Back to the Basics and Beyond: Comparing Traditional and Innovative Strategies for Teaching in Nursing Skills Laboratories
The cornerstone of nursing practice worldwide, despite educational background, is founded on professional nursing skills. Faculty members teaching nursing skills are investigating different strategies to transition the passive knowledge from textbooks into active learning. However, the limited evidence on the topic makes their work challenging. The purpose of this study was to compare a set of traditional and innovative teaching strategies on learning advanced nursing skills in skills laboratories. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 30, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Milena Petrova Staykova, Deidira Von Stewart, Daniele Ivaylo Staykov Source Type: research
National Council Licensure Examination: Learning Strategies for the Integrated Processes
The National Council Licensure Examination for the Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) includes five integrated processes. These are referred to as “fundamental to the practice of nursing” (National Council of State Boards of Nursing [NCSBN], 2016, p. 5). The integrated processes are often used across the NCLEX-RN. These concepts will be present no matter what client needs are being assessed in any given test question. Therefore, it is esse ntial that faculty at all levels of nursing and in all learning environments address the integrated processes often. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 30, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Tim J. Bristol Tags: Educate, Excite, Engage Source Type: research
Student Facilitation of Simulation Debrief: Measuring Reflective Thinking and Self-Efficacy
This study examined the effectiveness of different debriefing facilitation approaches on third year undergraduate nursing students' reflective thinking and critical reflection self-efficacy following high-fidelity simulation using a 3-arm nonequivalent control group design. Students facilitated by either an academic or academic and student showed significantly higher levels of critical reflection. Correlation revealed a medium, positive association between critical reflection self-efficacy and general self-efficacy. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 8, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Naomi Tutticci, Fiona Coyer, Peter A. Lewis, Mary Ryan Source Type: research
Transforming the clinical experience for associate degree nursing students
Effective clinical nursing education is critical to prepare nursing students for their practice-based profession. However, there is a lack of consensus in the literature about the preferred model of the clinical experience. In order improve the clinical experience for nursing students, Mount Sinai Queens and LaGuardia Community College collaborated to transform the clinical experience by developing the five roles of the student nurse. These roles included clinician, leader, educator, researcher, and communicator. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 7, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Elizabeth J. Rolston, Kathleen Karsten, Anthony Auditore, Philip Gimber Source Type: research
Competency-Based Education and Its Effect on Nursing Education: A Literature Review
An emerging trend in nursing education is competency-based education (CBE), which offers degree advancement at a significant time and cost savings. This educational trend may promote the attainment of the bachelor's degree in nursing science because it also allows students to progress at their own pace and has been well received by nursing students. Many associate degree graduates begin their career after graduation working full time and find returning to school difficult because of time and financial constraints. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 5, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Erica Wascavage Gravina Source Type: research
A CLEAR Approach for the Novice Simulation Facilitator
This article identifies challenges frequently experienced by the novice facilitator in meeting the standards. A table with the acronym CLEAR has been developed to identify challenges and strategies to assist the novice facilitator to meet the INA CSL Best Practice Standards: Simulation Standard V: Facilitator℠ recommendations. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 4, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Michelle Curley Moulton, Laura Lucas, Gail Monaghan, Sandra M. Swoboda Source Type: research
Student Experiences With a Newly Developed Concept-Based Curriculum
Curriculum change is a constant in nursing education. Little is known about the impact of curricular change on nursing students. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 2, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Valerie Gooder, Sally Cantwell Source Type: research
Enhancing “Conceptual Teaching/Learning” in a Concept-Based Curriculum
Conceptual teaching is essential to conceptual learning. To safeguard the authenticity and enhance a multischool concept-based curriculum, a concept analysis diagram was created for each curriculum concept. This tool provides a succinct “conceptual approach” to understanding the correlation and interrelatedness among concepts and between patients. It fosters “conceptual thinking” rather than rote memory or use of the medical model. The concept analysis diagram transposes theory to practice and concepts to patient care. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - December 1, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Bonnie Higgins, Helen Reid Source Type: research
Staff Nurses' Perception of Their Role in a Dedicated Education Unit Within the Intensive Care Unit
This study evaluated the perceptions of staff nurses who acted as clinical teaching associates to senior nursing students in an intensive care unit setting using the DEU model. Other nursing programs may benefit from the outcomes experienced in this application of the DEU model. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 25, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Koharchik, Karen Jakub, Catherine Witsberger, Kimberly Brooks, Denise Petras, Yvonne Weideman, Madelyn Gibson Antonich Source Type: research
Playing Detective to Enhance Critical Thinking
New nurses are expected to critically think and have the ability to quickly identify patient problems at an early stage upon entering the nursing profession. Nurse educators attempt to prepare students to think critically utilizing a multitude of teaching modalities such as clinical experiences, simulation experiences, course assessments, written assignments, and case studies. Although these are useful methods of learning, they do not necessarily initiate the critical thinking process. An innovative teaching strategy such as a reverse case study is one such strategy that initiates critical thinking. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 24, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Theresa Jones Source Type: research
Oral Health Care for Nurse Educators, Part 1: Birth to 6 Years Old
As integrated health care teams become the norm in the US health care system, leaving the mouth to episodic dental care may not be the best strategy. Nurses often are ideally placed to observe, offer important preventive information, and make timely referrals because of their position as trusted care providers with frequent patient contact. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 24, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Jan Mitchell, Andrew Shoemaker Tags: Interprofessional Education and Collaboration Source Type: research
Accommodations Part I: What Are They and Where Did They Come From?
Section 504 …ADA…disability…accommodations…qualified persons. Confused? When the educator is faced with a student demanding their rights for accommodation, the result is often fear, anxiety or, at the very least, an uncertainty that the educator will handle this request correctly. This two-part article will first discuss the origins of the laws related to persons with disabilities, the evolution of these laws, and basic terminology and implications of these laws. A follow-up article will discuss the specifics of accommodations in nursing education, including a review of key legal cases and recomme ndations to assur...
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 22, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Sandra Y. Walker Tags: Legal Issues in Nursing Education Source Type: research
Clinical Excursions for Prelicensure Nursing Students
The first day of clinical for prelicensure nursing students is often filled with excitement and anxiety and fear. Clinical experiences have been identified by nursing students as one of the most anxiety-producing components of the nursing program. Students often worry about being unprepared for clinical practice and unable to perform and are intimidated by the staff nurses and the environment. Clinical units are sometimes unsupportive environments for nursing students as well. Nurse educators have attempted to decrease the anxiety through a variety of strategies. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 21, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Beth Cusatis Phillips Source Type: research
Review of Journaling as a Teaching and Learning Strategy
This article reviews journaling history, research, usage, and advantages and disadvantages within nursing education. New research trends reflect an interest in combining journaling with technology, pairing with simulation, and incorporating into graduate nursing programs to evolve with the changing needs of health care and technology. (Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing)
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 20, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Laura B. Miller Source Type: research
Keep Calm and Simulate On: Faculty Experiences and Insights Into Implementing Best Practices in Simulation
Nursing faculty struggle with simulation pedagogy as standards and best practices have only recently emerged. Recent groundbreaking research provides support for the acceptance of simulation standards across nursing programs. However, experts developed best practices under optimal conditions that can be challenging to implement under real-world conditions. Educators need examples of implementing standards to ensure high-quality simulation-based education. Keep calm and read on for a practical examination of simulation best practices and to learn strategies and tools for organizing simulated learning experiences. (Source: T...
Source: Teaching and Learning in Nursing - November 15, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Meagan White Source Type: research
