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Nursing students are at risk for developing secondary traumatic stress (STS) while completing their clinical training. Kristen Oakley synthesized the research on the prevalence, severity, and experience of STS and its associated factors in prelicensure nursing students. Findings from their review of 25 studies revealed a range of STS symptom severity levels and associated factors; however, measurement is hampered by researchers’ use of other concepts, like compassion fatigue.
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Dr. Curry Bordelon describes the integration of AI into a graduate nursing informatics course. Students used AI in each of the modules of the course.
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Nursing students often have online experiences and various media interests that may influence their learning experience. Digital audio technology, such as podcasts, can be used as an adjunct to traditional teaching strategies to incorporate a variety of learning mediums. Faculty may produce podcasts or use artificial intelligence (AI). In this podcast and article, Dr. April Folgert and Kerry DeGroot present an engaging learning activity using AI to promote critical thinking.
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Guidelines on how to sustain the outcomes of simulation training and evaluate training programs are limited. Dr. Jane Paige describes their study of the impact of a professional development workshop for individuals responsible for developing, sustaining, and evaluating simulation educator training programs. They used a longitudinal exploratory design, guided by the New World Kirkpatrick Model. Significant changes in knowledge, confidence, and commitment were observed over time. This is a good example of sustaining the training of simulation leaders and educators through intentional processes that support, reinforce, monitor, and reward efforts.
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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to prepare health professions admissions applications is increasing. These tools can improve writing but raise ethical concerns about application authenticity. Drs. Jill Brennan-Cook and Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman share the results of their scoping review on the use of AI by applicants applying to nursing and other health professions programs and by admission reviewers. AI tools can enhance the efficiency of the admissions review process, but clear guidelines are needed by schools to address ethical issues.
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A school of nursing employed a nurse informaticist in its simulation laboratory to address the complexities of technology usage and aid in data analytics. Mr. Eric Hall describes his role as an informaticist in the simulation setting. Eric and Dr. Jo Ellen Holt share benefits and outcomes of this new role in simulation. Read more in their article.
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When nurse educators foster a growth mindset, they help students understand that mindset and attitudes are developed through dedication and practice, rather than fixed traits. One strategy to address this challenge is to modify our language to use words that foster continuous growth. In assessments where students are at the practice level, the terminology of pass or fail can be replaced with pass or practice. By using this terminology, students view practice as a constructive avenue for growth instead of inadequacy. In this podcast and teaching tip, Dr. Alison Hamner discusses how she promotes growth mindset in her courses.
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Faculty workload models related to DNP projects have not kept pace with increasing enrollment and program expectations. Dr. Sara Hubbell explains a new faculty workload that was developed related to DNP projects to reflect a more equitable and realistic model. The faculty developed the Collaborative Section-Based Faculty Workload Model that resulted in increases in faculty satisfaction, retention, and student mentorship, while maintaining DNP project rigor. You can learn more about this new Workload Model in their article.
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Unfolding case studies help students apply their knowledge to real life patient scenarios. Traditional methods of presenting case studies in asynchronous online courses often include using written or video discussion boards, which require waiting for instructor feedback. This podcast with Dr. Michelle Neuman presents an innovative strategy to engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving activities using unfolding case studies in an asynchronous online learning environment. You can learn more about this strategy in her article.
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For many undergraduate nursing students (64%), burnout begins during their educational program. Resilience is a known protective factor to buffer against stress exposure that leads to burnout, but a lack of formal resilience training for undergraduate nursing students persists. Equine-assisted learning interventions promote resilience and decrease stress and burnout in a diversity of populations. In this podcast (and article), Dr. Shannon Burleson describes an equine-assisted learning intervention to reduce students’ stress in school and practice after graduation.
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Moral distress is a phenomenon with known negative effects for health care professionals, including nurses. Moral distress is thought to occur when an individual knows the morally right thing to do but is unable to do it, based on internal and external constraints. This podcast with Dr. Kathy Forte (and their article) presents a simulation experience for prelicensure students to help them experience a real-life ethical scenario from an ethical perspective.
