Nurse preceptors (n=32) and undergraduate nursing students (n=40) had differing opinions about four areas of clinical learning: giving/receiving criticism, knowledge of preceptorship, clinical competence, and compatibility. Nursing education programs were advised to pay attention to communication styles, expectations, and values when pairing…

A nursing school-clinic partnership was designed to teach nursing students community health practice skills. A longitudinal evaluation is being conducted to ensure that it meets the goals of baccalaureate education and urban health nursing and that it follows a multilevel process model of organizational socialization. (Contains 37 references.) (SK)

Describes an outdoor adventure camp to help mental health consumers and nursing students explore the issues of mental health and illness through experiential and perceived risk challenges. Evaluation data reveals a breakdown in the stigma of mental illness as consumers and students came to know, trust, and count on each other in order to succeed…

The Perceived Faculty Support Scale was completed by 300 associate degree students who persisted to completion, 83 who withdrew voluntarily, and 75 who withdrew due to academic failure. Factor analysis yielded the dimensions of psychological and functional support. Students who perceived greater faculty support were more likely to persist.…

A survey of 47 nursing graduate students and 99 master's graduates. found that time spent reading professional literature weekly was nearly 11 hours for students, 6 hours for alumni, with no differences in reading interest or application. Students had higher commitment to reading; alumni had significantly more journal subscriptions, professional…

Nursing students taking courses via audio-teleconferencing (n=24) gave their perspectives on factors facilitating trust in a distance education environment. Students trusted teachers who believed in their ability to develop and who provided experiences that enabled students to control their own learning. (SK)

Discusses provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act in Britain that outline duties of educational institutions not to discriminate against students and applicants with disabilities and to make reasonable accommodations. Urges nursing stakeholders to learn the rules of the game of access to nursing education. (Contains 46 references.) (SK)

At the request of nursing students, a course on rural community health was developed, exploring measurement of health status and comparison of urban and rural community health status and resources. Rural development students were invited to enroll, lending an interdisciplinary perspective to the course. (SK)

Reviews the meanings of race and ethnicity as they are used in nursing and health-related research and highlights advantages and disadvantages of their use as variables. Suggests methods of improving the quality of data related to race and ethnicity as they are associated with health outcomes. (Contains 30 references.) (JOW)

An associate nursing degree program threads caring across the curriculum using Watson's framework of interpersonal/transpersonal processes for caring and a taxonomy of affective competencies. Ways of caring are integrated into classroom and clinical experiences. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

Finnish nursing students (n=31) evaluated their experience with a visiting Fulbright professor. Students were satisfied with course content, teaching methods, and information about the U.S. health care system. They thought the professor should have been more knowledgeable about Finnish culture, education, and health care. (Contains 15 references.)…

A nursing course redesigned to include narrative pedagogy was evaluated using pretest (n=11) and posttest (n=9) student data and interviews. Students described why the course was different and how narrative pedagogy influenced perceptions of the learning climate. By providing evidence of the efficacy of alternative pedagogies, results develop the…

Preentry qualifications of 181 British nursing students were compared with their completion rate and course grades. The number of General Certificate of Secondary Education "A" grades significantly predicted completion and achievement. Those with nonconventional qualifications such as General National Vocational Qualifications or Access…

A program in which senior nursing students (n=31) supported junior students (n=27) in clinical placements was evaluated. Peer support was considered valuable, but both groups desired more preparation for their roles. Seniors felt their teaching and mentoring skills were enhanced. Juniors reduced anxiety about placements. (Contains 26 references.)…

A study of registered nurses participating in an Internet-based cardiac education program included analysis of online discussion forums. Comments about evidence-based theory and discipline-specific wiring indicated that the environment facilitated online scholarly discourse. Interactions provided moral, technical, and academic support to…