Developing Nursing Leaders Through Graduate Education in Pakistan

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele J Upvall ◽  
Rozina Karmaliani ◽  
Farida Pirani ◽  
Raisa Gul ◽  
Farida Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Nursing Leaders ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Advanced Knowledge ◽  
Graduate Nursing

Advanced practice is the conceptual focus for the first Master’s of Science in Nursing (MScN) program in Pakistan. Initiated at the Aga Khan University School of Nursing (AKUSON) in October 2001, this full time two-year program aims to prepare nurses who are leaders in nursing practice with advanced knowledge and skills for their roles in either urban, rural, tertiary-care or community settings. The significance of the progress must be emphasized in a country where most nursing education takes place at diploma level and relatively few opportunities exist for nurses seeking a baccalaureate degree. Other countries developing graduate nursing programs may benefit from the expereince in Pakistan.

Advancing the Synergy of Benedictine Values and Caring in Online Graduate Nursing Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Deborah Jezuit ◽  
Margaret Carter Richey ◽  
Alison Ridge ◽  
Elizabeth Ritt
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Nursing Leaders ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Professional Nursing Practice ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Graduate Nursing

Watson’s Caring Theory and Caritas combined with Catholic Benedictine values expressed as Hallmarks are integral to the mission of the nursing program. It can be anticipated that faculty who live out the values and express caring serve as role models for the students in the online learning environment. Specific activities make explicit to students that caring is at the core of professional nursing practice and their role as nursing leaders. These processes can be incorporated in nursing programs at all levels and modes of delivery across secular, faith-based, or other academic settings.

scholarly journals Nursing at Universidad del Valle in Cali: 65 years at the vanguard; contributions, achievements, and perspectives

1969 ◽  
Vol 42 (2 supl 1) ◽  
pp. 120-33
Author(s):  
Gladys Eugenia Canaval ◽  
Edelmira Castillo ◽  
Asceneth Osorio
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Front Line ◽  
The Future ◽  
Graduate Nursing ◽  
Research Analysis

Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to depict how the Nursing School throughout its 65-year history, celebrated at the same time as Universidad del Valle does, has been at the forefront in Colombia’s southwest and Latin America, contributing to the continuous enhancement of nursing education with its undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as research and extension projects. Objective: To describe the creation and development of the nursing programs and projects in response to the contextual needs and their orientation toward innovating in nursing education.Materials and methods: Historical research, analysis of documents found in the office of the director of the Nursing School, the directors of undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, publications, personnel archives of faculty members, interviews of retired faculty, and the authors´ recollections.Results: Four periods are depicted along the 65-year history, showing the development, achievements, and contributions of the academic programs and main extension projects; some challenges for the future also are included.Conclusions: Nursing-UniValle has been in the front line during its 65 years of history; now it has to meet the challenges of the future.

scholarly journals Effects of Prebriefing on APRN Student Self-Confidence in Simulation-Based Learning

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiza Soares
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Graduate Nursing

The contemporary American Health Care System created a demand for skilled advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to meet the health care needs of the U.S. population. It is imperative that graduate nursing programs adequately educate APRN students with the competencies to address these demands. Graduate nursing programs have adopted simulation-based learning to provide safe, cost-effective learning opportunities without the potential for real-world negative outcomes that can arise during hospital-based education. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to provide a tailored, APRN-focused prebriefing activity before simulation-based learning and measure its effects on self-reported student self-confidence scores. This project was conducted using a quantitative post-intervention survey design with a convenience sample of 17 APRN students. The participants were provided a prebriefing intervention by email prior to their interprofessional education (IPE). After the prebriefing intervention, the APRN students participated in four pre-established IPE simulation scenarios. The participants were then asked to complete the National League for Nursing (NLN) Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale, a thirteen-statement survey with a 5-point Likert scale measuring self-reported, student satisfaction and self confidence related to their simulation-based learning experiences. Overall, high scores resulted on the post-intervention survey for the two subscales. This project supported the implementation of a structured prebriefing activity before IPE simulation-based learning in graduate nursing education.

