Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) The file attached to this record is the October 2015 issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organization well for many years. Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html This edition of the journal shows the many variations and richness of experiences in doctoral programs from various countries. In the peer-reviewed section, Drs Waxman, Maxworthy and Barter describe how one school developed a Doctor of Nursing Practice program and how they addressed issues related to the final project of this type of professional or clinical doctoral degree program. Dr Linda Scott and colleagues from INDEN then reflect on the organisation’s most recent conference and the potential role of INDEN in providing leadership for the further development of doctoral education in nursing around the globe. Elsewhere in the journal there is further coverage of conference experiences and doctoral students from a range of different countries present insights into their learning journeys....

Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research. Official Journal of the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). The file attached to this record is the first issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal has evolved from the many years of publication of the INDEN Newsletter which has served the organization well for many years. INDEN is very proud how the newsletter developed into a journal. INDEN now acknowledges the excellence of manuscripts submitted to the journal by having them peer-reviewed. Guidelines for submission to ANDER can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html In the peer-reviewed section of the attached issue is an article by Dr. Richard Redman on this issue's theme of mentoring. Another article by Drs. Patricia Mary Davidson, Michelle DiGiacomo, and Debra Jackson also addresses the theme of the attached issue with a paper on the challenges in mentoring and teaching international students....

Abstract Objective On April 27, 2011, the state of Alabama encountered a horrific day of tornados that left a trail of damage throughout the state. The city of Tuscaloosa was devastated by an EF-4 that resulted in many ...

Background There is scarcity of questionnaires specifically on the quality of the nursing care provided to patients diagnosed with cancer. The available questionnaires have been developed without attributing a holistic ...

Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) The file attached to this record is the February 2016 issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organization well for many years. Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html This edition of the journal continues to explore key issues in nursing doctoral education and showcase its diversity. In the peer-reviewed section Professor Sonja McIlfatrick highlights the key steps in the grant writing process, explaining common pitfalls, perils and pearls. Thereafter all the accepted abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the 2015 biennial INDEN conference are made available. Elsewhere in the journal six doctoral student perspectives are presented, spanning a range of different countries and learning journeys....

Advances in Doctoral Nursing Education and Research (ANDER). Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). The file attached to this record is the December 2012 edition of INDEN's final newsletter prior to the launch of the ANDER Journal. This issue of the INDEN Newsletter is devoted to the topic “Methodological Perspectives in Doctoral Education” The reviews of mixed methods research, action research, and research approaches to studying exceptionally vulnerable subjects provided below by our colleagues from the U.K., China, and the U.S. demonstrate the many ways that nurse researchers address our understanding of how health and illness are embodied in the human experience. For example, the research approach described by Drs. Haiou Zou and Li Zheng to study the self-management of persons with schizophrenia and their family caregivers in China most certainly adds to our understanding of this illness within the Chinese health care system and culture but at a higher level, it also reveals how severe illness is experienced as a family unit whether one is in China, Ethiopia, or the U.S. For as human beings, we are interdependent social beings. At this level, the discussion of our research reveals as much about our methods as it does about our ends. When we place ourselves as nurse researchers in solidarity as human beings with the individuals, families and communities whom we are committed to understanding and serving, the ends of our research and doctoral education are to promote human flourishing across the varied dimensions of human experience such as disease, health, culture and nationality. Our INDEN mission to promote quality nursing doctoral education globally is grounded within this objective....

Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) The file attached to this record is the February 2017 issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organization well for many years. Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html This edition of the journal explores issues in distance and in blended learning for doctoral nursing education. In the first peer-reviewed paper Drs. N.C. Sharts-Hopko and M.L. Fitzpatrick review the history and their overall experience of using distance education as a primary mode of content delivery for a research-focused doctoral nursing program. In the second, Drs. P. Aselton, J. Demartinis, and R. LeBlanc discuss the challenges and opportunities in preparing clinical scholars in an online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Also in this issue, three doctoral nursing students from the US, China and the Philippines share experiences of their respective learning journeys. Finally three STTI/INDEN Fellowship reports are presented....

Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research. Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) The file attached to this record is the June 2014 issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organization well for many years. Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html The peer review section of this issue features two articles related to strategies to enhance the success of those contemplating or enrolled in a doctoral program. An article by Dr Laura Taylor, Dr Mary Terhaar, Dr Hayley Mark, and Dr Angela McNelis describes a structured program to guide master’s prepared nurses in deciding on doctoral education and in the process of applying to a program. An article by Dr Keville Fredickson and Dr Donna Nickitas describes a peer mentoring program developed for first year doctoral students to enhance the success of these students as well as to engage both mentors and mentees with interactions with students at other levels of the program. Elsewhere in the journal doctoral students from a range of different countries present insights into their learning journeys....

Advances in Nursing Doctoral Education & Research Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) The file attached to this record is the October 2016 issue of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organization well for many years. Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html This edition of the journal highlights different aspects of academic experience. In the peer-reviewed section Professor M. R. Venkatasalu explores some practical difficulties experienced within the doctoral supervision process and shares some possible strategies that can assist supervisors, reduce student attrition, and increase rates of doctoral completion. The second publication is a reflective journey written by Dr Grace W.K. Ho describing the author’s experience of becoming a nursing academic in the US. Also in this issue, three student perspectives by doctoral nursing students from the Philippines and Brunei Darussalam highlight current dissertation projects....

Advances in Doctoral Nursing Education and Research. Official Journal for the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). The file attached to this record is the April 2015 edition of ANDER, INDEN's peer-reviewed journal. This journal evolved from the INDEN Newsletter which served the organisation well for many years.  Since 2013 the journal has acknowledged the excellence of submitted manuscripts by having them peer-reviewed. Submissions are warmly invited and the relevant guidelines can be found at: http://nursing.jhu.edu/excellence/inden/ander-journal.html This edition of the journal focuses on the many uses of social networking in nursing doctoral education, with particular emphasis on the role of technology and the internet. In the peer-reviewed section Darina Petrovsky examines the role of social media in the lives of PhD students, giving overview of social media platforms. Dr Beth Fahlberg then explains how social media can be leveraged to facilitate recruitment and dissemination in doctoral research. Finally Dr Caleb Ferguson, Dr Calvin Moorley and Professor Debra Jackson make the case for all doctoral students having a Twitter account. Elsewhere in the journal doctoral students from a range of different countries present insights into their learning journays, including some focus on social media....