tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47100209889531357762024-02-07T02:09:13.992-04:00Your Nursing World : After IUONNews, resources and links to expand the horizons and launch the nursing careers of graduates from The International University of Nursing, St. Kitts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-13757841365696133232013-06-05T14:28:00.000-04:002013-06-05T14:31:25.037-04:00Evidence Based Practice: Core ConceptsThis presentation was prepared to instruct nursing students about evidence based practice. The learning objectives are: to define evidence-based practice, to describe the process and outline the steps involved, and then to identify resources to support evidence based nursing practice. The presentation also teaches the elements of the PICO search strategy for finding relevant evidence in the nursing research literature. <br />
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<i>Adapted from the work of Caroline Brown(UCSD), Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt.</i> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-2119942334162370752013-04-18T10:24:00.000-04:002013-04-18T10:30:46.217-04:00Item Writing Workshop for Local Nurses Timely<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A three-day Item Writing Workshop, organised by the St. Christopher and Nevis Nurses and Midwives Council in collaboration with the Nursing Education Department of the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), has just concluded in St. Kitts. The purpose was to gather experienced nurses from across the nursing disciplines, and provide them with further training in item writing in order to contribute to the establishment of a regional test item bank for the Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR).<br />
The workshop was described as timely as many changes in the functioning of Regional Nursing Councils and the management of the Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR) is taking place. It is envisaged that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will be administering the RENR come October, 2013. <br />
<i>Click here for full news report from <a href="http://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/72510" target="_blank">SKN-Vibes</a>.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-68649626348518999342012-12-03T13:27:00.000-04:002012-12-03T13:27:55.946-04:00Canada to Adopt a New RN Entry ExaminationStarting in January 2015, prospective Canadian nurses will be sitting a new Canadian RN entry examination, based on the American computerized NCLEX-RN® examination. The new examination will be developed by the American-based National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®). This decision, by the <a href="http://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/" target="_blank">Canadian Nurses Association</a>, effectively means that at the end of 2014 the current Canadian entry exam, the <a href="http://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/becoming-an-rn/rn-exam/">Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE)</a>, will no longer exist. <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cac6hLBZJ_M"><i>Watch the 5 part video series for more information and insight: </i></a><br />
Part 1: The Future of the Canadian RN Exam: The Situation. <br />
Part 2: The Future of the Canadian RN Exam: The Impact to Canadians-Financial Losses to Canada. <br />
Part 3: The Future of the Canadian RN Exam: What Does CNA Want? <br />
Part 4: The Future of the Canadian RN Exam: How Do Governments Fit In? <br />
Part 5: The Future of the Canadian RN Exam: Was a Canadian Solution Offered?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-57363889091320450712012-07-27T15:27:00.001-04:002012-07-27T15:32:33.721-04:00A World Without Nurses<div style="text-align: center;">
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<em>"Nursing is possibly one of the most important professions in the world. Yet, nurses continue to be undervalued by so many. This inspirational video will throw a new light on this wonderful profession." </em></div>
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<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05872.x/abstract" target="_blank">"The Image of You": Exploring Nursing Stereotypes</a><br />
