From practical nurse to bachelor of nursing student: bridging the transition

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Chachula ◽  
Kathryn J. Hyndman ◽  
Mary E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
National Council ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Curricular Model

AbstractBackgroundA streamlined academic approach for career advancement is needed that allows practical or enrolled nurses to obtain a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) degree. One strategy in this approach is offering college-prepared Practical Nurses (PNs) the opportunity to transition into a baccalaureate program through a bridging course. Bridging initiatives serve as professional development opportunities for learners with personal growth and financial advantages on degree completion and enhance health and human resources for health care systems within national and international landscapes.Objective and methodsA curricular model and strategies on how such a bridging course can be constructed are discussed in this article. The model integrates teaching and learning strategies as well as course sequencing, structure, and assessment strategies.Results and conclusionThis innovative bridging curriculum offers Canadian and international nurse educators a programmatic guideline to create educational pathways for practical or enrolled nurses to obtain a baccalaureate degree. Completion of the bridging curriculum and BN program allow graduates to assume the RN role following a successful pass on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

scholarly journals Solution Focused Teaching: A Transformative Approach to Teaching Nursing

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret McAllister ◽  
Lorraine Venturato ◽  
Amy Johnston ◽  
Jennifer Rowe ◽  
Marion Tower ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Transformative Education ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Transformative Approach ◽  
Solution Focused

Nurses work in complex health care systems, which today are based not only on medical treatment and cure, but also on enabling individuals and strengthening communities. This paper describes a curriculum approach to teaching nursing in an Australian university which seeks to prepare students for this environment. Underpinned by transformative education principles, and termed Solution Focused Nursing, specific teaching and learning strategies are discussed. A goal is to cultivate critical thinkers and knowledge workers, that is, nurses who are not only able to work skillfully, strategically, and respectfully with clients, but who also demonstrate discernment, optimism, and vision about nursing and health care.

scholarly journals Intercultural Management in Culturally Diverse Classrooms

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Classroom Culture ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Diverse Classrooms ◽  
Teachers And Students

Globalisation and internationalisation have brought culturally diverse classrooms into universities and schools worldwide. There are increasing opportunities for culturally diverse teachers and students to interact and learn from each other. This paper investigates the changes that occur when classrooms are managed by teachers with different cultural backgrounds from that of their students, utilising observations and interviews. The research indicates that when people from both collective and individualist cultures are in the same classroom, the different dynamics require adjustments from at least one cultural group to achieve desirable learning outcomes, in particular from the teacher. This is largely due to, in individualistic and collective cultures, teachers having different roles associated with their respective power structure and social hierarchy caused by various ways of establishing and maintaining individual self-esteem and perceiving self in relation to others. It would appear that the changes are engineered by a teacher’s desire to allow students to learn more effectively and teachers’ belief as to what are effective teaching and learning strategies. However, the changes are also accompanied by many challenges and personal growth on the part of the teachers. Bridging cultural differences should never been taken for granted. Should teachers reflect deeply and adjust to changes in classroom culture, the learning and teaching experiences can be both enriching and enlightening. Intellectual challenges and reflections on different home and host cultural assumptions are required when managing students who are from dissimilar cultural backgrounds.

scholarly journals Understanding the nature of health: New perspectives for medicine and public health. Improved wellbeing at lower costs

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Bircher ◽  
Eckhart G. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Dynamic State ◽  
Environmental Determinants ◽  
Meikirch Model ◽  
Care Systems

Background: Current dilemmas of health care systems call for a new look at the nature of health. This is offered by the Meikirch model. We explore its hypothetical benefit for the future of medicine and public health.Meikirch model: It states: “Health is a dynamic state of wellbeing emergent from conducive interactions between individuals’ potentials, life’s demands, and social and environmental determinants.” “Throughout the life course health results when an individuals’ biologically given potential (BGP) and his or her personally acquired potential (PAP), interacting with social and environmental determinants, satisfactorily respond to the demands of life.”Methods: We explored the Meikirch model’s possible applications for personal and public health care.Results: The PAP of each individual is the most modifiable component of the model. It responds to constructive social interactions and to personal growth. If an individual’s PAP is nurtured to develop further, it likely will contribute much more to health than without fostering. It may also compensate for losses of the BGP. An ensuing new culture of health may markedly improve health in the society. The rising costs of health care presumably are due in part to the tragedy of the commons and to moral hazard. Health as a complex adaptive system offers new possibilities for patient care, particularly for general practitioners.Discussion: Analysis of health systems by the Meikirch model reveals that in many areas more can be done to improve people’s health and to reduce health care costs than is done today. The Meikirch model appears promising for individual and public health in low and high income countries. Emphasizing health instead of disease the Meikirch model reinforces article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations – that abandons the WHO definition - and thereby may contribute to its reinterpretation.

