Undergraduate nursing students at McMaster University are mentored by program alumni. Feedback from surveys and group discussions revealed benefits beyond career and personal development, resulting from having experienced the same educational program. Alumni appreciated the opportunity to reconnect with their alma mater. (SK)

Survey responses from 315 Norwegian nursing students indicated that 45% had wanted to pursue other subjects for which university placements were limited. Choice of nursing careers were motivated by desire to help others and do something useful. Their heterogeneous characteristics, motivations, and goals posed problems for recruitment and…

Despite the critical need for nurse researchers, only a limited number of institutions are equipped to prepare them. Schools that do have the necessary programs have the opportunity and responsibility to create accelerated research-intensive tracks that link baccalaureate through doctoral programs and move the graduates to postdoctoral training.…

Lulu Wolf Hassenplug's career is the story of contemporary nursing education. In 1924, nursing students were cheap labor for hospitals and little time for academic studies. By 1968, Hassenplug and others had reformed nursing education so that nursing students were regarded students in colleges and universities earning degrees from baccalaureates…

Looks at the lives and accomplishments of four leaders in professional nursing: (1) Loretta Ford, who championed the cause of nurse practitioners; (2) Mable Staupers, a pioneer in community health and nursing; (3) Janet Geister, a leader in private nursing; and (4) Isabel Stewart, who led the movement to standardize nursing education. (JOW)

A 3-year study of female nursing students (n=176, n=138, and n=144, respectively) was undertaken to identify their learning style. Results suggest that curricula in nursing programs should be developed so that students acquire a variety of learning styles. (JOW)

Factors influencing nursing research productivity include (1) academic mentoring; (2) doctoral degrees; (3) released time from work; (4) supportive environment; and (5) access to library and computer resources and research populations. (SK)

The health care system should focus on health promotion and disease prevention; the nursing curriculum should be revised to reflect this emphasis. (SK)

Clinical scholarship begins with reflective observation of patients but differs from clinical research. It results in knowing based on informed, intelligent, and clinically grounded analysis. It is a more appropriate approach for some kinds of problems. (SK)

Describes Rosemary Rizzo Parse's Man-Living-Health theory that was used to describe how gerontological nursing knowledge could be developed through a nursing conceptual model that includes a defined practice and research methodology. (Author/JOW)

The Nursing History Collection at the University of Missouri-Kansas City preserves artifacts and memorabilia of regional nursing history. Such collections are essential to practice, education, and research in nursing. (SK)

A national survey of deans and directors of schools of nursing (n=434) was conducted to determine their opinions about the differing research foci that graduates of nursing doctoral programs should possess. They recommended diverse research foci for current and future researchers and indicated optimism about future funding. (Author/JOW)

Analysis of terms used to describe nursing in files of 538 students at a hospital school (1915-37) revealed a lack of terms associated with caring, which predominates in nursing today. Instead, nursing was defined as handling, managing, and controlling individuals and situations. (SK)

Problems with nursing theory include a gap between theory and practice, theory as ideology, theory's inability to reflect reality, and theory as a limiting force. Models of diversity may make theory a more useful tool. (SK)

Describes how eight professional associations formed the American Board of Nursing Specialties. Lists eligibility criteria for organizations, levels of certification, and future directions. (SK)