End-of-Semester Report-Out: A Curriculum Evaluation Strategy.

An end-of-semester course -reporting strategy serves as one component of an overall curriculum evaluation plan. A framework specifying reporting criteria is used to guide the process. Report elements include integration of concepts in clinical, descriptions of active classroom learning strategies, testing data on concept performance, and exam statistics.

Telehealth in Nursing Education: A Systematic Review.

Background: Telehealth encompasses a broad variety of technologies and methods to deliver virtual medical, health, and education services. This systematic review examined the research completed in the past 10 years to determine the prevailing state of the science related to nursing education and telehealth.

Method: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was followed.

The Connected Age of Health Care: Will Nurse Educators Rise to the Challenge?

: As a leader in nursing education reform, the NLN strives to be at the forefront of the issues affecting the lives of nurse educators. Our ultimate goal is to advance the health of the nation and the global community.

Moving Beyond Our Comfort Zone to Propel Nursing Education Toward Reform and Transformation.

: Happy New Year, colleagues. As 2015 begins and we contemplate reform in nursing education, it is instructive to reflect on events of our recent past.

The mock trial: a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to understanding legal and ethical issues.

To provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care, RNs must exhibit a strong understanding of legal and ethical issues. The authors describe an interdisciplinary teaching learning strategy, the premock, actual, and postmock trial, to augment student retention of legal and ethical concepts and enhance the development of their personal accountability.

Obesity and blood pressure trends in rural adolescents over a decade.

This study determined the association between overweight and obesity, demographic variables, elevated blood pressure, and frequency of health care referrals in rural adolescents. Annual school health screenings were conducted. Analysis is limited to student observations from 1996-2005, grades 9 through 12 (4,263 observations), using a repeated-measures, cross-sectional model.

The presence of family history and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus risk factors in rural children.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is reaching epidemic proportions among children and adolescents. School health fairs offer an opportunity to identify children with risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study identified selected risk factors (i.

Development of a nurse case management service: a proposed business plan for rural hospitals.

The nurse case management service (NCMS) for rural hospitals is an entrepreneurial endeavor designed to provide rural patients with quality, cost-effective healthcare. This article describes the development of an NCMS. A detailed marketing and financial plan, a review of industry trends, and the legal structure and risks associated with the development of the venture are presented.

Children's health insurance status, access to and utilization of health services, and unmet health needs in a rural Alabama school system.

Purpose: This study examines the relationship between children's health insurance status and utilization of health services, establishment of a medical home, and unmet health needs over a 3-year period (1996-1998) in a rural Alabama K-12 school system.

Methods: As part of a children's health insurance outreach program, questionnaires were administered to parents of 754 children regarding health and health care access. In addition, noninvasive head-to-toe physical assessments of children were conducted on-site at 4 schools.