title: Preparing nurses for tomorrow's reality. Strategies from an honors program.
abstract: The healthcare environment is changing at an unprecedented pace. To be prepared adequately to respond to these demands in healthcare, nurses must exhibit flexibility, creativity, independence, critical thinking, leadership, and collaboration. The authors describe an honors program and the teaching strategies used to enhance several of these characteristics. These strategies can be tailored for students in non-honors programs to develop the attributes required of baccalaureate nursing graduates.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duckett
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fairbanks
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation