Techniques to Promote Reflective Practice and Empowered Learning.

Background: Health care environments are fraught with fast-paced critical demands and ethical dilemmas requiring decisive nursing actions. Nurse educators must prepare nursing students to practice skills, behaviors, and attitudes needed to meet the challenges of health care demands. Evidence-based, innovative, multimodal techniques with novice and seasoned nurses were incorporated into a baccalaureate (BSN) completion program (RN to-BSN) to deepen learning, complex skill building, reflective practice, teamwork, and compassion toward the experiences of others.

Shoulder Pain Assessment for the Occupational Health Nurse.

Shoulder pain is a common complaint in the workplace. A shoulder condition may arise from acute trauma or non-traumatic work-related activities. Shoulder pain falls into three categories: acute, chronic, and referred pain.

United States nurse practitioner students' attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs working with the uninsured.

To reduce health disparities, nurses are expected to provide compassionate and high quality care to all patients regardless of socioeconomic and insurance status. In the United States (US) nurse practitioner (NP) educators need to expose students to clinical practice settings, such as free clinics, where the vulnerable populations like the non-documented immigrants and uninsured receive care. The purpose of this mixed method study was to provide an immersion experience for (NP) students at free clinics.

Physical examination for the occupational health nurse: skills update.

Physical examination is a critical element of any occupational health practice. When a physical examination is performed effectively, it can benefit both employer and the employee. The combination of the health history and physical examination provides a database for health surveillance, risk exposure, and disease prevention.