Professional Development Resources
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Please send us information about other resources that will be of special interest to nurse educators.
Center for Professional Development (Center for Human Caring, Univ. of Colo. HSC)
Publications related to nursing education
Springer Publishing, Inc. has a "Teaching of Nursing Series." For more information, please contact Springer directly.
Phone: (212) 431-4370
Fax: (212) 941-7842
Email: springer@thorn.net
Recent titles include:
Center for Professional Development
The Center for Human Caring, School of Nursing, The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
The center has multiple projects and international centers for human caring, based in Jean Watson's Caring Theory. Professional development options include short-course classes and a certificate program in human caring. For more information, please check:
Upcoming Conferences of Special Interest to Nurse Educators
National League for Nursing 23rd Biennial convention will be June 8-11, 1997 at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR. Conference and preconference features include information on the self-study process for accreditation, contemporary issues in measurement and evaluation of clinical outcomes, peer review of teaching, informatics and multimedia in nursing education,
For up to the minute information, visit: http://www.nln.org
or telephone: (800) 669-9656, ext. 157
Mosby's Faculty Development Institute `97 will be June 30th-July 1, Williamsburg, VA. Preconference workshops and Conference topics include Outcomes management, item writing and test development, educational reform: reenginneering our higher education system for the millennium, critical thinking, collaborative education, instructional strategies for distance learning, Handling rough spots in the classroom, visual ideas to make your learning points crystal clear, cultural competency.
For more information visit Mosby's Web Site at: http://www.mosby.com
For conference registration call (800) 826-1877 or email: DCET@mosby.com
FITNE, Inc. multimedia seminars introduce the latest innovations in multimedia technology during two-day seminars. Recent topics include the digital academic village, the Nightingale "tracker" technology across the nursing curriculum, designing your own computer-based training, integrating software into nursing curricula, using presentation software, using interactive computer training in a clinical setting, and a showcase of software.
Fitne also maintains a resource guide that includes federal agencies and private foundations.
For current information call (800) 544-8355 or email to: fitne@fitne.ex.net
Visit the FITNE web site at: http://www.ev.net/fitne
Nursing Education Organizations
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The National League for Nursing