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A fresh look at the <em>stereotypical</em> nurse for the 21st century, our enlightened age of social media and You Tube, discovers that the more things change the more they stay the same! Surprise - surprise! A research study called <em>"The image of you: Constructing nursing identities in You Tube"</em>, published in the August 2012 issue of the <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2648" target="_blank">Journal of Advanced Nursing</a>, concluded that while there are some favourable portrayals in the media of the capable, clinically decisive, professional nurse, there are all too many derogatory representations.<br />
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[<strong>Citation:</strong> Kelly, J., Fealy, G. M. and Watson, R. (2012), The image of you: constructing nursing identities in YouTube. <em>Journal of Advanced Nursing</em>, 68: 1804–1813. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05872.x ]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-74715930719748137962012-06-04T09:53:00.000-04:002012-06-04T09:53:52.051-04:00Nurses' research utilization two years after graduation: A Swedish National StudyNurses' research utilization (RU) as part of evidence-based practice is strongly emphasized in today's nursing education and clinical practice. The primary aim of RU is to provide high-quality nursing care to patients. A new Swedish national research study (published May 18, 2012) found that data on newly graduated nurses' RU was scarce, but a predominance of low use had been reported in other recent studies where <strong><em>about 50 % of the nurses one, two, and three years after graduation rated their use of research in clinical practice as low or very low</em></strong>. Also some factors associated with nurses' RU had previously been identified, including educational ones. With recent educational reforms, evidence-based nursing and RU are now strongly emphasized internationally in nursing education. A number of challenges remain, however, regarding the content of nursing education and the transition from education into working life (e.g., the integration of education and practice as well as <strong><em>the ability of students to access and interpret evidence</em></strong>). The purpose of this study was therefore to identify factors that predict the probability for low RU among registered nurses two years after graduation. <br />
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Citation: Forsman H, Rudman A, Gustavsson P, Ehrenberg A, Wallin L. (2012) Nurses' research utilization two years after graduation--a national survey of associated individual, organizational, and educational factors. <em>Implementation Science</em> 2012, 7:46 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-46.<br />
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A Canadian Press article today on <a href="http://kitchener.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120510/ontario-hiring-nurses-120510/20120510/?hub=SWOHome">CTV News Kitchener </a>announced that Ontario will be hiring an additional 900 nurses this year, with the majority of those jobs being in nursing homes and community-based care settings. <i>Click on the post title to read more. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-7419221814193579322012-03-26T10:21:00.000-04:002012-03-26T10:29:15.969-04:00New AACN Statistics Show an Increase in Nursing Enrollment<a href="http://www.aacn.nche.edu/news/articles/2012/enrollment-data">New AACN Statistics Show an Increase in Nursing Enrollment </a><br />
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has released new data which shows an enrollment surge in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs. In fact more than 75,000 qualified applications to professional nursing programs were turned away in 2011. Despite the fact that US nursing schools have been able to expand student capacity even in the face of faculty and resource shortfalls, <i>"the latest data show that 75,587 qualified applications to professional nursing programs were turned away last year, including more than 14,354 applications to graduate programs."</i> Click on the link for the full report on the AACN website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-31917620413677467532012-03-26T09:14:00.003-04:002012-03-26T09:17:52.686-04:00Evidence-based Practice Among Swedish Novice Nurses<a href="http://www.implementationscience.com/content/7/1/19/abstract" target="_blank">Evidence-based Practice Among Novice Nurses</a><br />
<em>"A modest start, but a steady rise in research use: a longitudinal study of nurses during the first five years in professional life." by </em>Lars Wallin, Petter Gustavsson, Anna Ehrenberg and Ann Rudman <br />
Implementation Science 2012, 7:19 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-19, Published: 19 March 2012.<br />
