Nurse Educator

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BACKGROUND: To prepare nursing students to deliver high-quality care, educators need strategies to foster person-centered care (PCC). PURPOSE: This pilot study evaluated an intervention with interactive case studies on undergraduate nursing students' PCC competency. METHODS: We conducted a pilot study with sophomore undergraduate nursing students (n = 39) from a Midwestern US university. We developed a 90-minute class seminar with interactive case studies highlighting how patient preferences, values, and circumstances could influence fall risk...

BACKGROUND: Universally, nurses' limited educational opportunities to expand their genomic literacy may have implications on patient care management, research, and training. PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of a self-paced online course on genomic knowledge and competency acquisition in a sample of nurses possessing a doctoral degree and doctoral students. METHODS: Pre- and postcourse data were collected using the "Genomic Nursing Concept Inventory" (GNCI) (N = 129) and a self-report survey based on the Essential Genetic and Genomic Competencies for Nurses with Graduate Degrees (N = 131)...

BACKGROUND: A Midwest school of nursing initiated an integrated concept-based curriculum where essential content is taught using exemplars. The specialty courses were integrated to address content overload and the duplication of content with different populations. PROBLEM: The faculty wanted to determine if the previous curriculum had been sufficiently integrated into the exemplars and if there were curricular gaps. APPROACH: A curriculum mapping project was conducted to assess the integration of the previous curriculum into the exemplars...

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BACKGROUND: This paper reports on our use of open educational practices (OEPs) with online students in nursing. PURPOSE: Our aim was to provide nurse educators with knowledge about (and examples of) OEPs they could use to enhance student learning and their career satisfaction. METHOD: Using collaborative autoethnography, we probed our open teaching strategies. With Swanson's middle-range theory of caring as a theoretical framework and thematic analysis of our data set (which included literature annotations, dialogic conversation transcripts, individual reflections, and course evaluations), we uncovered 5 themes relevant to nursing education...

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BACKGROUND: Due to the nursing faculty shortage, expert clinical nurses are working as novice clinical instructors (CIs). Orientation is needed to prepare these nurses to teach; however, lack of evidence-based guidelines for orientation programs can lead to variability among institutions. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe clinical nursing faculty orientation practices in the United States. METHODS: A descriptive convergent mixed methods design was used...

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BACKGROUND: Technological advances have expanded nursing education to include generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. PROBLEM: Generative AI tools challenge academic integrity, pose a challenge to validating information accuracy, and require strategies to ensure the credibility of AI-generated information. APPROACH: This article presents a dual-purpose approach integrating AI tools into prelicensure nursing education to enhance learning while promoting critical evaluation skills...

BACKGROUND: Technology in health care is pervasive and growing exponentially. Simulation in academic settings also continues to expand with the use of advancing technologies. PROBLEM: Technology appropriate usage and implementation can become problematic without experts with the right skills in nursing simulation labs. Gaps in technology utilization, simulation best practices, and data analytics now exist. APPROACH: A school of nursing employed a nurse informaticist in its simulation laboratory to address the complexities of technology usage and aid in data analytics...

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the relationship between virtual reality simulation (VRS) and student satisfaction and self-confidence in a health assessment laboratory course. METHODS: Second-year students (n = 37) completed a postoperative respiratory distress scenario using Elsevier's Simulation Learning System with Virtual Reality. All participants completed the Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Scale; a subset participated in 1:1 semistructured interviews...

BACKGROUND: Underrepresented student recruitment is critical to resolve persistent gaps in workforce diversity in the United States. PURPOSE: Prenursing and nursing students participated in a nursing workforce diversity program designed to recruit and graduate underrepresented students, which provided academic and student support, financial support, and mentoring. A follow-up study was conducted to identify the impact of the program. METHODS: Participants were surveyed about educational and employment information, perceptions about factors that contributed to success, benefits of the program, and educational experience...