Looking Back to the Future: Current Issues Facing Nursing Education From the Reflections of a Member of the Silent Generation.
PROBLEM
As a member of the Silent Generation, the author, through her lived experiences, reflects upon the successes and challenges facing nursing education in the mid-20th to 21st centuries.


METHOD
The author looks "back to the future" and reviews current issues that surround four key nursing education milestones.


FINDINGS
From the early entry-level baccalaureate programs in the 1950s to the current growth of the Doctor of Nursing Practice as entry into advanced practice, milestones in nursing education are linked to the cultural changes and healthcare system demands that took place at the time and their influence on nursing education and the profession.


CONCLUSION
Looking to the future, the author speaks of the implications from the forecasted changes in the healthcare system that will demand interdisciplinary education and practice and the continued need for nursing research to increase the body of scientific knowledge in practice, education, and technology. Keating.
Interprofessional education accreditation standards in the USA: A comparative analysis
Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) will play a prominent role in the future of health professions' education and healthcare delivery in the USA and internationally. To assess the accreditation mandate for IPE in the USA, content analysis of IPE-related accreditation statements for all practice-level degrees in dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, psychology, public health and social work was performed. Eighteen keywords were used to locate potentially relevant IPE statements within each accreditation document. Identified statements were independently categorized by each author into one of three mutually exclusive categories: accountable, non-accountable or non-applicable (κ = 0.79; 95% CI 0.69–0.89). Eighteen of 21 accreditation documents analyzed contained applicable IPE statements. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education documents contained 77% (46/60) of accountable IPE statements. Two-thirds (14/21) of documents contained two or fewer accountable IPE statements. Statement categorization using inductive methodology identified four IPE student competency and organizational structure/process domains, respectively. Collectively, US health professions' graduates are not required to complete IPE and, therefore, may not be prepared for IPCP. US accrediting bodies are encouraged to collaborate to create a common IPE accreditation standard.
Measuring nursing performance in practice, education, and research
Part I Measuring clinical decision making and performance in education and practice: diagnostic reasoning simulations and instruments clinical decision making in nursing scale creativity in the application of the nursing process tool measuring clinical judgement in home health nursing postpartum caseload priority-setting instrument performance appraisal tool (revised) measuring clinical decision making using a clinical simulation film clinical performance examination for critical care nurses clinical performance measure measuring quality of nursing care for DRGs using NEW - Medicus nursing process methodology clinical evaluation tool clinical competence rating scale clinical evaluation tool measuring RN students' clinical skills via computer influence of review course preparation on NCLEX-RN scores influence of English language on ability to pass the NCLEX-RN criterion-related validity of the NCLEX-RN self assessment leadership instrument evaluation of learning according to objectives tool student stress and coping inventory faculty role preparation self assessment scale assertiveness behaviour inventory tools. Part II Measuring professionalism: nursing activity scale nursing care role orientation scale justification of moral judgement and action tool reliability and validity of the nursing role, conceptions instrument attitudes towards physically disabled college students organizational climate descriptive questionnaire (modified) Blaney/Hobson nursing attitude scale. Part III Research and evaluation: research appraisal checklist knowledge of research consumerism instrument a programme evaluation model for continuing education programmes opinionnaire - computing in nursing software evaluation tool.