WORTHY NEWS BITS
11/19/11: Looking to publish? Thee Open Nursing Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes research articles, reviews, and letters in all areas of nursing. http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tonursj/index.htm
10/14/11: Great brochure describing various options for a graduate degree in nursing! Click here.
07/29/11 California Board of Registered Nursing: 2010 Survey of Registered Nurses http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/forms/survey2010.pdf.
03/24/11: AACN MEMBERS ENDORSE NEW MASTER’S ESSENTIALS
Following a two-year consensus-building process, AACN members voted to endorse The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing at the association’s Business Meeting held in Washington, DC on March 21, 2011. The new document delineates the outcomes that should be acquired upon graduation from any master’s-level nursing program. This document may be downloaded from the AACN Web site at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/pdf/Master'sEssentials11.pdf.
03/08/11: BSN as a requirement is gaining momentum. Click here.
03/11: Click here to read British Medical Journal's Editorial: Wakefield's article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent.
01/25/11: Students and faculty: Are you looking for great deals for statistical software? Click here.
12/07/10: The National Summit on Advancing Health brought together diverse leaders from around the country to discuss the implications of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health recommendations. The more than 500 participants attending the Summit worked to identify strategies for implementing the recommendations and discussed overcoming barriers to adopting them. Visit here to view all the Summit videos, tools and resources.
Looking for helpful sites to learn about Evidence Based Practice (EBP)? These two are my favorites:
- EBP Tutorial (Sponsored by University of Minnesota Libraries)
- ACE (The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) established by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)