COVID-19: 20 countries’ higher education intra-period digital pedagogy responses

The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created significant challenges for the global higher education community. Through a desktop analysis leveraging university and government sources where possible, we provide a timely map of the intra-period higher education responses to COVID-19 across 20 countries. We found that the responses by higher education providers have been diverse from having no response through to social isolation strategies on campus and rapid curriculum redevelopment for fully online offerings. We provide in our discussion a typology of the types of responses currently undertaken and assess the agility of higher education in preparing for the pandemic. We believe there are significant opportunities to learn from the pedagogical developments of other universities, in order to strengthen our collective response to COVID-19 now and into the future

Development of a Diabetes Learning Needs Assessment Tool to Promote an Individualized Predischarge Patient Education Plan

The purpose of this article is to feature a nursing staff initiative to improve patients\u27 understanding of their diabetes management by empowering them with knowledge for successful glycemic control. This initiative also enhanced patient and family-centered care and patient safety through individualized, targeted instruction