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The Dedicated Education Unit clinical teaching model is a strategy designed to create optimal teaching and learning environments. Evidence is lacking regarding the influence of the Dedicated Education Unit model on students' specific nursing competencies and professional attributes. This descriptive, comparative study took place in a private baccalaureate nursing program in the United States. The researchers compared evaluations of student competencies and attributes who participated in a Dedicated Education Unit model (nâ¯=â¯163) to students who participated in a traditional clinical teaching model (nâ¯=â¯147) immediately following the practicum in which the Dedicated Education Unit model was used. The Dedicated Education Unit group scored significantly higher in 26 of 33 specific competencies and professional attributes compared to students who participated in the traditional clinical teaching model. These data suggest that the Dedicated Education Unit model promotes knowledge, competency, and professional attribute development more effectively than the traditional clinical teaching model.
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Clinical Competence/statistics & numerical data , Models, Educational , Perception , Students, Nursing , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Humans , Nursing Education Research , United StatesABSTRACT
Professional practice models (PPMs) are innovative approaches for improving health care delivery. Implementation of these new practice models needs to be well planned and supported to ensure their success in producing desired outcomes. This article describes two programs used to implement a PPM in a health care organization, focusing mainly on a program design intended to support the implementation of a new PPM on a medical-surgical hospital unit. The program blends the concepts of the organization's PPM with the leadership concepts from the AACN's Clinical Nurse Leader role to help nurses further develop their professional behaviors and clinical leadership skills.
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Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Leadership , Nurse's Role , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Outcome Assessment, Health Care/organization & administration , Professional Competence/standards , Attitude of Health Personnel , Decision Making, Organizational , Focus Groups , Hospital Units/organization & administration , Humans , Models, Nursing , Needs Assessment , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Program Evaluation , Social Support , Thinking , Total Quality Management/organization & administrationABSTRACT
Cromolyn sodium is a safe compound with potent anti-allergic properties when used locally or topically. Clinical data from systemic exposure is not available because of the poor GI absorption when given orally. In order to evaluate a new approach to enhance the absorption and bioavailability of cromolyn sodium, a sensitive assay was needed to support an oral-dose study in humans. This paper describes a liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS-MS) method for the analysis of cromolyn sodium in human plasma. The method consists of a two-step extraction with subsequent analysis using a high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass spectrometer system. The compounds were eluted isocratically on a C(18) column followed by a backflush. The total run time is 6 min. The standard curve of cromolyn sodium was over the range of 0.313 to 750 ng/mL with a lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) of 0.313 ng/mL when 0.5 mL of plasma was used for analysis. The percent coefficient of variation (C.V.) for accuracy and precision (inter-assay and intra-assay) was less than 15% over the validated concentration range and the coefficients of determination, r(2), were >0.991577. The method is simple, sensitive, and selective, and has been successfully utilized for oral cromolyn sodium clinical studies.
