Increase nurse faculty salaries to reduce the nursing shortage.

Recruiting and retaining qualified nurse educators is vital to addressing the nursing shortage and ensuring the health and well-being of current nurses in our communities. However, low faculty salaries remain a major barrier to recruiting and retaining qualified nurse educators.

Teaching Poverty: Evaluation of Two Simulated Poverty Teaching Interventions With Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Background: The study aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of two simulated poverty teaching interventions-the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) and the Oxfam Hunger Banquet-to improve undergraduate nursing student attitudes toward people living in poverty.

Method: Freshman and sophomore nursing students participated in a Missouri Community Action Network CAPS experience or an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet during a 3-year period, and completed pre- and post-assessments using the Undergraduate Perceptions of Poverty Tracking Survey (UPPTS).

Results: A significant improvement in UPPTS scores was seen in students after participating in a CAPS experience and less of an improvement was noted after participating in a Hunger Banquet.

Maternal Attitudes, Normative Beliefs, and Subjective Norms of Mothers of 2- and 3-Year-Old Children.

Introduction: This exploratory study examined maternal attitudes, normative beliefs, subjective norms, and meal selection behaviors of mothers of 2- and 3-year-old children.

Methods: Guided by the Theory of Reasoned Action, we had mothers complete three surveys, two interviews, and a feeding simulation exercise. Data were analyzed using descriptive and bivariate statistics and multivariate linear regression.