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J Y Johnson

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PubMed1998

The reticent student: implications for nurse educators.

Nursing education has recently begun to shift to a more emancipatory learning format. In accord with Freire, many nursing classrooms currently use dialogical teaching approaches as an integral part of the education process. There are many students unable to share in the process of dialogue because of reticence. Reticence is a personality quality in which a person is reluctant to speak. While dialogue appears to be a way to promote learning and is intended to result in emancipation for students, it may result in subjugation for the shy, reticent student. The literature does not provide information regarding the impact of reticence on the student in higher education, particularly the student in a professional program. This article discusses the impact of reticence on the learning experiences of nursing students and the effects of classroom dynamics and teaching methodologies used with nursing students.

Communication↗
PubMed1996

Preoperative patient teaching in ambulatory surgery settings.

The researchers conducted this descriptive replication study to identify preoperative teaching content deemed important by patients and nurses in ambulatory surgery settings. Thirty ambulatory surgery patients and 29 perioperative nurses participated in the study, which was conducted at a midsized hospital in the southeastern United States. Patients ranked situational information (eg, explaining activities, events) as the most important teaching content areas, whereas nurses ranked psychosocial support (eg, dealing with worries, concerns) as the most important. Patients preferred to have teaching conducted before they were admitted for ambulatory surgery, whereas nurses believed that some teaching could take place after admission. The study results suggest that addressing patients' priorities and initiating teaching earlier in the perioperative process is crucial to ambulatory surgery patients' postoperative outcomes.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Measuring management potential.

This article provides a brief introduction to instruments that may be used to measure management potential in persons being considered for administrative positions. Instruments that measure aspects of leadership, power, personality, conflict, and organizational climate are discussed. An overview of each instrument is provided as well as data on the type of test, time to complete, cost, and purchasing information. While objective tests such as these are useful in assessing individual suitability for management positions, we advise that they be used prudently and judiciously.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1995

Curricular trends in accredited generic baccalaureate nursing programs across the United States.

Rapid technological advances in health care delivery, changes in health care financing, and the increasing number of elderly in the American population have resulted in dramatic alterations in the nature and scope of health care, the needs of health care consumers, and the practice of nursing. A descriptive research study was conducted with 113 respondents from accredited generic baccalaureate nursing programs across the continental United States and the Virgin Islands to determine the presence or absence of current health care emphases and essential nursing knowledge and skills in professional nurse education curricula. Findings revealed that, with few exceptions (e.g., computer literacy, economics, legal issues), content addressing current health care emphases and essential knowledge was integrated within one or more required courses in most nursing curricula. Differences were noted in the teaching strategies used by different types of nursing programs and in different locations.

Clinical Competence↗
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Health promotion among ethnic minorities: the importance of cultural phenomena.

Ethnic minority groups have varying health promotion needs, which differ according to six cultural phenomena outlined in the nursing literature: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations. This article reports on some of the research available in each of these areas in relation to ethnic minorities. If health promotion is to be improved for people in all sectors of the population, it is important for rehabilitation nurses to learn how to assess the needs of ethnic minorities and to respond to those needs with appropriate interventions.

Cross-Cultural Comparison↗