Using focus groups to evaluate the impact of a masters in nursing distance education program.
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Education, Distance↗
Biomedical subjects
B M Kooker
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Health education needs in Hawaii: social work, dental hygiene and nursing.
In this article, the need for selected health education programs in Hawaii will be discussed. Changes in the health care system, population and provider population impacting supply are identified. Health trends in Hawaii are highlighted and strategies needed to assure that Hawaii's demand for health professionals in social work, dental hygiene and nursing are suggested.
Education, Nursing↗
Nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices in managing urinary incontinence in the acute care setting.
Urinary incontinence (UI) is costly, promotes skin breakdown, and delays hospital discharge. While the majority of clinical and research initiatives have focused on managing UI in the nonacute settings, managing UI in the acute care setting is a concern. This review addresses acute care nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding UI.
Acute Disease↗
Interactive television: delivering quality graduate nursing education to remote sites.
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Consumer Behavior↗
Information revolution in nursing and health care: educating for tomorrow's challenge.
Current emphasis on the national electronic highway and a national health database for comparative health care reporting demonstrates society's increasing reliance on information technology. The efficient electronic processing and managing of data, information, and knowledge are critical for survival in tomorrow's health care organization. To take a leadership role in this information revolution, informatics nurse specialists must possess competencies that incorporate information science, computer science, and nursing science for successful information system development. In selecting an appropriate informatics educational program or to hire an individual capable of meeting this challenge, nurse administrators must look for the following technical knowledge and skill set: information management principles, system development life cycle, programming languages, file design and access, hardware and network architecture, project management skills, and leadership abilities.
Computer User Training↗
Four million female hospital workers face reproductive health hazards.
OSHA exposure limit standards are still based on research conducted on male workers, and not on female workers. The author explores the common reproductive hazards and their potential health effects on female hospital workers, and offers some alternative solutions to work site exposure.
Environmental Health↗
4 million female hospital workers face reproductive health hazards.
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Female↗
The corporate image of a nurse executive.
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Administrative Personnel↗
Returning to practice. A personal experience.
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Humans↗
Four ways to teach PHC in a changing world.
Nurse educators are challenged to revise teaching/learning methods to support community-based primary health care (PHC) systems. The key elements are: integrating education with the realities of practice and people's needs; moving communities to strive towards solving their own health problems; and recognizing the socioeconomic health determinants. Described below are four educational methods based on PHC: inquiry-based learning, IMPACTS (a game to encourage multisectoral collaboration), distance education and community-based education.
Education, Nursing↗
Community-based nursing education. Research study from the NLN Vision for Nursing Education--Hawai'i/phase II.
Four sites--Hawai'i, Minnesota, Texas, and Massachusetts--were selected by the NLN to participate in the National League for Nursing Vision for Nursing Education: Phase II Project, a one-year initiative focused on community-based nursing education. This initiative, for the year 1995-1996, was funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and coordinated by a national project director. Each site received $100,000 to be used to develop curricular models for community-based nursing. Other components of the initiative as it took place in Hawai'i--an exploration of regulatory issues regarding community-based nursing education and a description of the process of change--are reported elsewhere.
Community Health Nursing↗
Focus groups. A unique approach to curriculum development.
The purpose of this article is to describe the use and effectiveness of focus group methodology for curriculum development. This unique approach grew from the investigators' belief in the application of the principles of primary health care in designing a curriculum for community-based nursing education. The specific content and outcomes of the focus groups in relation to three curricular themes are reported in this journal in the article "Community-Based Nursing Education: Research Study from the NLN Vision for Nursing Education--Hawai'i, Phase II." The current article concentrates on the process and methods used.
Community Health Nursing↗