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<strong>Rationale for the study:</strong> "Newly graduated nurses are faced with a challenging work environment that may impede their ability to provide evidence-based practice. However, little is known about the trajectory of registered nurses' use of research during the first years of professional life. Thus, the aim of the current study was to prospectively examine the extent of nurses' use of research during the first five years after undergraduate education and specifically assess changes over time."<br />
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<strong>Conclusion:</strong> "There was a clear trend of increasing research use by nurses during their first five years of practice. The level of the initial ratings also indicated the level of research use in subsequent years. However, it took more than two years of professional development before this increase 'kicked in.' These findings support previous research claiming that newly graduated nurses go through a 'transition shock,' reducing their ability to use research findings in clinical work." <br />
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The title link takes you to the open source article published online in <a href="http://www.implementationscience.com/" target="_blank">Implementation Science</a> .Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-87275102167938250442012-03-23T16:55:00.000-04:002012-03-23T16:55:52.031-04:00RN's Supply & Demand<strong>NEJM: Perspective</strong><br />
"Registered Nurse Labor Supply and the Recession — Are We in a Bubble?"<br />
by Douglas O. Staiger, Ph.D., David I. Auerbach, Ph.D., and Peter I. Buerhaus, Ph.D., R.N.<br />
March 21, 2012.<br />
NEJM article provides an economic explanation of the <i>"countercyclical nature of the health care industry"</i>, based on a workforce study model analysis of trends in RN labour force supply and demand. <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-45222336083427224272012-02-13T11:55:00.002-04:002012-02-13T11:55:49.888-04:00Ontario Hospital Association Produces Guide for IEN's<div style="text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://www.oha.com/Pages/Default.aspx" target="_blank">OHA </a> has lauched a guide for Ontario healthcare organizations aimed at streamlining the integration of foreign trained nurses. The <i><a href="http://ien.oha.com/Pages/IENMain.aspx" target="_blank">"INTERNATIONALLY EDUCATED NURSES: An Employer's Guide"</a></i> addresses the challenges of workforce integration and provides a practical guide intended to assist employers of IENs.<br />
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<i>"Given the aging nursing workforce, effective management of IEN recruitment, retention and integration is a priority." </i></blockquote>
The coverage on the site includes:<br />
• Why you should hire IENs and what they bring to the workplace.<br />
• How you can create a harmonious workforce that optimizes skills and knowledge. <br />
• Case studies of organizational successes and leading practices.<br />
• Links to useful resources and references, including interviews with healthcare organizations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-78629088367828705402012-01-12T13:36:00.000-04:002012-01-12T13:40:22.696-04:00The NHS Future Forum ReportIn the on-going effort to improve the quality of patient care in the UK, the latest instalment of the <strong>"NHS ~ Future Forum Report"</strong>, released January 10,2012, calls on health care professionals to lead the way in patient-centered care. With regard to nursing and midwifery education the report states concern over inconsistencies in the training of nurses. The report touches on the academic nursing degree requirement, the reliance on 'virtual' training experiences due to lack of community placements, and the decline in numbers seeking post-graduate training in nursing specialist areas. <em>Click <a href="http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/forum-report/">here</a> to read the full report.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-43044237280772162862011-12-07T09:14:00.008-04:002011-12-07T09:49:30.613-04:00New Research Calls for Optimism in Reducing the Shortage of NursesHealth economists at <a href="http://www.rand.org/">RAND Health </a>in Boston have been tracking the statistics on the nursing workforce in the United States for 35 years. While previous studies had all pointed to a looming severe shortage of nurses, these latest findings call for optimism!