Kresge Library > Events at OU > Envision: Health Care Technology, Education and Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

Oakland University’s School of Nursing and presenting sponsor, William Beaumont Hospital are proud to host the second Envision Conference: Discovering creative and futuristic opportunities for nurses to engage in entrepreneurial solutions for practice, research and education.

Friday, September 26, 2008
Royal Park Hotel
Rochester, Michigan
8am-5pm

For more information on the envision conference or to register, go to http://www2.oakland.edu/nursing/envisionconference/.

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Full-Text Articles about Entrepreneurialship*:

• Entrepreneurial nursing -- an oxymoron? (2007). Tennessee Nurse 69 (4), 4. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database

• Elango, B., Hunter, G., & Winchell, M. (2007, April). Barriers to nurse entrepreneurship: a study of the process model of entrepreneurship. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 19(4), 198-204. Retrieved September 4, 2008, from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.

• Darbyshire, P., Downes, M., Collins, C., & Dyer, S. (2005, September). Moving from institutional dependence to entrepreneurialism. Creating and funding a collaborative research and practice development position. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(8), 926-934. Retrieved September 4, 2008, from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.

• Collinson , G (2000). Encouraging the growth of the nurse entrepreneur. Professional Nurse 15 , Retrieved September 5.2008, from from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.

• Porter-O'Grady , T (1998). The making of a nurse entrepreneur. Seminars for Nurse Managers 6 , Retrieved September 5.2008, from from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database.

Books at Kresge Library about nursing education and career:

• Fitzpatrick. J. J. & Montgomery, K. S.(2006). Career success strategies for nurse educators. Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis.


• Nagelkerk, J. (Eds.).(2006). Starting your practice : a survival guide for nurse practitioners. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby Elsevier.


• Turner, S. O.(2007). The nursing career planning guide.Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.


• Avillion, A. A. (2005). Nurse entrepreneurship : The art of running your own business. Minneapolis, Minn.: Creative Health Care Management. (Borrow from MEL).

*Access to full text resources from off campus is limited to current Oakland students, staff, and faculty.