Faculty-facilitated remediation: a model to transform at-risk students.

A remediation program was implemented during the semester break in an associate degree nursing program to increase the pass rate on the NCLEX-RN of at-risk students in a targeted medical-surgical nursing course. Through the use of a course management system and an adaptive quizzing program, participants were facilitated to take a more active role in their learning. Faculty mentored students and witnessed a transformation in participants through graduation.

Using student nurses as hand-washing ambassadors: a model to promote advocacy and enhance infection control practice.

Although the concepts of infection control are taught in depth in the classroom environment, they are often disregarded in the clinical setting. Recognizing this problem, we as nursing educators proposed the use of nursing students in compliance initiatives. The suggestion received an unexpected enthusiastic response from the infection control department and led to an ongoing collaborative practice that enhanced learning and benefited students and clinical agency.

Health responses of New York City firefighter spouses and their families post-September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Much attention has been focused on New York City firefighters and their responses to the traumatic events of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, given their extensive involvement in rescue efforts, and the overwhelming loss of life among the fire department employees. It quickly became evident that the impact of this horrendous event had resonated deeply not only on the families and children of the firefighters who gave their lives, but also on those who had survived. The goal of this study was to conduct semi-structured focus groups of women whose firefighter husbands were directly involved in rescue efforts at Ground Zero.