Prevention of Osteoporosis Fractures: The Fracture Liaison Service

Osteoporosis, a bone loss disease, affects men and women resulting in weak bones, predisposing individuals to the risk of fractures even from simple falls. Fractures due to osteoporosis have become epidemic in the United States among older adults with over 2 million fractures each year- more than heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer combined. Over 75% of older women who suffer from a fracture do not receive appropriate screening and treatment to prevent future fractures. The Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) Model of Care has been shown to improve patient outcomes by targeting physicians and nurses to improve patient outcomes in the early prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis. Building a FLS program requires principles of curriculum development. Faculty at Kent State University, College of Nursing, who are advanced practice nurses, are serving on the National Osteoporosis Foundation Advisory Council in Washington DC and are involved in developing the FLS curriculum.</p

Educating Students to Write for Publication

Faculty in the academic setting are expected to disseminate by writing for publication. However, novice faculty often have no prior experience in publishing and may feel overwhelmed with the process. Educating students at the graduate level is an ideal time for providing exposure to the process of publishing. Faculty can create a supportive, nonstressful environment to help students achieve success. This presentation will showcase the highly successful publishing mentorship program implemented in the Nurse Educator graduate program. As graduate students become educators, they will be mentoring their students through the process of writing for publication. Active learning strategies in this program for teaching the process of writing for publication include identifying a topic, audience, and journal; developing a manuscript; querying the journal editor; and submitting the completed manuscript. Exemplars of student success will be highlighted. This program can also be tailored for graduate professional programs and undergraduate students.</p

The founding of a nonprofit organization as a teaching/learning experience: A case study in service learning.

The present case study describes how the founding, by faculty, of a nonprofit organization has aided marketing instructors (and instructors of other disciplines) in teaching students to understand and apply marketing (and other business) theories in a “real-world” environment. To that end, the case study is organized as follows. First, it offers a short discussion on the pros and cons of working with for-profit versus nonprofit organizations to add value to the learning experience for students. Second, it describes the benefits and drawbacks instructors and/or students have experienced from starting their own nonprofit organization as a teaching or learning tool to help translate marketing theory into marketing application