Reimagined At Ipfw. Students Use Latest Technology To Continue To Provide Top Care, Carol Sternberger Jul 2014

Nursing Education Reimagined At Ipfw. Students Use Latest Technology To Continue To Provide Top Care, Carol Sternberger

Carol S Sternberger

No abstract provided.


Know Your Wbcs, Connie Cole, Connie Herron Jul 2014

Know Your Wbcs, Connie Cole, Connie Herron

Connie Cole

No abstract provided.


Before You Write: Six Keys To Success – A Pilot Online Information Literacy Course For Graduate Nursing Students, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy Toscos May 2013

Before You Write: Six Keys To Success – A Pilot Online Information Literacy Course For Graduate Nursing Students, Shannon F. Johnson, Tammy Toscos

Shannon F Johnson

In this article, the authors share their experiences with the creation and implementation of an online self-paced information literacy instruction for graduate students of nursing. Before You Write: Six Keys to success is a non-credit required online course attached to the Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) graduate nursing program. The rationale behind the creation of the course was to help graduate students recognize areas where their information literacy skills may be lacking or have become outdated and provide them with tools to increase their proficiency, while still early in their first semester of the program. It consists …


A Closer Look At Mission Nursing, Connie Cole Dec 2011

A Closer Look At Mission Nursing, Connie Cole

Connie Cole

No abstract provided.


Go To Ruth's House: Ruth Lubic And Public Advocacy, Julie Fairman Dec 2009

Go To Ruth's House: Ruth Lubic And Public Advocacy, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Context And Contingency: The Post World War Ii History Of Nursing Scholarship, Julie Fairman Dec 2007

Context And Contingency: The Post World War Ii History Of Nursing Scholarship, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


The Department Of Veterans Affairs Pre And Post-Doctoral Nurse Fellowships: Diverse Opportunities For Research, J Hobss, M Shively, J Bormann, L Johnson, A Alt-White, Julie Fairman Dec 2007

The Department Of Veterans Affairs Pre And Post-Doctoral Nurse Fellowships: Diverse Opportunities For Research, J Hobss, M Shively, J Bormann, L Johnson, A Alt-White, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Reimagining Nursing’S Place In The History Of Clinical Practice, Julie Fairman, P D'Antonio Dec 2007

Reimagining Nursing’S Place In The History Of Clinical Practice, Julie Fairman, P D'Antonio

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Living Long With Short Bowel Syndrome: An Historical Case Of Twenty-Nine Years Of Living With Home Parenteral Nutrition, Julie Fairman, C Compher, J Morris, J Mullen Dec 2006

Living Long With Short Bowel Syndrome: An Historical Case Of Twenty-Nine Years Of Living With Home Parenteral Nutrition, Julie Fairman, C Compher, J Morris, J Mullen

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Not All Nurses Are Good, Not All Doctors Are Bad..., Julie Fairman Dec 2003

Not All Nurses Are Good, Not All Doctors Are Bad..., Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Organizing Practice: Nursing, The Medical Model, And Two Case Studies In Historical Time, Pat D'Antonio, Julie Fairman Dec 2003

Organizing Practice: Nursing, The Medical Model, And Two Case Studies In Historical Time, Pat D'Antonio, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Gendered Notions Of Expertise And Bravery, Julie Fairman, J Gilbride Dec 2003

Gendered Notions Of Expertise And Bravery, Julie Fairman, J Gilbride

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


The Roots Of Collaborative Practice: Nurse Practioner Pioner Stories, Julie Fairman Dec 2001

The Roots Of Collaborative Practice: Nurse Practioner Pioner Stories, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Oral History Of Florence Downs: The Early Years, Julie Fairman, M Mahon Dec 2000

Oral History Of Florence Downs: The Early Years, Julie Fairman, M Mahon

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Economically Practical And Critically Necessary? The Development Of Intensive Care At Chestnut Hill Hospital, Julie Fairman Dec 1999

Economically Practical And Critically Necessary? The Development Of Intensive Care At Chestnut Hill Hospital, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Patient Is Awake, K Burke, Julie Fairman Dec 1999

Patient Is Awake, K Burke, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Virtual Power: Gendering The Nurse-Technology Relationship, Julie Fairman, Pat D'Antonio Dec 1998

Virtual Power: Gendering The Nurse-Technology Relationship, Julie Fairman, Pat D'Antonio

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Playing Doctor? Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, And The Dilemma Of Shared Practice, Julie Fairman Dec 1998

Playing Doctor? Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, And The Dilemma Of Shared Practice, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Delegated By Default Or Negotiated By Need: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And The Process Of Clinical Thinking, Julie Fairman Dec 1998

Delegated By Default Or Negotiated By Need: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, And The Process Of Clinical Thinking, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.


Creating Critical Care: The Case Of The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania, 1950-1965, Julie Fairman, S Kagan Dec 1998

Creating Critical Care: The Case Of The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania, 1950-1965, Julie Fairman, S Kagan

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.