How Nursing Faculty Experience the Effects of Workplace Incivility.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe nursing faculty experiences with workplace incivility and the effect it has on their health. This article reports results of the qualitative portion of a larger study.

Background: Nursing faculty have reported the physical and psychological impact of incivility on their lives.

Workplace Incivility and Its Effects on the Physical and Psychological Health of Nursing Faculty.

Aim: The aim was to explore 1) the relationship between nursing faculty attributes and their experiences with workplace incivility and 2) the impact of experiences with workplace incivility on the physical and psychological health of nursing faculty.

Background: Qualitative evidence suggests that workplace incivility impacts the physical and psychological health of nursing faculty. This has not been explored in a quantitative manner.

Practical strategies for nursing education program evaluation.

Self-evaluation is required for institutions of higher learning and the nursing programs within them. The literature provides information on evaluation models and instruments, and descriptions of how specific nursing education programs are evaluated. However, there are few discussions in the nursing education literature of the practical aspects of nursing education program evaluation: how to get started, how to keep track of data, who to involve in data collection, and how to manage challenging criteria.

Legal issues in clinical nursing education.

Nurse educators are concerned about legal implications of teaching students in clinical settings. Although literature is available about legal issues in working with students in the classroom, there is little recent information on clinical nursing faculty's legal liability when working with students and ways to reduce the risk of becoming involved in a lawsuit. This article discusses the major issues in clinical settings that contribute to lawsuits against faculty and offers suggestions to reduce legal liability with students in clinical settings.

Implications for nurses and researchers of Internet use by childbearing women.

The purpose of this article is to share the growing body of literature on Internet use by childbearing women and to present findings of our pilot study done to learn more about this population's information-seeking behaviors. In our sample of 42 women, 97 percent used the Internet to seek health information. They searched for the purposes of decision making, anticipatory guidance, connecting and for general information.

Outsiders in nursing education: cultural sensitivity in clinical education.

Cultural competence is a stated value of nursing and nursing education. However, some institutional and traditional practices in nursing education can unintentionally impede nurses from achieving cultural competence. Both the literature and interviews with nurse educators show that despite educators' intentions to treat all students the same, nontraditional students may feel singled out and may in fact be singled out for closer scrutiny because of their difference from the demographic norms of nursing students.

To pass or to fail? Understanding the factors considered by faculty in the clinical evaluation of nursing students.

Making the decision to pass or to fail a nursing student is difficult for nurse educators, yet one that all educators face at some point in time. To make this decision, nurse educators draw from their past experiences and personal reflections on the situation. Using the qualitative method of critical incident technique, the authors asked educators to describe a time when they had to make a decision about whether to pass or fail a student in the clinical setting.

The influence of culture on breast-feeding decisions by African American and white women.

The purpose of this study was to examine how culture influenced breast-feeding decisions in African American and white women, using the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality as a framework. One hundred eighty-six participants responded to the following: The word culture means beliefs and traditions passed down by your family and friends. How has culture affected how you plan to feed your baby? Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data.

Successful and unsuccessful clinical nursing students.

This study describes the characteristics of successful and unsuccessful clinical performance in prelicensure nursing students. Clinical evaluation is an important role of nurse educators; however, many feel uncomfortable with its subjective nature, and commonly used criteria for successful and unsuccessful clinical performance are not available in the literature. Using a qualitative descriptive design, we analyzed telephone interviews with 24 nurse educators.

The importance of culture in childbearing.

In 1972, Mary Lou Moore wrote about the importance of nurses in the United States becoming aware of childbirth traditions of other countries. In 2010, North America has become more culturally diverse, and the dominant culture related to childbirth has become the hospital culture. Nurses must acknowledge this unique culture and work to make women of all cultures comfortable in this setting to ensure a safe and satisfying childbearing experience.

Initiating and sustaining breastfeeding in african american women.

Objective: To explore issues related to initiating and sustaining breastfeeding in African American women.

Design: Qualitative design using focus groups, guided by Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality.

Setting: Three different regions of a southeastern state in the United States.

Impact of an evidence based prenatal care model on patient outcomes.

Health care providers face many challenges when providing prenatal care. This article reports on a program called Prenatal Care: the Beginning of a Lifetime (PCBL), to implement standardized prenatal care in central North Carolina. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if there were differences in patient outcomes between a control group and 3 groups (A, B, and C) of increasing levels of intervention in standardized prenatal care.

Ready, set, teach! How to transform the clinical nurse expert into the part-time clinical nurse instructor.

Many schools of nursing are hiring part-time clinical instructors with little or no teaching experience. Although they contribute greatly to student nurses' clinical experience, many do not realize the commitment they are making when they accept such a position. If key issues are addressed before new part-time clinical instructors begin teaching, the transition could be made more smoothly.

A review of instruments used to predict early breastfeeding attrition.

Few women breastfeed for 6 months or longer, and many who stop breastfeeding do so in the early postpartum period. To increase the number of breastfeeding mothers, health-care providers need to identify women at greatest risk for early breastfeeding attrition. This integrative review describes instruments used to assess breastfeeding in the early postpartum period and reports the results of studies using these tools.

Toward a clinically useful method of predicting early breast-feeding attrition.

Purpose: The overall purpose of this study was to revise and test an instrument to identify, during the early postpartum period, women at risk for early breast-feeding attrition. This study was completed in two phases: the first phase tested a revision of the Breast-Feeding Attrition Prediction Tool (BAPT); the second, a new instrument, the Breast-Feeding Attitude Scale (BrAS), which was adapted from the BAPT.

Study Design And Methods: The two phases of this study involved 415 pregnant and postpartum women.

Breastfeeding support and early cessation.

Objective: To examine the types of help women received with breastfeeding both in the hospital and at home and the reasons why women stopped breastfeeding earlier than intended.

Design: A descriptive design with open-ended questions.

Setting: After participant recruitment in the postpartum hospital room, data were collected by phone 8 weeks after delivery.

Healthy behaviors and sources of health information among low-income pregnant women.

This article addresses responses from two open-ended questions, describing the healthy behaviors and sources of health information in 150 low-income pregnant women. Data for this exploratory study were collected as part of a larger descriptive correlational study. Qualitative content analysis was used in the analysis.

An innovative strategy to enhance new faculty success.

Faculty stress is a factor in the current shortage of nursing faculty. New faculty members in schools of nursing are subject to stress from many sources. This article reports on an innovative strategy that decreases stress for new faculty while facilitating faculty tenure success.

Using your clinical expertise in nursing education.

Due to the expected retirement of large numbers of nursing faculty in the next few years, clinical nurse specialists may find themselves being recruited for faculty positions in schools of nursing. There are several points to consider when deciding if a full- or part-time academic position is right for you, including the school's philosophy and the job description. If you do decide to become a faculty member, you will also need to consider such issues as classroom teaching, clinical teaching, working with students, and accreditation of nursing schools.