3 results match your criteria: "Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing[Affiliation]"
Nursing Students' Perceptions About the Culture of Nursing: A Focused Ethnography Study.
Nurs Educ Perspect
February 2024
About the Authors Susan M. Strouse, PhD, RN, is associate professor and director of the Center for Nursing Research, Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Emily Radtke, DNP, RN, is an adult/older adult nurse practitioner at Millennium Physician Group, Venice, Florida. For more information, contact Dr. Strouse at .
Aim: The aim of this study was to gain students' perspectives on the culture of nursing and their enculturation to this professional culture.
Background: Newly graduated registered nurses (NGRNs) experience identity shock when transitioning to practice, at great costs to themselves and health care organizations. Understanding how nursing students view their professional culture and the enculturation process can foster professional identity formation and ameliorate NGRN identity shock.
An Enhanced Actualized DNP Model to Improve DNP Project Placements, Rigor, and Completion.
Nurs Educ Perspect
September 2019
About the Authors The authors are faculty at the Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Marie E. VanderKooi, DNP, RN, is an assistant professor. Dianne M. Conrad, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, is an associate professor. Sandra L. Spoelstra, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, is an associate dean for research and scholarship. This grant was funded by the Grand Valley State University Pew Center for Faculty Teaching and Learning; A Teaching Innovation Grant entitled NUR 792/793 Scholarly Inquiry in Nursing Practice: Testing a Faculty Advisor PhD-DNP Team for a Cohort of Students Scholarly Project (April 2017 to March 2018). The authors thank Dr. Jennifer Kaiser for her guidance in facilitating the practice-academic partnership at the site and all of the site mentors and other staff who guided students. For more information, contact Dr. VanderKooi at
Doctor of nursing practice (DNP) projects are summative evaluations of enactment of the DNP Essentials. However, information about structure, process, and outcomes of DNP projects is scarce. Guided by an enhanced actualized DNP model, this study tested the effect of a PhD-DNP-site mentor model to guide DNP projects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe don't miter the sheets on the bed: Understanding the preceptor role in the enculturation of nursing students.
Nurse Educ Pract
September 2018
Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing, 300 CHS Building 301 Michigan St. NE Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA. Electronic address:
Preceptors play key roles in nursing students' socialization or formation, and transition from academia to practice. Students still struggle with this transition. Viewing student socialization to nursing as enculturation has provided valuable insights into faculty perceptions of this process.
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