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Delivering Library Services To Distance Learners: A Grass Roots Effort At A Regional Campus., Tammy Guerrero, Kimberly Whalen, Lynda Willer Nov 2007

Delivering Library Services To Distance Learners: A Grass Roots Effort At A Regional Campus., Tammy Guerrero, Kimberly Whalen, Lynda Willer

Kimberly J. Whalen

No abstract provided.


Caring For Children With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Virtual Patient Instruction Improves Students' Knowledge And Comfort Level, Ida Slusher, Carla Sanders, Harold Kleinert, Teresa Free, Kim Clevenger, Stephanie Johnson, Sara Boyd Nov 2007

Caring For Children With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Virtual Patient Instruction Improves Students' Knowledge And Comfort Level, Ida Slusher, Carla Sanders, Harold Kleinert, Teresa Free, Kim Clevenger, Stephanie Johnson, Sara Boyd

Ida Slusher

Nurses play a vital role in providing health care to children with developmental disability (DD) throughout the United States. Unfortunately, most nurses continue to report that they receive little or no clinical education in the area of DDs. In response to this need, a core development team consisting of nurse practitioners and nursing faculty from three universities, one physician assistant faculty, parents of children with DD, and educational specialists developed two multimedia (virtual patient) pediatric instructional modules in CD-ROM format—one involving a child with Down syndrome, and the other involving an infant born at 26 weeks' gestation. Participants were required …


Implementing Supportive Strategies To Retain Nurse Educators, Kathleen Halcomb, Amy Gregg, Bridget Roberts Jul 2007

Implementing Supportive Strategies To Retain Nurse Educators, Kathleen Halcomb, Amy Gregg, Bridget Roberts

Bridget R. Roberts

The nurse educator shortage directly affects the nursing shortage. To adequately prepare future nurses, academia needs to retain qualified nurse educators. Many factors affect the nurse educator shortage, including retirement and competition for qualified nursing educators with clinics and the privatesector, as well as dissatisfaction with the multiple stressors and expectations in the academic setting. Academia should implement supportive strategies to aid in the retention of nurse educators.


Mentoring Nurse Educators, Bridget Roberts, A. Gregg, K. Halcomb, Connie Hubbard, B. Foley Jun 2007

Mentoring Nurse Educators, Bridget Roberts, A. Gregg, K. Halcomb, Connie Hubbard, B. Foley

Bridget R. Roberts

No abstract provided.


010-Clinical Tool For The Care Of The Obese Child In The Perioperative Period, Luanne Linnard-Palmer, Nan Ground Mar 2007

010-Clinical Tool For The Care Of The Obese Child In The Perioperative Period, Luanne Linnard-Palmer, Nan Ground

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics revealed that 30% of American children are overweight or obese, and an additional 30% of children are at high risk for becoming obese. Strategies that pediatric nurses can use to prepare themselves and their work environment for the perioperative care of these obese children and their families are needed. The nursing literature does not disclose whether or not pediatric nurses deliver perioperative care differently when they know their patient is obese. Therefore, this nursing research collaborative aimed at investigating the care delivered to these special children. 


Nursing Students Perceptions Of Obtained And Desired Levels Of Support And Supervision In The Medical-Surgical Clinical Learning Environment (Poster), Margaret Fink Dec 2006

Nursing Students Perceptions Of Obtained And Desired Levels Of Support And Supervision In The Medical-Surgical Clinical Learning Environment (Poster), Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

No abstract available


The Outcome Of A Simulation Scenario To Improve Bsn Students' Performance During Medical Emergencies (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer Dec 2006

The Outcome Of A Simulation Scenario To Improve Bsn Students' Performance During Medical Emergencies (Poster), Luanne Linnard-Palmer

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

No abstract available