CURRENT ISSUE

  Vol. 49   No. 1   January 2010

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Editorial
From Mother Duck to Mother Lode: Clinical Education for Deep Learning

Christine A. Tanner, PhD, RN, FAAN

Departments
Letters to the Editor

Major Articles
Engaging Nursing Students in a Long-Term Relationship with a Home-base Community

Barbara J. Kruger, PhD, MPH, RN; Connie Roush, PhD, RN; Barbara J. Olinzock, EdD, RN and Kathaleen Bloom, PhD, CNM

Nursing Students' Perceptions of the Clinical Learning Environment in Nursing Homes

Karin Berntsen, MNSc, RN and Ida Torunn Bjørk, MNSc, RN

Use of Simulation in Teaching and Learning in Health Sciences: A Systematic Review

B. Nicole Harder, RN, MPA

The Development of Evidence-Based Clinical Simulation Scenarios: Guidelines for Nurse Educators

K. T. Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL

Developing a Successful Nursing Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Paula McWilliam, EdD, ARNP, NNP and Carol Botwinski, EdD, ARNP, NNP-BC

Research Briefs
Equivalence Testing of Traditional and Simulated Clinical Experiences: Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Knowledge Acquisition

Maura C. Schlairet, EdD, RN and Jane W. Pollock, MSN, RN

Using Simulation to Teach Patient Safety Behaviors in Undergraduate Nursing Education

Laura T. Gantt, PhD, RN, CEN and Robin Webb-Corbett, PhD, RN

The Relationship Between Simulation in Nursing Education and Medication Safety

Kimberley Sears, PhD, RN; Sandra Goldsworthy, MSc, RN, CNCC and William M. Goodman, PhD

Educational Innovation
Incorporating Community-Based Clinical Experiences into a Maternal-Women’s Health Nursing Course

Louise A. Aurilio, PhD, RN-BC, NE-BC and Valerie M. O’Dell, DNP, RN

Departments
Syllabus Selection: Innovative Learning Activity