• Educating and training foreign trained physicians (FTP’s), other professional healthcare providers or therapists to become professional nurses and/or advanced practice nurses provide a successful method to populate the health professional man power shortage areas.  These skilled professionals tend to learn the art and science of nursing, particularly the skills at a rapid pace.  It takes longer to change attitudes and behaviors related to the theories that underpin nursing practice and the limitations on advanced practice when the new student in nursing was once the “captain” of the ship and wrote the “orders” for nurses to follow and now, realizing that nursing is its own profession and works with other health care professionals to provide the quality care that the clients need, deserve and expect. There are several programs for FTP’s in the US. It is common that the students in these nursing programs believe that they do not really need the education, just the license.  However, when asked nursing questions or when testing on nursing content, they do not always perform as well as they expect. It does not take long for the motivated FTP to accept the idea of “thinking like a nurse” to experience success in the course work and on the national examinations.  Faculty and managers must take into consideration that the scope of practice for professional nursing and advanced practice nursing maybe unknown to these new professionals. 

• The curriculum must be designed to focus on the desired health care outcomes for the program and then work on the student level expected course outcomes, which will evoke the program level outcomes.  The program must meet necessary standards for successful accreditation and maintenance by the appropriate organizations.

• This Presentation discusses the development and implementation of such a nursing program that  responded to the shortage of nursing, as well as, the lack of living wages of an immigrant group of FTP’s in a large diverse metropolitan community and educates approximately 300 FTP’s yearly to become registered nurses and then to become family nurse  practitioners.

• The advantages of this program are the reduction of the nurse shortage in the community, the improvement of the living conditions of the FTP’s who complete the program and the improvement of access to health care by a diverse community when the new advanced practice registered nurse accept positions in the community or create practice sites within the community.

As nurses, health comes holistically and view factors that affect health in different parameters. Environmental health refers to protection against environmental factors that may adversely impact human health. The research aims to develop and test an infographic in environmental health among students in the selected catholic school in the Philippines. The researchers conducted two focus group discussions and analyzed the discussion through thematic analysis to come up with an effective infographic. The final infographic was posted in selected institution as its strategic location for 15 days from October 8 to 24 of 2018 and tested its effectiveness by conducting a posttest to fifty-one participants of the experimental group. The experimental group was then cross matched to the control group according to age, sex, year and program. The posttest knowledge scores were then compared and tested for its significant difference using paired t-test. The result showed a significant difference between the knowledge scores of the experimental and control group having a p value of 0.026. Therefore, rejecting the null hypothesis. The created infographic was tested to be an effective material to improve knowledge.

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is premised upon my hermeneutical phenomenological study on breast cancer survivors.  The method of hermeneutics enables all disciplines to understand the narrative inquiry approach to research; what it is from a therapeutic lens; what uniqueness it provides in dealing with coping and making- meaning out of a chronic illness such as breast cancer and the art of story-telling as a venue for communication and a method to facilitate healing body, mind, and spirit while battling a chronic illness. 

Method:  Through the use of narrative inquiry as a research method in nursing will introduce an innovative way to understand phenomena (illness) in order to understand the lived experiences of woman diagnosed with breast cancer and also those living in fear of the recurrence of the disease.  It is important as healthcare professionals and laypersons realize the experience of what happens for women in the transition from health to facing a life- threatening disease. Narrative inquiry represents a better perspective on the story of illness that at times may be difficult to voice. A cognitive engagement of discourse in an open semi- structured format   may give voice to the person within the context of their own journey through illness. With semi-structured interviews, the investigator will have a set of questions on an interview schedule, but the interview will be guided by the participants rather than be dictated hence the advantages of this method is as follows:

Objectives:  Differentiate how the phenomenon of breast cancer and transition can be viewed from various paradigms: for education, practice, and research

Understand the phenomenon of surveillance

Provide all practitioners an innovative method to address long term survivor needs

To introduce the concept of a liminal pathway which will contribute to the development and the body of knowledge in nursing

• There is an attempt to establish rapport with the patient which allows a richer relationship to gather personal experiences of illness

• The ordering of questions is less important as in gathering information in a history and physical (less empirical approach)

• The interviewer is freer to probe interesting areas that arise.

• The interview can follow the respondent’s interests or concerns. It is a creative method of healing as someone is faced with a chronic and sometimes terminal journey. 

Results /Conclusion/Findings

Quality of life is a multi- dimensional facet of one’s social, spiritual, and physical, emotional well- being. Breast cancer survivors face many fears, whether it is fear of recurrence, loss of health, and fear of dying. In order to treat each person holistically the healthcare provider needs to acknowledge alternative ways of healing for the breast cancer patient. Through introducing narrative therapy as a therapeutic way to express feelings one can make sense of this malady through the art of dialogue and  may introduce new ways of learning  how one builds resiliency in this specific population.  It is an innovative method to help people transition to a better quality of life. A Liminal pathway through transilience, transition, and acceptance with authentic  reflection on illness was discovered.  This has been an important tool in moving forward in life and accepting a higher quality of being.

Statement if the Problem

Nurses are often thrilled to assume the role of a nurse faculty member. However, many nurse faculty who work in proprietary schools are often unaware of the role they will play in student retention. Past studies identified faculty behaviors that nursing students experienced as supportive, but gaps in the literature exist regarding faculty’s perceptions of their role in retaining nursing students. Trolian, Jach, and Hanson (2016) explained that further research is necessary to identify the various functions of nursing faculty members. This research study addressed the gaps by asking nursing faculty to explore their roles as nurse educators and discuss their perspectives of how their positions require them to influence student retention and academic success.

Purpose

The purpose of this basic qualitative research was to investigate the perceptions of nurse educators who work in proprietary institutions regarding their roles in retaining nursing students enrolled in an associate degree in nursing program. Information about nursing faculty’s perceptions of their role in nursing students’ retention was missing from the literature. The sample consisted of 10 nursing educators who taught in associate degree nursing programs at proprietary institutions. The nurse educators participated in semistructured interviews and answered open-ended questions about their experience and perceptions regarding retention of nursing students.

Analysis and Finding

Data analysis revealed four overarching themes. First, educators described the importance of developing relationship with students and spending time with their students outside of the classroom. The second theme was the need to seek resources to assist with student retention. The third theme involved seeking strategies to assist with academic performance. In the final theme, faculty revealed the need for faculty training regarding student retention. The interviewees discussed that they had primarily developed what they believed were practical techniques for working with students based on their own experiences. The findings particularly highlighted the need for formal faculty training and resources to support educators in their roles in improving student retention rates.