A
Acute care nursing, RN "returnship" program, 164
Ancillary nursing staff, creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
Anxiety, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Assisted-living facilities, comparing needed training with topics of interest among assisted-living providers, 38
Assisted suicide, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Authorship, writing continuing education courses, 189
B
Barriers, RN-BSN programs: associate degree and diploma nurses' perceptions of benefits and barriers to returning to school, 157
Behavioral change, continuing professional education: does it make a difference in perceived nursing practice?, 90
Boarding homes, comparing needed training with topics of interest among assisted-living providers, 38
Book reviews
Genetics in Oncology Practice: Cancer Risk Assessment, AS Tranin, A Masney, J Jenkins (eds), 194
Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches, CC Clark, 56
Nursing Leadership and Management: COncepts and Practice (4th ed), RM Tappen, 244
Nursing Management Secrets, PG Zimmerman (ed), 154
BSN student, senior partnership practicum, 78
C
CD-ROMs, deployment of computer-based training programs via hospital intranet, 197
Certification, building a medical-surgical certification review course: blueprint for success, 213
Certified nursing assistants, model of nurse assistant care to promote functional status in hospitalized elders, 181
Clinical competence, nurse internship pathway to clinical comfort. confidence, and competency, 27
Clinical performance, clinical objectives: a method to evaluate clinical performance in critical care orientation, 134
Clinical reasoning, developing clinical reasoning strategies: cognitive shortcuts, 229
Competency
nurse internship pathway to clinical comfort, confidence, and competency, 27
PACU nurses' knowledge of pulse oximetry, 177
Computer technology
application of Concerns-Based Adoption Model to installation of telemedicine in rural Missouri nursing home, 42
deployment of computer-based training programs via hospital intranet, 197
Concept mapping, developing nurses' critical thinking skills with concept mapping, 261
Concerns-Based Adoption Model, application of Concerns-Based Adoption Model to installation of telemedicine in rural Missouri nursing home, 42
Constipation, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Continuing education
centralizing a registered nurse preceptor program at institutional level, 17
continuing professional education: does it make a difference in perceived nursing practice?, 90
creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
deployment of computer-based training programs via hospital intranet, 197
developing a web page: bringing clinics online, 255
ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
monthly newsletter as cost-effective and timely education tool, 219
patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
providing continuing education in a changing long-term care environment, 1
RN-BSN programs: associate degree and diploma nurses' perceptions of benefits and barriers to returning to school, 157
structured orientation for new graduates: a retention strategy, 118
teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
writing continuing education courses, 189
Continuum of care, innovative interdisciplinary approach to self-directed learning with focus on continuum of patient care, 226
Coping, work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
Cough, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Critical care, clinical objectives: a method to evaluate clinical performance in critical care orientation, 134
Critical thinking
developing nurses' critical thinking skills with concept mapping, 261
patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
Cultural issues
caring for Hispanic patients interactively: simulations and practices for allied health professionals, 50
end of life and ethnicity, 285
D
Decision-making
developing clinical reasoning strategies: cognitive shortcuts, 229
developing nurses' critical thinking skills with concept mapping, 261
ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Decision support theory and research, developing clinical reasoning strategies: cognitive shortcuts, 229
Depression, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Diarrhea, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Documentation, interdisciplinary documentation performance improvement project, 236
Dyspnea, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
E
Education. See also Continuing education
adopting a nursing student, 242
building a medical-surgical certification review course: blueprint for success, 213
caring for Hispanic patients interactively: simulations and practices for allied health professionals, 50
developing clinical reasoning strategies: cognitive shortcuts, 229
display boards: a tool for staff development educators, 152
end of life and ethnicity, 285
genomics education for nurses in practice, 145
model of nurse assistant care to promote functional status in hospitalized elders, 181
preceptorship and preparatory process for undergraduate nursing students and their preceptors, 292
RN "returnship" program, 164
self-directed learning, 226
senior partnership practicum, 78
End-of-life care
end of life and ethnicity, 285
ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Ethical issues, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Ethnicity, end of life and ethnicity, 285
Euthanasia, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Examination, preparing graduate nurses for professional licensure, 170
Externship, creating a successful clinical extern program using a program planning logic model, 140
F
Fatigue, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Functional status, model of nurse assistant care to promote functional status in hospitalized elders, 181
G
Genetics, genomics education for nurses in practice, 145
Genomics, genomics education for nurses in practice, 145
Geriatric population
comparing needed training with topics of interest among assisted-living providers, 38
creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
model of nurse assistant care to promote functional status in hospitalized elders, 181
Graduate nurse
facilitating the transition into nursing practice: conepts and strategies for mentoring new graduates, 274
improving retention rate of newly graduated nurses, 268
preparing graduate nurses for professional licensure, 170
structured orientation for new graduates: a retention strategy, 118
H
Hispanic population, caring for Hispanic patients interactively: simulations and practices for allied health professionals, 50
I
Inservice education
developing a web page: bringing clinics online, 255
monthly newsletter as cost-effective and timely education tool, 219
Instant teaching tools, 193, 296
Weakest Think, 100
Interactive training
caring for Hispanic patients interactively: simulations and practices for allied health professionals, 50
preparing graduate nurses for professional licensure, 170
Interdisciplinary documentation system, interdisciplinary documentation performance improvement project, 236
Internship, nurse internship pathway to clinical comfort, confidence, and competency, 27
Intranet
deployment of computer-based training programs via hospital intranet, 197
developing a web page: bringing clinics online, 255