<br />The study published in the latest isssue of <a href="http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/12/2286.abstract">'Health Affairs' </a>appears to have surprised even the researchers themselves. The swing has evidently resulted from a number of factors that have thankfully drawn more young adults to the profession. <blockquote><em>"...the number of people 23 to 26 years of age entering nursing increased by 62% from 2002 to 2009."</em> </blockquote> Click on the post title for the <strong>RAND </strong> press release, or the <em><strong>'Health Affairs' </strong></em>link to purchase the full text report. This story is also discussed in <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/754749?src=rss">Medscape</a>: <strong>"Record Numbers Entering Nursing, But Gaps Remain"</strong> <em>by Troy Brown </em>[ <strong>Medscape</strong> Medical News Today, December 5, 2011 ]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-83891273627275376542011-11-02T10:07:00.009-04:002011-11-02T11:50:02.735-04:00"Good Morning, my name is Elizabeth, and how are we feeling today?"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgPoCpOsyBJcZzl96l-XLma6uyt2ulpKRJzZ00fvGuvPg2Ebr5WIJQfPnmGo2JYBnTLs7OAzUoy9JR8nXxRgY-6-jdrOaClIdTsqRroKJ87j3OFS8ZCd_nC6ZRrFwAOLqMt0klerYD5aA/s1600/vnurse_x220.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgPoCpOsyBJcZzl96l-XLma6uyt2ulpKRJzZ00fvGuvPg2Ebr5WIJQfPnmGo2JYBnTLs7OAzUoy9JR8nXxRgY-6-jdrOaClIdTsqRroKJ87j3OFS8ZCd_nC6ZRrFwAOLqMt0klerYD5aA/s400/vnurse_x220.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670406229259605682" /></a> <strong><em>Technology Review </em></strong>published by MIT brings us research news <em>by Emily Singer [1/11/2011].<br /></em><br />Take a look at what <strong>MIT</strong> and <strong>Northeastern University </strong>have been up to. They have created <strong><font color=#FF00FF>Elizabeth </font color></strong> ~ a personable, caring and sympathetic <em><strong>virtual</em> nurse!</strong> <em>Click on the post title to read, listen or watch the full story.</em> <br /><br />But what can real nurses learn from this experiment you may ask? That their jobs are in jeopardy? <em><strong>No</strong></em> ~ but take note of these observations... <blockquote>"patients who interacted with a virtual nurse named Elizabeth said <strong><em>they preferred </em></strong>the computer simulation to an actual doctor or nurse because <em>they didn't feel rushed or talked down to.</em>" </blockquote> <blockquote>"Patients <em><strong>more accurately reported </strong></em>their health information when interacting with the virtual character than they were when filling out a standard electronic questionnaire." </blockquote> Researchers explain ~ Such technologies will become increasingly important with rising health-care costs and an aging population. <blockquote>"We already know we don't have enough health-care providers to go around, and it's only getting worse,"..."About <em><strong>60 percent of the cost of delivering health care comes from human resources</strong></em>, so even if you can train more people, it's not an ideal way to improve costs."</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-81110117385455390232011-10-21T09:40:00.006-04:002011-10-21T09:53:16.314-04:00The Nursing License Map<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjIECik34Snf0TnxgAikEjgRJ5RNrjXM9sO5RhKKbxzKB-U7zzrp_9QtMHUMhJ642fY1yPwG1OSIjn99U5tUK13wasIwW1sM2BHynBpT9fYEKw91fne19Nv0MnUzsmEbGykoszMwtezQZ/s1600/iStock_000007742645Small.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjIECik34Snf0TnxgAikEjgRJ5RNrjXM9sO5RhKKbxzKB-U7zzrp_9QtMHUMhJ642fY1yPwG1OSIjn99U5tUK13wasIwW1sM2BHynBpT9fYEKw91fne19Nv0MnUzsmEbGykoszMwtezQZ/s200/iStock_000007742645Small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665942786728063842" /></a><br />"The <strong>Nursing License Map </strong>is a comprehensive resource for nursing licensure information. It provides state-specific information on how to become a nurse, nurse salaries, nursing credentials, nurse certification tests, and nursing compact agreements. Our aim is to provide all the information necessary to become a nurse no matter where you live."<br />The quick state-by-state overview of <a href="http://nursinglicensemap.com/nurse-salary/">nursing salaries</a> is great too! <br /><em>by Nursing@Georgetown. </em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-40875870330939208822011-10-04T14:30:00.005-04:002011-10-04T14:48:17.915-04:00Nursing Reference Center Mobile App.'sConvenient mobile application versions for <strong>EBSCO's Nursing Reference Center (NRC) </strong>are now available via the iTunes App.'s Store. