In defense of clinical conferences in clinical nursing education.

Clinical conferencing has been a consistent feature of clinical education, but the current clinical education environment poses many challenges to its continuance. The paper raises concern regarding the current state of clinical conferencing as part of clinical practice education in nursing. This topic is of great concern, but has there is little direction for clinical educators.

A practical approach to implementing new CDC GBS guidelines.

Group beta streptococcus (GBS) is a well-documented pathogen causing serious maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The CDC guidelines for managing clients who test positive for GBS in pregnancy were revised and published in 2010. However, CDC and extant literature provide limited guidance on implementation strategies for these new recommendations.

Health disparities of coal miners and coal mining communities: the role of occupational health nurses.

This article investigates how the health disparities of Appalachian coal miners and coal mining communities could be decreased through a partnership with occupational health nurses. On-site health clinics managed by occupational health nurses working in the coal mining industry are proposed as a means to improve health care outcomes. Health effects, economic considerations, environmental impacts, and U.

Teaching professional values in a BSN program.

Values are core to the practice of nursing, determining priorities in healthcare and forming the foundation of relationships with clients. Specific values have been recognized as essential to professional nursing practice and are considered central content within a baccalaureate nursing program. While these professional values are identified and defined, there is little guidance in nursing pedagogical literature as to teaching approaches, range and depth of content, and evaluative methods in this area.

Timing of the newborn first bath: a replication.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects on thermoregulation of bathing a healthy newborn within the first hour of life compared to bathing four to six hours after birth.

Design: Quasi-experimental.

Setting: Newborn nursery of a 30-bed obstetric unit in an urban university hospital.

Caring: from philosophical concerns to practice.

I read Hilde L. Nelson's article with great interest. To be "against caring" is tantamount to being against apple pie and motherhood.