A high percentage of young people not attending school in the Pacific island nations of Vanuatu, Tonga and the Federated States of Micronesia are at risk of unintended pregnancy and STIs, including HIV, because of patterns of sexual risk behaviour.

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In an attempt to integrate theory and practice in baccalaureate nursing education, students were taught nursing skills with two cognitive strategies (Vee heuristics and concept maps) that consciously identify and reinforce connections between scientific theory and practice. The research showed that students using Vee heuristics and concept maps, rather than traditional modes, were significantly better able to identify scientific principles to describe why specific steps of a nursing skill were done.

Valuing multiculturalism is essential to the education of professional nurses in order to incorporate knowledge of and respect for cultural values into nursing care. This article briefly examines the definitions of multicultural concepts in nursing curricula. An innovative model for curricular analysis based on a broad operational definition of multiculturalism is described and applied to a baccalaureate upper-division nursing curriculum. Faculty and student interview data are discussed. Results of the examination of course syllabi, materials, textbooks, instructional videos, and clinical experiences are enumerated. Findings include strengths as well as areas of omission, bias, and insensitivity. Implications for faculty development, recommendations for administrative action, and specific curricular changes are outlined. Heightened sensitivity to the value of multiculturalism and the need for lifelong learning on this topic are emphasized.

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