abstract：:The Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing and Midwifery (DPSN/M) was planned to help experienced nurses and midwives to study at a higher education level. The main aim of the course is to inform and improve practice, thus supporting research based, reflective, professional development. In this paper the students ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Hargreaves J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual performance planning and review has a long and turbulent history. Colleges of nursing and higher education are incorporating performance review schemes as a part of their quality management systems, BS 5750 and the like. This in the rational belief that chances of success will be enhanced. The reliability a...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Richardson M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpersonal skills training continues to be an important, but ill-defined aspect of nurse education. The author explores some theoretical and curricular issues that need to be considered when designing interpersonal skills training. He argues that Beattie's fourfold curriculum can be used to integrate the often oppo...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Gijbels H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy has gained increasing acceptance among nurse educators. Andragogy is espoused as a progressive educational theory, adopted as a theoretical underpinning for curricula and is even considered to be synonymous with a variety of teaching techniques and strategies such as 'problem-based...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Darbyshire P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the findings of a study which investigated the attitudes of 100 newly recruited student nurses towards gender and nursing stereotypes. The students were in their second day of the Common Foundation Programme at North Staffordshire College of Nursing and Midwifery. The data were collected using a ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Jinks AM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethical demands of professional nursing practice are considered, and the concept of Agency is offered as a potentially useful part of the nurses conceptual equipment for such practice. The pressures of working in large organisations are suggested to be inimical to a sense of Agency, and it is also suggested that s...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Wilmot S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989 The English National Board for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting reviewed the organisation and provision of continuing professional education in order to identify a new structure which would meet most effectively the changing health care needs of clients and patients. Researchers were engaged in conducting...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Morle K,Maggs C

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous practical assessments for those programmes leading to registration began to be introduced in the UK in the late 1970s and were generally hailed, certainly by educationalists, as being a much more valid, reliable and realistic method of assessment (Quinn 1989). However, now, with the increasing pressures on ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Girot EA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores some of the difficulties faced by nurse teachers supporting students in research studies. The issues raised in this paper were identified through a small scale exploratory study of the teachers role. Areas discussed include teachers' preparation for the research component of their role and their in...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Clifford C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The curriculum research and development work undertaken to facilitate the implementation of a portfolio assessment strategy, as an integral component of a Project 2000 course, is described. Many excellent assessment schemes have floundered at the point of being put in to use, thus the question of consultation, reflect...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Glen S,Hight NF

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research is unknown territory, in too many ways, for many nurses and nurse tutors. It is seen as the province of an elite, using obscure language and esoteric skills with no obvious connection with the world of nursing; in particular, it involves statistics. Pressure for nursing to become a research-based profession c...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Perkins ER

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores some aspects of what is meant by integration in a nursing curriculum, by looking at both integration of course content and subject matter, and a consequent move away from separated academic disciplines towards a thematic approach, and at integration of the student group, so that different groups of...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Simmons S,Bahl D

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research project aimed to investigate interaction in the classroom between district nurse students and their teachers and to identify some characteristics of effective teaching and learning. The research explored events in the classroom and relationships between students and teachers, and students and their peers...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Clarridge A,Couchman WA,Holloway IM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the need for more creative supervision in mental health nursing, to meet the challenges of case-load management and the psychotherapeutic approach to care. One method, the process record, is explored in detail and its role in the supervisory relationship is discussed. ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Bodley DE

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article sets out the nature and purpose of the literature review as it is found in the nursing research literature. The 'standard' method of the construction of a review is set out and criticised as non-systematic and unnecessarily time consuming. An alternative is offered based on the development of Hesse's work...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： O'Connor SE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently created internal market for the NHS has resulted in an increasing interest in the ways that funding is allocated for patient care. Ways in which funding is allocated will affect all nurses at some point. Associated with the issue of funding of patient care have been attempts to identify case-mix. A variet...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Burnard P,Phillips C

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper debates the value of devolving examinations and assessments to local institutions of education and training. It begins by putting forward the case for devolution through highlighting perceived limitations of external formal examinations. It then challenges the credibility of the former as an effective alter...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Mazhindu GN

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives an account of the use of 'self-study programmes' (SSPs) in a registered mental nurse curriculum. The account spans a period of over 3 years. It describes the development and implementation of two SSPs in the author's school and the generally favourable outcomes that were found to be associated with ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Brookes D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether mathematical drills enhanced the ability of students of nursing to calculate drug dosages accurately. First year students were drilled and then tested over the next 2 years in drug calculations. It was found that repeated drilling improved students' ability to calcula...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Adams A,Duffield C

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper starts from the personal view that there are a number of issues related to the process of assessment which require investigation. It is suggested that a model of the assessment process might help clarify the present situation. The Brunswik lens model is explained and then expanded and adapted to facilitate ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Hepworth S

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the value of using a case study approach to teaching decision-making in a post-diploma baccalaureate degree nursing program. Given specific cases, students analyse how decisions are derived and are encouraged to look at the processes used rather than only on the product generated. In this way, the...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Maltby HJ,Andrusyszyn MA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author provides a definition of nursing knowledge, reviews the critical literature up to 1989 and discusses the current trends. She concludes her paper with her reflections upon the path to true nursing knowledge. ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Hardy LK

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the use of nursing models as a basis for curriculum planning in a Nursing degree course. Each module in the course is based on a Nursing model, as are assessment of theoretical aspects and of nursing competencies. Rationales for the structure of the course and choice of models are given, and the...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Webb C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of theories underlying the scientific basis for the performance of nursing care begin with sufficient curiosity to enable the exploration of the relationships between practice and outcome. For any one problem, a sound scientific rationale reflects not only 'how' (strategy), but 'why' (topic) a particul...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Rapley P,Robertson J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first part of this paper describes the nature of a Moot Court (or Mock Trial) and how it has been used in recent years as a teaching method for students in medicine and nursing at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. A whole day is spent in the enactment of an imaginary court case in which issues in bioethics ...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Langford MJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post basic and continuing education and training courses have always been linked to the requirements of the organisation in which they are based. This article sets out to draw attention to the consequences of productivity expectations on these systems from NHS local management. It highlights the need for an increase i...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Unsworth-Webb J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a small number of learners in this country spend any of their training period working with patients in Community Hospital despite their importance as an element of local Primary Care. This article describes how one School of Nursing and the associated Community Hospitals, situated in a predominantly rural area, w...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Broadbent H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article I will critically examine the social context of learning in nurse education from a sociological perspective. I will begin with a brief review of recent developments in the philosophy and practice of nurse education. The concepts of 'tokenism', 'relative autonomy', 'de-mystification', and 'social contro...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Morrall PA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The construction of essay-type questions for inclusion in nursing examination papers is a time consuming task for teachers. In this paper, the findings of the qualitative analysis of the examination systems in basic nursing education in Scotland are discussed, with specific reference to questions set in internal and e...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Altschul AT,Sinclair HC

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop the professional identity of registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs), it is essential that the core of the written curricula be based on nursing science. In this study, content analysis was used to examine how theoretically-developed elements of nursing education were taken into considera...

journal_title：Nurse education today

authors： Janhonen S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00