Reviews macro and micro issues in determining research priorities for nursing education. Illustrates how decisions can be shaped by such ethical principles as caring, utility, justice, and faithfulness. Considers distributive justice as a guide for resource allocation. (SK)

Practice write-ups--descriptions of their clinical experiences--enable nursing students to demonstrate competence in core skills and to develop the ability to reflect on practice. As assessment instruments, they provide individualized and meaningful feedback. (SK)

Postmodern pressures on hospitals and universities have an impact on nursing education. Different goals and environments of higher education institutions and health care organizations, values, and attitudes of nursing and nurses indicate a need to understand discursive practices and develop new ones. (SK)

Holistic nursing theories are useful in developing nursing students' creative potential. Certain teacher behaviors may interfere with creativity, such as encouraging students to rely on teachers too much or at the wrong time. (SK)

Discusses what constitutes health care in society, the nature of the healer and healing, and rationing of health care. Outlines foundational values for a health care system: justice, patient autonomy, hope, and mercy, and suggests implications for health professions education. (SK)

Private schools of nursing must redefine themselves, take risks, respond to predictions of futurists, anticipate forces and trends in the national and international health care market, define their survival strategies, and justify their costs. (Author)

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing used the Batalden model of systems improvement to change its program. The model analyzes services and products, customers, social community need, and customer knowledge to approach improvements in a systematic way. (JOW)

Explains why content related to role acquisition and transition is critical in preparing advanced practice nurses. Recommends teaching strategies and timing and placement options for role content in graduate education. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

To learn the skills of qualitative analysis, 28 nursing students selected research questions, interviewed each other, and conducted data analysis. Students' analyses had 89% agreement with the instructor's on the topic of lab-to-clinic skill transfer, 96% agreement on the influence of experience, and 61% on nervousness during clinical supervision.…

Ten nursing students and two faculty mentors participated in an immersion experience in Guatemala. Themes from interviews included the experience of being "other," growth as a professional nurse, and expansion of world views. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Data from seven nursing students with learning disabilities were analyzed using Stake's model for collective case studies. Five themes emerged: struggle, learning to learn with disabilities, time, social support, and personal stories. Direct instruction, structure, consistency, clear directions, organization, and positive instructor attitudes were…

To facilitate the success of beginning nursing faculty, a self-governing support group was formed to share information and experiences and conduct scholarly projects. Emotional and instrumental support and tenure-related activities helped reduce stress, increase collegiality, and enhance faculty success. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

In a phenomenological study, 69 nursing students discussed their experience of being professional, which was grounded in their concept of self and others. Three interrelated figural themes emerged from this ground: belonging, knowing, and affirmation. (SK)

Values Scale results were compared for 152 nursing and 111 management undergraduates. Personal development and altruism were most important for nursing students, who had significantly lower means than the management sample on a t-test for lifestyle, advancement, autonomy, authority, creativity, economic, and risk values. (SK)

A Finnish nursing home's team development process included brainstorming on the characteristics of good teams, profiling of team members' nursing skills, analysis of tasks, and identification of ways to improve work quality and information flow to residents. Team building required clarification of work structures, determination of the…