In today's society, it having become commonplace for dying persons to be institutionalized, the responsibility of providing emotional support to a patient and his family has been delegated to the health care worker. The nurse is often the first person approached by a dying patient with a need to talk about this predicament., Copyrights are retained by the author. Please contact Carole Welch for further use of this material.
Clinical evaluation of student nurses has long been an area of concern for nurse educators. It can be defined as the process of assessing the student’s progress in all educational experiences
outside the formal classroom situation. It refers to the student’s ability to provide safe, competent nursing care under supervision to provide safe competent nursing care under supervision to its
clients. Clinical evaluation is one of the most widely discussed topics at seminars and in the nursing literature today., Copyright is retained by the author. Please contact Susan Kalkhof Vitron for further use of this material.
There have been many changes in American society over the past decade which have greatly influenced traditional education in this country. Brown has identified the women’s liberation movement, unemployment, equal rights, equal opportunities for the handicapped, a decrease in the birth rate, and students' rights as the significant influences on traditional education. These factors have
influenced individuals to cross barriers into nontraditional occupational fields and institutions of higher learning to recruit and enroll nontraditional students. Statistics show 500,000 women over the age of thirty-five were enrolled in college courses in 1970. Statistics for 1976 show 55 million men and women over the age of twenty-five come from nontraditional sources: the minorities, the
older students, and students who are considered academic risks., Copyright is retained by the author. Please contact Sharon Shipton for further use of this material.