Criteria for Selecting Textbooks

Phillips, Carla; Harman, Emily

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“…Five criteria have generally been applied to evaluate textbooks for nursing courses: (a) consistency (with curriculum); (b) currency (validity of content for current practice); (c) compatibility (with educational level of students); (d) readability (size, style, amount of information); and (e) applicability (materials presented applied to real‐life scenarios) (Crumbley & Copeland, 1983; Glenn & Lewis, 1982; Philips & Harman, 1986). While these evaluative criteria continue to apply to current textbook needs, today other qualities must also be considered, such as: (f) flexibility (quick response to rapid health system change and population needs), and (g) responsiveness (to new pedagogical approaches).…”

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Health Care Delivery System Influences Changes in Nursing Educational Materials

Baldwin¹,

Conger²,

Maycock³

et al. 2002

Public Health Nursing

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The changing health care delivery system has affected nursing care delivery models. To meet the needs of these shifting sands, health-related professions must examine curricula preparing new graduates. An exploratory, descriptive survey design was employed to discover motivators for and types of curricular changes occurring in nursing programs and determine what supportive educational materials are needed. One hundred sixty-seven (26%) of the 651 surveys mailed to a sample of the whole of U.S. baccalaureate nursing programs were returned. Relationships between and among categories of nominal data culled from the participants' experiences were compared using nonparametric statistics. Findings demonstrated why and what changes were made and what educational materials are needed to support new curricula. Results also indicated that blurring of boundaries between community and general acute care nursing is necessary, and changes throughout curricula, including educational materials, must reflect the real-life community aspects of the health care needs of all individuals.

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Health Care Delivery System Influences Changes in Nursing Educational Materials

Baldwin¹,

Conger²,

Maycock³

et al. 2002

Public Health Nursing

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Programas De Saúde: Análise Crítico-Comparativa De Livros-Texto

Medeiros

1989

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Os livros-texto de Programas de Saúde, em especial os destinados ao ensino de 1- grau, raramente são livros individuais, que contêm apenas o conteúdo destes programas; freqüentemente, vem estes como "apêndice" de um livro de Ciências. Os de 2- grau constituem um pequeno conjunto de textos, alguns deles passíveis de críticas quanto à didedignidade de conceitos, profundidade de conteúdo e outros requisitos. Considerando as ponderações acima, a autora julgou necessária a realização deste estudo, pois os livros didáticos de Programas de Saúde ainda permanecem pouco explorados, apesar de existirem inúmeros artigos e teses sobre o livro-texto de outras disciplinas. Os resultados do presente estudo fornece-nos uma caracterização do professor que desenvolve os Programas de Saúde, como também uma análise dos livros-texto destinados a estes programas quanto aos elementos mecânicos, organização e apresentação do conteúdo, conteúdo propriamente dito, exercícios, ilustrações, referências bibliográficas e índices, apêndices, prefácio e glossário.

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Reading Abilities of Master's Students Versus Readability of Textbooks

Dearman¹,

Davis²

1990

J Nurs Educ

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Criteria for Selecting Textbooks

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Health Care Delivery System Influences Changes in Nursing Educational Materials

Health Care Delivery System Influences Changes in Nursing Educational Materials

Programas De Saúde: Análise Crítico-Comparativa De Livros-Texto

Reading Abilities of Master's Students Versus Readability of Textbooks

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