A quality improvement project to improve diabetes self-management and patient satisfaction in a low-resourced central Kenyan hospital.

Background: There is limited evidence about effective strategies for promoting culturally congruent diabetes education in low-resourced primary-care settings.

Objectives: This project, conducted in Central Kenya, examined the effect of an intervention on provider practices and patients' knowledge of diabetes self-care management.

Methods: The intervention consisted of short (30-minute) sessions that offered providers evidenced-based, culturally congruent diabetes education and teaching materials to use with patients.

Assessing student expectations and perceptions of a short-term international service-learning experience.

Objectives: Despite nursing students' need for cultural education, few studies have measured what students expect from international service-learning experiences and how their perceptions of the actual experience compare to these expectations. To increase understanding of global nursing experiences, the purpose of this study was to examine the similarities and differences between nursing students' anticipated (pre-travel) personal and professional developmental expectations and reported (posttravel) personal and developmental outcomes.

Design: This study employed a mixed descriptive research design.

Exploring the development of professional values in an online RN-to-BSN program.

Background: Development of professional nursing values is critical within registered nurse-to-bachelor of science in nursing programs to prepare nurses for increasingly complex and diverse work environments. The results of previous studies have been inconsistent, with few studies focusing on online registered nurse-to-bachelor of science in nursing programs. In addition, little is known regarding the effectiveness of the educational methods used to support advancement of professional values and ethical practice.