scholarly journals Theory-practice integration in selected clinical situations

Curationis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Davhana-Maselesele ◽  
J E Tjallinks ◽  
MS Norval
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Intersectoral Collaboration ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Holistic Curriculum

The current changes in health care systems challenge knowledgeable, mature and independent practitioners to integrate theoretical content with practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the problems of integrating theory with practice in selected clinical nursing situations. The study focused on rendering of family planning services to clients as a component of Community Nursing Science. Structured observation schedules were used to observe the theoretical content of the curriculum as well as the practical application of what has been taught in the clinical area. The findings of the study revealed that there was a need for an integrated holistic curriculum, which would address the needs of the community. It was concluded that a problem-based and community-based curriculum, intersectoral collaboration between college and hospital managements and student involvement in all processes of teaching and learning would improve the integration of theory and practice. There also appeared to be a need for tutors to be more involved in clinical teaching and accompaniment.

scholarly journals The Biopsychosocial-Digital Approach to Health and Disease: Call for a Paradigm Expansion (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Ahmadvand ◽  
Robert Gatchel ◽  
John Brownstein ◽  
Lisa Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Biopsychosocial Model ◽  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Health And Disease

UNSTRUCTURED Digital health is an advancing phenomenon in modern health care systems. Currently, numerous stakeholders in various countries are evaluating the potential benefits of digital health solutions at the individual, population, and/or organizational levels. Additionally, driving factors are being created from the customer-side of the health care systems to push health care providers, policymakers, or researchers to embrace digital health solutions. However, health care providers may differ in their approach to adopt these solutions. Health care providers are not assumed to be appropriately trained to address the requirements of integrating digital health solutions into daily everyday practices and procedures. To adapt to the changing demands of health care systems, it is necessary to expand relevant paradigms and to train human resources as required. In this article, a more comprehensive paradigm will be proposed, based on the ‘biopsychosocial model’ of assessing health and disease, originally introduced by George L Engel. The “biopsychosocial model” must be leveraged to include a “digital” component, thus suggesting a ‘biopsychosocial-digital’ approach to health and disease. Modifications to the “biopsychosocial” model and transition to the “biopsychosocial-digital” model are explained. Furthermore, the emerging implications of understanding health and disease are clarified pertaining to their relevance in training human resources for health care provision and research.

Applying Design Thinking in Health Care: Reflections of Nursing Honors Program Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Nancy Wingo ◽  
Christopher R. Jones ◽  
Bethany R. Pittman ◽  
Trevor Purter ◽  
Madeline Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Honors Program ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Care Systems

Nursing faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) incorporated design thinking (DT) into the curriculum of the UAB School of Nursing Honors Program as a framework for undergraduate students' immersion into research experiences. This article describes the experiences of students who participated in the first honors class that used DT and discusses how to incorporate DT into nursing research and quality improvement projects. Active learning strategies provided students various opportunities to conceptualize and apply the five-step DT process by identifying possible solutions to problems in clinical settings. Three major themes emerged from these reflections: trusting the process, cultivating empathy, and applying DT in the future. Students found that trusting the process of learning about DT facilitated their understanding of empathy's role in health care as they recognized DT's far-reaching applications beyond the honors program. A pragmatic, intuitive, and innovative approach to identifying problems and solutions, DT empowers nurses to creatively and confidently address issues they encounter to improve outcomes for their patients, health-care systems, and communities.

160: Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Management Strategies of Nephrolithiasis in Different Health Care Systems

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 42-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yair Latan ◽  
David M. Wilhelm ◽  
David A. Duchene ◽  
Margaret S. Pearle
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Care Systems
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