Toolkit for a Successful Nurse Educator Sabbatical

This article provides evidence to support the need for nursing faculty to attain sabbaticals. In addition, a toolkit is provided that walks faculty through a step-by-step process to ensure a successful sabbatical. Future nurses are counting on strong, engaging, and visionary faculty. Thus, to foster resilience, nursing faculty are encouraged to embrace the sabbatical opportunity

A Teaching Model to Promote NCLEX-RN Success

Nurse educators in RN programs are called to address the nursing shortage, assist increasingly diverse learners to succeed on the National Council Licensure Examination the first time, and prepare the new nurse graduate to transition into an ever-changing health care system. This article purposes a teaching model to empower both the nurse educator and the student. As graduates have gained locus of control, National Council Licensure Examination pass rates have increased from 82 percent to 93 percent. The discussion examines a variety of strategies to facilitate nurse graduate success

Informed Consent: Elective Abortion

This article presents an overview of the history of informed consent, identifies the necessary elements of informed consent and provides a discussion of the controversy surrounding informed consent for an elective abortion. The most current scientific reports of risk and benefits of elective abortions are examined and essential information for informed consent for an elective abortion is identified

Rural India Women\u27s Perception of Health

This qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study explored how southern, rural women in India ( N = 14) view health, how they learned about health, and what health education they desired. Health education classes were offered, based on participants’ responses. Recommendations are offered for a best practice model that could potentially enhance the efforts of non-Indian nurses desiring to assist impoverished women and families in India

Informed Consent: Elective Abortion

This article presents an overview of the history of informed consent, identifies the necessary elements of informed consent and provides a discussion of the controversy surrounding informed consent for an elective abortion. The most current scientific reports of risk and benefits of elective abortions are examined and essential information for informed consent for an elective abortion is identified

Does Spiritual Care Really Help? A Study of Patient’s Perceptions

Microwaves, drive-through windows, cell phones, e-mail, Internet high-ways- fast, faster, fastest. These gadgets reflect the world of the 21st century in which we live. Nursing, too, has moved with these changing cultural norms, becoming compressed and high speed. However, the essence of people, the clients we care for, has remained that of heart-felt needs and a thirst for spiritual peace. How do we as nurses meet the demands of today’s increased patient care loads, unending paperwork and longer hours, yet still meet our clients’ spiritual needs

State of Knowledge: Post-Abortion Outcomes

A critical analysis of research regarding post-abortion outcomes is presented. The studies reviewed include those following the U.S. legalization of abortion in 1973 and other countries where abortion is legal. Research is examined from the view point of only minimal negative outcomes are experienced and that significant negative outcomes are experienced by women following and elective abortion an elective abortion are discussed

Experiences of Women Who Seek Recovery Assistance Following an Elective Abortion: A Grounded Theory Approach

This study, using grounded theory method, was conducted to describe the basic social processes experienced by 17 women who recognized the need for recovery and sought recovery assistance following an elective abortion. Nursing research in the area of women’s experiences seeking post-abortion recovery assistance is warranted because to date abortion is reported to be the second most common surgery performed in the United States. The study was conducted in the southern and west coast regions of the United States. Utilizing a grounded theory chronological approach, interview data was analyzed in three main stage s: Life Before Abortion, Life After Abortion and Life With Recovery. The basic social processes that explained the experience of these post-abortive women were: searching for love and acceptance, understanding the need for help, seeking help, accepting God’s forgiveness, forgiving self/others and life-long recovery. Based on the findings of this study and the literature seven conclusion are presented

Evaluation of a Memory Book Intervention With Orphaned Children in South Africa

The purpose of this collaborative research study was to evaluate the use of the Memory Book intervention for orphaned children\u27s grief and loss recovery. A qualitative phenomenological approach was implemented to evaluate the Memory Book intervention with orphaned children at two children\u27s homes in South Africa. Study findings support the ability of children to work through loss and grief when they are assisted in preserving and telling their story. The Memory Book intervention assists children to chronicle their lives and demonstrates the potential to guide future interventions by care providers and nurses in this context

Breast Health Teaching in Predominantly African American Rural Mississippi Delta

This study\u27s primary focus was breast health education to rural African American women in Mississippi and training of community members. Through practice in this area, women were found to lack knowledge of breast health which is the third leading cause of death in Mississippi Black women. They were open to education: N = 130, t = -16.6, df = 126, p \u3c .001; 1 year, N = 35; 2-3 year N = 16 and 3 trained. Data suggest knowledge increased, a small percentage continued practices and community members would become trainers. One participant was diagnosed with breast cancer, received treatment and remained cancer-free after two years