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBE0mxlcacZ4ySIFNdXv-oK98uuoC937SPYz_kWgqyn0Z71ifQ2IavDc1TiN1whWqpQtG8nEzD4N6mKXzf4AKKp7D1Y1l_fVb5TRDkQ5ncfwU2QuFgDdpFPk50MMSEH_Ad9EurkB8YcFG/s1600/mzl_uxeyfkew_320x480-75.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBE0mxlcacZ4ySIFNdXv-oK98uuoC937SPYz_kWgqyn0Z71ifQ2IavDc1TiN1whWqpQtG8nEzD4N6mKXzf4AKKp7D1Y1l_fVb5TRDkQ5ncfwU2QuFgDdpFPk50MMSEH_Ad9EurkB8YcFG/s400/mzl_uxeyfkew_320x480-75.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659709267918417842" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-29346453271534083602011-07-22T10:18:00.004-04:002011-07-22T10:26:06.340-04:00Challenging Times for the UK Nursing Labour Force<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81lXbfVzJg2FM0CUZrTkH26ouJY0lPMoKU2O4OzXkoG9KOB-KqIjCOBNT2Hsuh84a9sEQ_-MVpidfTmNCpckuTABCjW0-309Bo4xrmy5DF2zqU4snGrjAFoLep109lQpFFah-7iMMMeYA/s1600/rcn_logo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 54px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81lXbfVzJg2FM0CUZrTkH26ouJY0lPMoKU2O4OzXkoG9KOB-KqIjCOBNT2Hsuh84a9sEQ_-MVpidfTmNCpckuTABCjW0-309Bo4xrmy5DF2zqU4snGrjAFoLep109lQpFFah-7iMMMeYA/s400/rcn_logo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632178016331477474" /></a> <a href="http://www.rcn.org.uk/">The Royal College of Nursing </a>in the United Kingdom has published a preliminary report outlining eight <em>'what if' </em>scenarios and projecting their possible impact on the nursing labour force in the UK over the next decade. <blockquote>"This [report] looks at the challenges facing nursing and the nursing workforce across the UK in 2011 which we believe are the greatest for a generation....this report highlights what the truly shocking scale of losses <em>could be </em>in the near future – in the worst case – <strong>a 28 per cent reduction in the nursing workforce [100,000 positions]</strong>. <em>This would undoubtedly be hugely damaging to the quality of patient care</em>....As an immediate first step, we [RCN] advocate that the supply of registered nurses should be stabilised and the decision to cut nursing student places by 10 per cent for 2010/11 to 2011/12 reversed."</blockquote><em>This interim report is taken from the forthcoming Royal College of Nursing Labour Market Review (LMR) 2011.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-14943151558127855582011-05-30T08:33:00.005-04:002011-07-18T10:17:19.493-04:00Global Nursing in Action: An Inspiring Alumni Story<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS-AYbEVsyYO2LZ0kaEKaGlXZY02V6Vg71Q9x9uTvldmaAFT2p43Mafl_Q-zhtDrJub_7mVufRZcRetalgD-0T5Pt-DdgVNb3Lj1Bzv2l9bFBP99891Ba9v4_EKMbReP9AnPbNMuOCTwb/s1600/alex.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiS-AYbEVsyYO2LZ0kaEKaGlXZY02V6Vg71Q9x9uTvldmaAFT2p43Mafl_Q-zhtDrJub_7mVufRZcRetalgD-0T5Pt-DdgVNb3Lj1Bzv2l9bFBP99891Ba9v4_EKMbReP9AnPbNMuOCTwb/s200/alex.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612495460203335042" /></a> Alex, your story really highlights the opportunities that are out there for those who are moved to answer the call to be a nurse. Here at IUON on St. Kitts we enjoyed having you in our student body! Now your story will serve to inspire many others to pursue their dream and perserver with their goals, to serve the global community as dedicated nurses. Way to go Alex! Here is an excerpt from Alex's story posted on <a href="http://iuon.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1"> IUON's offical website</a>: <blockquote>"During times of emergency Alex grew to appreciate how valuable someone with health care knowledge is because people depend on you, <em>'…not just for patching up their wounds, but to be there for re-assurance during crisis. Just letting them know that someone is there…and that someone wants to help. It’s a complicated task because it’s possibly the worst day they’ve ever experienced and you’re the one that’s there to work together to make them as well as they can be again. I felt a great pride in this and I felt the calling.' ”</em> </blockquote> <strong>Alex Champagne </strong>is an <strong>International University of Nursing (IUON)</strong> student who is completing his senior year at one of IUON’s partner schools in Kentucky, <strong>Morehead State University (MSU)</strong>. <em><strong><br />As a trained nurse the world is truely your oyster!