Written by luminaries in the field of nursing education, this is the only current and comprehensive compendium of important topics in nursing education. It contains more than 175 detailed entries, and will be a valuable reference text for doctoral- and master's-level nursing students, nursing faculty, university and hospital libraries worldwide, and hospital nursing departments and schools.

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• A
• Academic Advising
• Academic Dishonesty
• Academic Failure
• Academic Integrity
• Academic Leadership
• Academic Misconduct
• Academic Partnerships
• Academic Progression: Articulation
• Academic Retention
• Academic Stressors
• Academic Success
• Accelerated Nursing Programs
• Active Learning
• Adult Learning
• Art and Reflection
• Art of Nursing
• Attrition
• Audience Response System
• B
• Best Practice Guidelines
• Blogging
• Bullying
• C
• Capstone Project
• Caring
• Case Scenarios
• Civility
• Clicker Technology
• Clinical Competency
• Clinical Decision Making
• Clinical Failure
• Clinical Preceptor
• Clinical Remediation
• Clinical Scenarios
• Clinical Teaching
• Coaching
• Communication
• Community-Based Nursing
• Computer-Based Testing
• Concept-Based Curriculum
• Concept Maps
• Continuing Education
• Conversation Mapping
• Crisis Management
• Critical Thinking
• Cultural Awareness
• Cultural Competency
• Cultural Diversity
• Cultural Safety
• Curriculum Development
• Curriculum Evaluation
• D
• Decision Case Method
• Dedicated Education Unit
• Disability
• Disaster Preparation
• Disruptive Behavior
• Distance Education
• Distance Education: International
• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• E
• Electronic Health Record
• Emotional Intelligence
• Empowerment
• Engagement
• English as a Second Language
• ePortfolios
• Ethical Decision Making
• Ethics
• Evaluation: Clinical
• Evaluation: Clinical Competencies
• Evaluation: Objectives Versus Outcomes
• Evaluation: Student
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Evidence-Based Practice: Education Issues
• F
• Faculty Development
• Faculty Reflection
• Faculty Workload
• Focus Groups
• G
• Global Learning
• Global Service Learning
• Grade Inflation
• Grading
• Grading Clinical Practice
• H
• Handheld Technology
• Health Literacy
• Health Policy
• Health Professions Education
• High-Risk Students
• Holistic Nursing Care
• Honors Program
• Humor
• I
• Informatics
• International Program
• Interprofessional Communication
• Interprofessional Education
• J
• Journaling
• L
• Leadership
• Leadership Development
• Leadership: Transformation
• Learner Centered
• Library Partnerships
• Lifelong Learning
• M
• Mentoring
• Mentoring: Mentor and Protégé Relationship
• Mentoring: Transition to Advanced Practice Role
• Minority Student Retention
• Mobile Technology
• Moral Integrity
• N
• Narrative Pedagogy
• NCLEX Success
• Nurse Educator Certification
• Nurse Scientist
• Nursing Care Plans
• O
• Online Learning
• Online Learning: Assessing Social Presence
• Online Learning: Creativity
• Online Learning: MOOC
• P
• Patient Safety
• Personal Digital Assistant
• Physical Assessment
• Podcasting
• Portfolio Evaluation
• Precepting
• Preparedness
• Problem-Based Learning
• Professional–Community Partnership
• Professional Development
• Progression Testing
• Psychomotor Skills
• Public Communication
• Public Policy
• Q
• Quality and Safety: QSEN
• R
• Recruitment and Retention of Men in Nursing
• Reflective Writing
• Remediation
• Research Course
• Research Ethics
• Research Literacy
• Research Practicum
• Resilience in Nursing Education
• Retention: Nontraditional Students
• Risk Assessment
• Risk for Failure
• S
• Scholarship
• Self-Directed Learning
• Self-Evaluation
• Self-Evaluation: Measurement
• Service Learning: I
• Service Learning: II
• Service Learning: Community Health Improvement
• Simulation: Clinical Reasoning
• Simulation: Ethics
• Simulation: Faculty Development
• Simulation: General
• Simulation: Human Patient
• Simulation: Interprofessional
• Simulation: Medication Safety
• Simulation: Patient Safety
• Simulation: Program Evaluation
• Simulation: Scenario Creation
• Simulation: Transformative Learning
• Social Presence
• Standardized Patient
• Story Theory
• Student Advising
• Student-Centered Learning
• Student Cheating
• Student Computer Competency
• Student Disability
• Study Abroad Programs
• Substance Abuse
• T
• Teaching Assistants
• Text Messaging
• Theoretical Thinking
• Theory–Practice Integration
• Transformative Learning
• Transition Into Practice
• U
• University Partnership
• Unsafe Student
• V
• Virtual Learning
• Virtual Learning Environments: Second Life
• W
• Wiki Technology