Outcomes of Master's Education in Nursing
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C.E. 'Betty' Cragg
This qualitative, descriptive study examined changes in perspective experienced by 22 recent graduates of Masters in Nursing programs from three Ontario universities. Participants responded to semi-structured, taped interviews and recounted personal, practice, and attitudinal changes they could attribute to completing a Masters program in Nursing. Among outcomes were personal ones including greater self-confidence, credibility, and acuity of critical thinking. Deeper and broader world-views of the profession and health care were evident. All participants valued evidence-based practice, reporting greater use of multiple information sources. Participants communicated with other professionals on more equal terms and some described a multicultural function, translating knowledge between staff nurses and members of other disciplines. Pride in nursing and its potential for shaping health care was a recurring theme. More professional opportunities became available following Masters studies. The outcomes of this study contribute to understanding the effects of graduate education in nursing.
©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Editorial for Volume 1, Issue 1
- Article
- Using Active Learning in Lecture: Best of "Both Worlds"
- How Different Can You Be and Still Survive? Homogeneity and Difference in Clinical Nursing Education
- Planning for Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: A Process within Your Grasp
- Nursing Students' Perceptions of Hospital Learning Environments - an Australian Perspective
- Reflections on Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Look to the Future
- Cultural Competency Education in American Nursing Programs and the Approach of One School of Nursing
- A Case Study: The Clinical Application of Quadrangular Dialogue-A Caring in Nursing Teaching Model
- The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education
- Exploring the Attributes of Critical Thinking: A Conceptual Basis
- Beyond Student Ratings: Peer Observation of Classroom and Clinical Teaching
- Finding the Way: A Model for Educational System Analysis
- Recreational Music-making: An Integrative Group Intervention for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in First Year Associate Degree Nursing Students: Insights and Economic Impact
- Evaluation Framework for Nursing Education Programs: Application of the CIPP Model
- Building Communities of Scholars through a Hologogy for Online Graduate Nursing Education: Reconnecting with the Wisdom of Nursing
- Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions: An Essential Component of Health Sciences Graduate Programs
- A Study Abroad Experience in Guatemala: Learning First-Hand about Health, Education, and Social Welfare in a Low-Resource Country
- Using Standardized Patients to Teach and Evaluate Nurse Practitioner Students on Cultural Competency
- Outcomes of Master's Education in Nursing
- Creating Cohesion Between the Discipline and Practice of Nursing Using Problem Based Learning
- Student Experiences in Web-based Nursing Courses: Benchmarking Best Practices
- The Meaning of Participation in an International Service Experience Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- The Impact of an Urban Outreach Teaching Project: Developing Cultural Competence
- Use of a Human Simulator for Undergraduate Nurse Education
- Meeting the At-Risk Challenge: Empowering Nursing Students Through Mentoring
- Philippine Academic Visit: Brief but Life-Changing
- Interim Leadership in an Era of Change
- Developing Nursing Leaders Through Graduate Education in Pakistan
- Article
- Reader Commends Banister and Schreiber, Authors of The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Editorial for Volume 1, Issue 1
- Article
- Using Active Learning in Lecture: Best of "Both Worlds"
- How Different Can You Be and Still Survive? Homogeneity and Difference in Clinical Nursing Education
- Planning for Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: A Process within Your Grasp
- Nursing Students' Perceptions of Hospital Learning Environments - an Australian Perspective
- Reflections on Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Look to the Future
- Cultural Competency Education in American Nursing Programs and the Approach of One School of Nursing
- A Case Study: The Clinical Application of Quadrangular Dialogue-A Caring in Nursing Teaching Model
- The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education
- Exploring the Attributes of Critical Thinking: A Conceptual Basis
- Beyond Student Ratings: Peer Observation of Classroom and Clinical Teaching
- Finding the Way: A Model for Educational System Analysis
- Recreational Music-making: An Integrative Group Intervention for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in First Year Associate Degree Nursing Students: Insights and Economic Impact
- Evaluation Framework for Nursing Education Programs: Application of the CIPP Model
- Building Communities of Scholars through a Hologogy for Online Graduate Nursing Education: Reconnecting with the Wisdom of Nursing
- Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions: An Essential Component of Health Sciences Graduate Programs
- A Study Abroad Experience in Guatemala: Learning First-Hand about Health, Education, and Social Welfare in a Low-Resource Country
- Using Standardized Patients to Teach and Evaluate Nurse Practitioner Students on Cultural Competency
- Outcomes of Master's Education in Nursing
- Creating Cohesion Between the Discipline and Practice of Nursing Using Problem Based Learning
- Student Experiences in Web-based Nursing Courses: Benchmarking Best Practices
- The Meaning of Participation in an International Service Experience Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
- The Impact of an Urban Outreach Teaching Project: Developing Cultural Competence
- Use of a Human Simulator for Undergraduate Nurse Education
- Meeting the At-Risk Challenge: Empowering Nursing Students Through Mentoring
- Philippine Academic Visit: Brief but Life-Changing
- Interim Leadership in an Era of Change
- Developing Nursing Leaders Through Graduate Education in Pakistan
- Article
- Reader Commends Banister and Schreiber, Authors of The Tyranny of Consensus: Implications for Nursing Education