Preparing Nurse Educators: The Current Landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-105
Author(s):  
Susan Hayes Lane ◽  
Eileen Kohlenberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Faculty Shortage ◽  
Nursing Faculty Shortage ◽  
Student Demographics ◽  
Graduate Nursing

There is an urgent need to address the nursing faculty shortage and evaluate current enrollment in nurse educator programs across the country. In this article, we describe a nationwide review of graduate nursing programs focusing on the nursing education shortage; program, faculty, and student demographics; methodological approaches; concentrations, content and practice areas; and future directions for graduate program development.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities in graduate nursing education by distributed learning in Canada and Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Molzahn ◽  
Marjorie Macdonald ◽  
Elizabeth Banister ◽  
Laurene Sheilds ◽  
Rosalie Starzomski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Distributed Learning ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Graduate Nursing

In this paper, the authors share their experience related to graduate nursing programs offered by distributed learning (DL) in Canada and Brazil. Although degrees offered by DL are often the subject of criticism, the authors' experience has been that learning outcomes have been very good. Nevertheless, a number of challenges and opportunities have been encountered including those associated with flexibility of the program, delivering practice courses at a distance, facilitating interaction, faculty workload and preparation and student support, Newer technologies that may assist in this effort are identified. Despite the challenges encountered, students rate the program highly and ongoing efforts are underway to ensure excellence of such flexible innovative graduate programs in nursing. The authors argue that despite the challenges, DL programs offer high quality graduate education that meets the needs of many nurses.

Use of Simulation in Undergraduate and Graduate Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Gore ◽  
Wendy Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Improve Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Programs ◽  
Advanced Practice ◽  
Safety Communication ◽  
Safe Environment ◽  
Guidelines And Standards ◽  
Graduate Nursing ◽  
Improve Patient

Simulation is not just technology but a teaching method used to allow students to practice in a safe environment. The focus of simulation is to improve patient safety, communication, and the ability of the student to think and act as a nurse or advanced practice nurse. As use of simulation in nursing education increases, more regulations, guidelines, and standards are being developed to assist nursing programs to obtain best outcomes. This article provides readers with an overview of simulation use in undergraduate and graduate nursing education.

Partnerships in practice: Shaping an Australian urban‐rural graduate nursing programme

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Coulon ◽  
I. Heazlewood ◽  
C. Leigh ◽  
J. Hardy ◽  
P. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Urban Rural ◽  
Graduate Nursing

scholarly journals 600. Decreased Hospital Readmission After Programmatic Strengthening of an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S362-S363
Author(s):  
Gaurav Agnihotri ◽  
Alan E Gross ◽  
Minji Seok ◽  
Cheng Yu Yen ◽  
Farah Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Readmission ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Although it is recommended that an OPAT program should be managed by a formal OPAT team that supports the treating physician, many OPAT programs face challenges in obtaining necessary program staff (i.e nurses or pharmacists) due to limited data examining the impact of a dedicated OPAT team on patient outcomes. Our objective was to compare OPAT-related readmission rates among patients receiving OPAT before and after the implementation of a strengthened OPAT program. Methods This retrospective quasi-experiment compared adult patients discharged on intravenous (IV) antibiotics from the University of Illinois Hospital before and after implementation of programmatic changes to strengthen the OPAT program. Data from our previous study were used as the pre-intervention group (1/1/2012 to 8/1/2013), where only individual infectious disease (ID) physicians coordinated OPAT. Post-intervention (10/1/2017 to 1/1/2019), a dedicated OPAT nurse provided full time support to the treating ID physicians through care coordination, utilization of protocols for lab monitoring and management, and enhanced documentation. Factors associated with readmission for OPAT-related problems at a significance level of p< 0.1 in univariate analysis were eligible for testing in a forward stepwise multinomial logistic regression to identify independent predictors of readmission. Results Demographics, antimicrobial indications, and OPAT administration location of the 428 patients pre- and post-intervention are listed in Table 1. After implementation of the strengthened OPAT program, the readmission rate due to OPAT-related complications decreased from 17.8% (13/73) to 6.5% (23/355) (p=0.001). OPAT-related readmission reasons included: infection recurrence/progression (56%), adverse drug reaction (28%), or line-associated issues (17%). Independent predictors of hospital readmission due to OPAT-related problems are listed in Table 2. Table 1. OPAT Patient Demographics and Factors Pre- and Post-intervention Table 2. Factors independently associated with hospital readmission in OPAT patients Conclusion An OPAT program with dedicated staff at a large academic tertiary care hospital was independently associated with decreased risk for readmission, which provides critical evidence to substantiate additional resources being dedicated to OPAT by health systems in the future. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

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