Main description:

The Annual Review of Nursing Education addresses trends, new developments, and innovations in nursing education over the past year. Chapters provide practical information and new ideas that educators and administrators can use in their own nursing programs. Volume 6 looks at such intriguing topics as innovations in clinical teaching and evaluation, partnerships for clinical teaching, selecting clinical sites, how students view their clinical experience, grade inflation in nursing, and using case studies for promoting critical thinking, among others.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; Dedication; Part I: Educating Students in Clinical Practice: Through Partnerships and Innovative Learning Experiences; Chapter; 1. Clinical Scholar Model: Competency Development within a Caring Curriculum Gayle Preheim; 2. Enhancing Nursing Education through Effective Academic-Service Partnerships Betsy Frank; 3. How Can We Continue to Provide Quality Clinical Education for Increasing Numbers of Students with Decreasing Numbers of Faculty? Susan E. Campbell and Debra A. Filer; 4. An Innovative Approach to Quality and Safety Education for Baccalaureate Nursing Students Kathleen M. White and Jo M. Walrath; 5. The Good Patient - Bad Patient: A Consequence of Following the Rules of a Clinical Practicum Leonie L. Sutherland and Virginia Gilbert.