Critiques the linear model that some managers use for appointing work groups, committees, and task forces; and discusses constructivist-based approaches as more effective ways to promote positive consensus, cohesion, and cooperation among nursing work groups. (Author)

Provides background information in health care ethics and an overview of nursing ethics in the recent past. Suggests that communal moral experience should be the starting point for health care ethics research. Includes 60 references. (Author/JOW)

Guided reflection by six nurses who completed a counseling and health course supported the distinction between using counseling skills and practicing counseling. In a nursing context, counseling means assisting patients in exploring feelings and discovering coping strategies for their focal problems. (SK)

Nursing faculty surveyed (n=281) displayed moderately positive perceptions of organizational culture, but used fewer than half of empowering teaching behaviors and emphasized content- over process-oriented teaching. Lack of a relationship between empowering teaching behaviors and organizational culture was apparent. (SK)

Some beliefs expressed by clinical nurses in an observational study were (1) the best research design is experimental; (2) the best measurement is physiological; (3) anyone can do research; (4) funding and hiring someone for data collection are essential; and (5) it is not necessary to inform anyone or discuss ownership issues. (SK)

Without acknowledging the privileged position from which physicians conduct research, their inquiry into nursing practice can lead only to a "physician" interpretation of nursing that is likely to be inaccurate and inadequate. (Author/SK)

Conversations with three nursing teachers facilitating reflective groups were analyzed using a phenomenological approach. Characteristics of facilitators and groups, facilitators' preparation for the role, and difficulties with the process were identified. (SK)

Provides a list of 346 current print books and journals that are basic to a nursing library. It is intended as a selection guide for those who are not familiar with current nursing literature but are responsible for selecting it for libraries or departmental collections. The list is arranged by subject and includes author, title, publication date,…

This position statement of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing asserts that the nursing profession must develop a standardized national advanced practice nursing certification process by 2000. Professional certification validates and standardizes the qualifications and practice competencies of the advanced practice nurse. (Author/JOW)

Demonstrates the use of a mythic journey scenario with nursing students to facilitate personal sharing and self-knowledge, leading to development of critical reflection. (SK)

Nurses need critical thinking to make sound clinical judgments. Identifying critical thinking dispositions during employee orientation can help individualize orientation programs that nurture critical thinking in clinical practice. (SK)

Nurse educators (n=201) identified their concept of critical thinking and agreement with nonnurse experts (a Delphi panel of academic scholars) on critical thinking items. They agreed on skills and dispositions, but nurse educators were more likely to consider research, problem solving, decision making, and planning as critical thinking…

Attempts to provide an introduction to postmodernism for health care workers that spans postmodernist and modernist discourses. Discusses metanarratives, authority, discourse, deconstruction, textuality, and difference. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)

Academic nursing proteges can take an active role in finding mentors by following these principles: know yourself; develop realistic expectations; get to know others; negotiate for what you need; and learn from every experience. (SK)

Objective: Clinical research depends on the participation of representative samples. At the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Workgroup on Research conducted a research forum with the purpose of improving recruitment and retention of children and adolescents in research protocols. Method: An…