L
Leadership skills, nurse internship pathway to clinical comfort, confidence, and competency, 27
Learning models, extending the role of nurses in staff development by combining an organizational change perspective with an individual learner perspective, 83
Learning needs, providing continuing education in a changing long-term care environment, 1
Learning strategy, patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
Legal issues, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Letter to the editor, 150
Magnet status, 187
Licensure, preparing graduate nurses for professional licensure, 170
Logic model, creating a successful clinical extern program using a program planning logic model, 140
Long-term care, providing continuing education in a changing long-term care environment, 1
M
Magnet status, letter to the editor, 187
Media review, Nurse Preceptor Program Builder: Tools for a Successful Preceptor Program, B Rogers, 297
Medical futility, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
Medical-surgical certification, building a medical-surgical certification review course: blueprint for success, 213
Medication safety, patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
Mentoring
adopting a nursing student, 242
facilitating the transition into nursing practice: concepts and strategies for mentoring new graduates, 274
Multicultural education, caring for Hispanic patients interactively: simulations and practices for allied health professionals, 50
N
Newsletter, monthly newsletter as cost-effective and timely education tool, 219
Nursing assistants
creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
model of nurse assistant care to promote functional status in hospitalized elders, 181
Nursing home, application of Concerns-Based Adoption Model to installation of telemedicine in rural Missouri nursing home, 42
Nursing shortage
letter, 150
RN-BSN programs: associate degree and diploma nurses' perceptions of benefits and barriers to returning to school, 157
RN "returnship" program, 164
Nursing student
adopting a nursing student, 242
creating a successful clinical extern program using a program planning logic model, 140
preceptorship and preparatory process for undergraduate nursing students and their preceptors, 292
senior partnership practicum, 78
O
Occupational stress, work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
Organizational change, extending the role of nurses in staff development by combining an organizational change perspective with an individual learner perspective, 83
Orientation
clinical objectives: a method to evaluate clinical performance in critical care orientation, 134
facilitating the transition into nursing practice: concepts and strategies for mentoring new graduates, 274
nurse internship pathway to clinical comfort, confidence, and competency, 27
preceptor preparation: an investment in the future, 127
structured orientation for new graduates: a retention strategy, 118
Outcomes research, continuing professional education: does it make a difference in perceived nursing practice?, 90
P
Patient care, innovative interdisciplinary approach to self-directed learning with focus on continuum of patient care, 226
Patient-care associates, creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
Performance improvement, interdisciplinary documentation performance improvement project, 236
Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), PACU nurses' knowledge of pulse oximetry, 177
Practice change, extending the role of nurses in staff development by combining an organizational change perspective with an individual learner perspective, 83
Preceptorship
centralizing a registered nurse preceptor program at institutional level, 17
improving retention rate of newly graduated nurses, 268
preceptor preparation: an investment in the future, 127
preceptorship and preparatory process for undergraduate nursing students and their preceptors, 292
senior partnership practicum, 78
Professional development, continuing professional education: does it make a difference in perceived nursing practice?, 90
Publishing, writing continuing education courses, 189
Pulse oximetry, PACU nurses' knowledge of pulse oximetry, 177
Q
Quality improvement, comparing needed training with topics of interest among assisted-living providers, 38
Quality of life, ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: content of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum and teaching strategies, 59
R
Recognition
centralizing a registered nurse preceptor program at institutional level, 17
preceptor preparation: an investment in the future, 127
Registered nurse
centralizing a registered nurse preceptor program at institutional level, 17
RN-BSN programs: associate degree and diploma nurses' perceptions of benefits and barriers to returning to school, 157
RN "returnship" program, 164
work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
Retention, improving retention rate of newly graduated nurses, 268
Returnship program, RN "returnship" program, 164
Review course, building a medical-surgical certification review course: blueprint for success, 213
Rural healthcare, application of Concerns-Based Adoption Model to installation of telemedicine in rural Missouri nursing home, 42
S
Safety issues, patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
Self-directed learning, innovative interdisciplinary approach to self-directed learning with focus on continuum of patient care, 226
Senior practicum, senior partnership practicum, 78
Simulation, patient safety simulation: learning about safety never seemed more fun, 247
Social support, work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
Staff development
adopting a nursing student, 242
centralizing a registered nurse preceptor program at institutional level, 17
developing a web page: bringing clinics online, 255
display boards: a tool for staff development educators, 152
extending the role of nurses in staff development by combining an organizational change perspective with an individual learner perspective, 83
genomics education for nurses in practice, 145
preceptor preparation: an investment in the future, 127
writing continuing education courses, 189
Staff retention
improving retention rate of newly graduated nurses, 268
structured orientation for new graduates: a retention strategy, 118
Stress, work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
Symptom management, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Systems barriers, work-related stress of RNs in a hospital setting, 6
T
Teaching strategies, teaching symptom management in end-of-life care, 103
Telemedicine, application of Concerns-Based Adoption Model to installation of telemedicine in rural Missouri nursing home, 42
Training
comparing needed training with topics of interest among assisted-living providers, 38
deployment of computer-based training programs via hospital intranet, 197
developing a web page: bringing clinics online, 255
Transition, facilitating the transition into nursing practice: concepts and strategies for mentoring new graduates, 274
V
Vendor spotlight
MC Strategies, Inc., 245
Medtronic, 195
MI Rule, 99
NetLearning, 155
Tool Thyme for Trainers, 155
W
Workshop, creation of a geriatric workshop for nursing assistants and patient-care associates, 69
Writing, writing continuing education courses, 189