BUILDING A SCIENCE OF NURSING EDUCATION: FOUNDATION FOR EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING

TITLE: Building a Science of Nursing Education: Foundation for Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning Order Online Order By Mail/Fax AUTHOR: Cathleen M. Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, Editor PRICE: NLN Members $49.95    Non-NLN Members $59.95 PUBLICATION DATE: 2009 OVERVIEW Building a Science of Nursing Education is the culmination of a seven-year project by the NLN Task Group on Teaching-Learning Paradigms. Dr. Shultz chaired the task group, which had been charged with implementing a stated goal in the NLN's 2008 Strategic Plan: "Advancement of the Science of Nursing Education: Promote evidence-based nursing education and the scholarship of teaching." With the need for nursing school graduates to be prepared for increasingly complex clinical settings, today's nurse educators must understand what teaching-learning strategies work best to transmit the necessary critical thinking and other skills required to maximize patient care. The contributors, all seasoned nurse educator-scholars, thoroughly investigated existing studies of nursing education practice and created the first model for building a science of nursing education, which, it is hoped, will serve as a foundation for continuing scholarship in the field. There are chapters devoted to the essentials of learning and teaching-learning in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. The concluding chapter is a broad overview of the task group's work and points to challenges that remain to be tackled by future scholars for whom this volume is designed to be a resource. If you have any questions about placing an order, please contact NLN Publications at publications@nln.org.