</strong></em><br /><br /><strong>UPDATE:</strong> <em>Read more about Alex's story in the </em><a href="http://www.michigansthumb.com/articles/2011/07/18/news/features/doc4e241d10930f6453431693.txt">Huron Daily Tribune, July 14, 2011</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-61870867310785595462011-04-29T11:53:00.007-04:002011-04-29T12:18:36.688-04:00NLN 2010 Statistics on Nursing Education<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHJu4TFX5RxTp4z6Ru_Sbmb2-5OVa-p78gdTWqJtP71VQDZNelwusshntJwPqEL7CTRcrlBmdIYu-fwXNbDTM-DcynGSJeEoiUmHehKn89qxUfNRFezskEiq6oXkk3VpBg0_aAp0pfvXb/s1600/AS0910_F04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHJu4TFX5RxTp4z6Ru_Sbmb2-5OVa-p78gdTWqJtP71VQDZNelwusshntJwPqEL7CTRcrlBmdIYu-fwXNbDTM-DcynGSJeEoiUmHehKn89qxUfNRFezskEiq6oXkk3VpBg0_aAp0pfvXb/s400/AS0910_F04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601039838298275778" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.nln.org/index.cfm">National League for Nursing </a> has released their latest research statistics on the state of nursing education in the United States. <blockquote>"New findings gleaned from the National League for Nursing's annual survey, administered from October to December 2010, paint a complex picture of nursing education in the United States." </blockquote> <strong><em>"NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing 2009-2010"</em></strong> includes findings such as: an increase in student diversity, acceptance to programs remains very competitive, continued lack of clinical placements available, and continued shortage of faculty. <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.nln.org/research/slides/">NLN DataView™</a> for a comprehensive set of tables and figures, or read the <a href="http://www.nln.org/research/slides/exec_summary_0910.pdf">NLN Annual Survey Executive Summary</a>. <br /><br /><em></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-10726908224729550302011-03-25T08:15:00.005-04:002011-03-25T08:46:08.110-04:00The Communication Solution for the Nursing Industry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC3ui8RSj2ra9RWAnRLmw5mEJ-MxWE0iAk-lwop4l4lZSp8dMmrcIXAMlFUlGmhc0pWw32n7irFABGjMrxbZt5MHYEJ11UXE95qJcDO_1zAUQBghvTdTns9vJE_-UGIuvEhb1vyIEt5OH/s1600/Network-logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmC3ui8RSj2ra9RWAnRLmw5mEJ-MxWE0iAk-lwop4l4lZSp8dMmrcIXAMlFUlGmhc0pWw32n7irFABGjMrxbZt5MHYEJ11UXE95qJcDO_1zAUQBghvTdTns9vJE_-UGIuvEhb1vyIEt5OH/s320/Network-logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587991241410967010" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.nurseslounge.com/lounge/2011footerpages/learnmore.html">Nurses Lounge </a> is an online profesional network for nurses which provides a secure place to connect with colleagues, network on a professional level, and stay on top of relevant news, events and other information.<br />Nursing Schools can benfit by setting up their own <em>"Lounge"</em> which provides them a professional platform to easily distribute news and information, build and manage an alumni organization, as well as network among their students, faculty and alumni. There is no cost to a nurse, nursing school or nursing related association to use or set up an interactive Nurses Lounge.<br /><a href="http://www.nurseslounge.com/lounge/2011footerpages/aboutus.html"><em>Click to learn more about the Nurses Lounge.</em></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-58275769343022140822011-02-14T15:16:00.006-04:002011-02-14T15:34:37.119-04:00Health Literacy Online CME Course<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3zvS_ExHplaTZz7NrbofaWUs8fVzY9V1RcBwc1YAXUIsKkV1Gz6xwCMq8dW0EEnfNp18YFdaJ_sxfI7yVIpGSZu1X793Ewt0xAgm_D9NkaLWwg1PEQacCehKw7Ldu_xe-2syc6tVUwU4/s1600/health_lit_promo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3zvS_ExHplaTZz7NrbofaWUs8fVzY9V1RcBwc1YAXUIsKkV1Gz6xwCMq8dW0EEnfNp18YFdaJ_sxfI7yVIpGSZu1X793Ewt0xAgm_D9NkaLWwg1PEQacCehKw7Ldu_xe-2syc6tVUwU4/s400/health_lit_promo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573628983580778850" /></a><strong>Health Literacy, <em>You talk to your patients, but do they understand? The importance of Health Literacy to your Practice.</strong></em><br /><br />This new Health Literacy CME course on the <a href="http://mdcme.ca/default.asp">MDcme.ca</a> website is open access thanks to grants from various Canadian organizations. The online course geared to physicians and other healthcare professions, will <blockquote>"introduce you to the concept of health literacy. It will give an overview of current knowledge about the links between literacy and health outcomes. <em><strong>The goal is to help you understand how health literacy affects your own practice or work setting.