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Flinders, Brooke A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
Service-learning is, by nature, continually evolving. Seifer (1996) stressed the importance of partnerships between communities and schools, and stated that reflection should facilitate the connection between practice and theory, and lead to critical thinking. Before these reflective activities occur, however, much can be done to maximize…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship, Critical Thinking
Becherer, Vicky H. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
With the ever-changing healthcare systems, nursing students need to think at a high level by applying their knowledge from theory to the clinical setting by prioritizing, delegating, and problem solving to provide safe, competent, quality nursing care. Using action research, nursing students participated in R.A.V.E. (Reflective Thinking Allows…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Intervention
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Dray, Beattie; Perkins, Andrew; Fritsch, Lynn Faller; Burke, Linda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2010
Some undergraduate programmes require evidence of baseline numeracy skills as a condition of entry. With a widened entry gate into higher education and a recognised "mathematics problem" in society, students wishing to enrol onto degree programmes that require evidence of numeracy often find it difficult to provide such evidence.…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Numeracy, Admission Criteria
Khattab, Ibrahim – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined retention initiatives and strategies provided to underserved students in the nursing programs at three community colleges in the Southwest region. This research addressed nursing student retention, as well as ways to increase retention among underrepresented populations in the three community colleges, representing a unique…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Community Colleges, American Indians
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Smith, Glenn Gordon; Passmore, Denise; Faught, Timber – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
To meet the current critical need for qualified nurses, many colleges have initiated online programs, primarily aimed towards registered nurse (RN) to BS students. Despite the growing number of online nursing programs, there is little research on instructor views of online learning. This study used interviews to investigate nursing instructor…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Nurses, Program Effectiveness
Smith-Stillson, Kathy – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The 2007 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected a need for more than one million new and replacement nurses by 2016, while higher education continues to be challenged to find methods of producing graduate satisfaction, accompanied by successful transition from college to the workplace. Some nursing programs are meeting the challenge by…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Community Needs, Nurses
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Penman, Joy – Education in Rural Australia, 2006
Since 2005, seven graduating nursing students from the University of Worcester have visited Whyalla, a regional city in South Australia, to undertake a two-week rural clinical placement. Following the placements, surveys were conducted to determine the impact of the experience. Findings suggested that the majority thought that international rural…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Foreign Countries, Student Placement