</strong></em> It will introduce some <strong><em>practical tools and strategies </em></strong>to identify and address the health literacy needs of your patients/clients, and the barriers that you may inadvertently create to patient/client understanding."</blockquote> <em>Registration is required.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-71468685229859651272011-01-28T09:31:00.003-04:002011-01-28T09:58:08.214-04:00Evidence-Based Practice Step by StepThe <a href="http://www.ajnonline.com">American Journal of Nursing </a>has been publishing this series of articles on evidence-based practice periodically for over a year now. To date there are a total of 8 articles in this collection from the <strong>Arizona State University College of Nursing</strong> and <strong>Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice</strong>.<br /><blockquote>"Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to the delivery of health care that integrates the best evidence from studies and patient care data with clinician expertise and patient preferences and values. When delivered in a context of caring and in a supportive organizational culture, the highest quality of care and best patient outcomes can be achieved." </blockquote>This series is designed and presented with the intent of developing the knowledge and skills needed for nurses to implement EBP consistently, one step at a time. <a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11903">The Institute of Medicine (IOM)</a> has a stated goal that by 2020, 90% of all health care decisions in the United States will be evidence-based. In order to accomplish this goal, nurses will need to continually improve and consistently apply their skills in this area.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-45221422548677377992010-12-09T13:58:00.008-04:002010-12-09T14:20:37.511-04:00Impact of the Nurse Practitioner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJk9CscrntBHj2M2GpZBtbqaktTzSZq5P7WpKju1o6zAeJale76OCAtWaVtrdIuYJrK6Mk_s6eDT1dVUyvQTVQ7Z2tELRr3uKt6rQJ-hAydYGjA_PFaw72We24TJfiDkvLQRpYnxCySfC/s1600/PearsonBanner2010_1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJk9CscrntBHj2M2GpZBtbqaktTzSZq5P7WpKju1o6zAeJale76OCAtWaVtrdIuYJrK6Mk_s6eDT1dVUyvQTVQ7Z2tELRr3uKt6rQJ-hAydYGjA_PFaw72We24TJfiDkvLQRpYnxCySfC/s200/PearsonBanner2010_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548743725801566018" /></a>Every year <strong>The Pearson Report</strong> by <strong><em>Linda J. Pearson</em></strong><blockquote>"enables Nurse Practitioners (NPs), policymakers and other health care professionals to understand and appreciate the major impact that NPs have had on health care in the United States, as well as a to compare and contrast NP practice realities in all 50 states and DC." </blockquote>To access the 2010 state-by-state national overview of nurse practitioner legislation and healthcare issues click on the post title, to take you to the website for the <strong><em>American Journal for Nurse Practitioners</em></strong>[$].Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-48572078679420729122010-12-02T11:43:00.006-04:002010-12-02T12:13:50.834-04:00Job Growth Plan for South African NursesAnd now for something completely different ~ or not!<br />An interesting opinion article on the state of nursing in South Africa comes to us from <em><strong>Otto Wypkema </strong></em>, CEO of the <a href="http://www.nhn.co.za/Index.aspx">National Hospital Network NHN </a> (a group of 93 independently-owned, private hospitals) in Southern Africa. <em>Click title for article on <strong>MoneyWeb</strong>.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710020988953135776.post-61199514467421695352010-11-12T08:40:00.005-04:002010-11-12T08:56:23.415-04:00TB Online Learning Resources<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTyKi2ZCqX41hXMHPtuo3n632QzBfxBOWWuYlQ4W8IxO_6mGLFTjWesEsNAgfHCdkeI54YJfLlI_FSSCLBeObHVZi97L8NQF7-qzvmBUD85uLwV0FY8ldiKiXpEX7yvTk6POV7jnWge_d/s1600/icn2.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTyKi2ZCqX41hXMHPtuo3n632QzBfxBOWWuYlQ4W8IxO_6mGLFTjWesEsNAgfHCdkeI54YJfLlI_FSSCLBeObHVZi97L8NQF7-qzvmBUD85uLwV0FY8ldiKiXpEX7yvTk6POV7jnWge_d/s320/icn2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538645021298281090" /></a>The International Council of Nurses has gathered a few good links to online learning resources for the care, prevention and management of Tuberculosis. Besides their own interactive e-course, they have included links to the Training Manual from the International Hospital Federation IHF, as well as for the World Medical Association's TB and MDR-TB online courses.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1