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Dr. Lisa Bailey and Ms. Jourdan Scoggins explain the core idea behind the “Declare Yourself” leadership process and how it builds trust between students and educators. They use the “Declare Yourself” process in their clinical courses and share their experiences. Learn more about this strategy and how you can use it in your courses in this podcast and article.
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Health inequities across the United States, particularly in rural and medically underserved communities, are fueled by disparities in education, poverty, and social determinants. The shortage of accessible primary care providers exacerbates health inequities, leading to adverse outcomes and perpetuating disparities. Drs. Jannyse Tapp and Shannon Cole discuss a partnership model to prepare nurse practitioners to reduce health disparities in rural underserved communities. Read their article (it is Open Access) and share it with your colleagues.
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The FNP program includes a series of clinical courses: Primary Care I, II, and III, with Primary Care III occurring the semester of graduation. Dr. Elizabeth Phenneger and other FNP faculty incorporated a self-evaluation for students taking Primary Care III at the end of the semester and identified gaps in students’ competencies. Faculty created an improvement plan tailored to address these deficits that included : (1) a 7-hour in-person clinical skills intensive day incorporating multiple case-based learning activities, standardized patient case simulations, clinical skills practice on task trainers, and unfolding case studies, and (2) a series of physiology cascade assignments threaded throughout the course. Surveys and faculty assessment revealed significant improvement in students’ competencies.
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The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) provides an online course to develop graduate-student competencies related to palliative care. In this podcast, four graduate-level nurse educators (Drs. Theresa Jizba, Elena Prendergast, Carrie Cormack, and Lindsay Iverson) describe how the ELNEC curriculum improved self-perceptions of confidence in essential communication and symptom management skills in practice. In the authors’ article and this podcast, you will learn more about how you can implement the ELNEC course in nursing program curricula and help students develop competence and improve their self-confidence in palliative care.
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The introduction of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has had significant implications for nursing education. The role of AI extends beyond teaching strategies to preparing students to critically engage with these technologies in their practice. Dr. Emily Tomlinson discusses the need for clear guidelines on implementing genAI tools in nursing curricula and explains how the faculty in her School of Nursing embedded genAI-based learning activities across each year of the nursing program. These activities were designed to support students’ development of AI literacy. Details about learning outcomes for students related to AI are provided in their article.
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Simulation has grown exponentially in nursing to help students and nurses in practice engage in teamwork to think critically, problem-solve, and enhance clinical proficiency and patient care within a safe environment. Low-fidelity manikins have been integral to nursing education for many years. The emergence of high-fidelity manikins and complex technologies in the past 20 years has enabled educators to engage students in complex scenarios and prepare them for practice. Nurse Educator has published many articles on simulation that address diverse educational and clinical contexts. Today’s podcast on virtual reality with Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, DNP, CRNA, CHSE, APRN, celebrates simulation as a high-impact teaching strategy and the educators who prepare the scenarios.
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Expert modeling videos (EMVs) have shown promise in improving students’ performance in simulation. Using a quasi-experimental design, students in a medical surgical nursing course (n = 160) viewed either an expert model demonstration video (experimental) or expert model discussion video (control). Students who viewed the demonstration video performed at a higher level of competency in 11 of the 18 behaviors on the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument. Dr. Tracy Dodson shares the results of this study and discusses implications for teaching in nursing.
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Nursing programs strain to develop instructional tools that are efficient and effective, without undo time commitments by faculty. One way to enhance clinical reasoning skill development is to create case-based learning events that focus on developing and measuring clinical judgment skills. In this podcast and teaching tip, Dr. Bev Wilgenbusch presents a teaching tool that faculty can use to promote critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment in their students.
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Varying the situational context in a patient case scenario allows nursing students to demonstrate critical thinking during a routine skills demonstration. In this podcast, you’ll hear how a team of nurse educators (Drs. Amy Jauch, Sandy Mulholland, and Jennifer Nieves) used video recordings to capture observable evidence of undergraduate students’ critical thinking processes. The instructors used the videos to provide students with opportunities to reflect on their performance of skills in different patient-care scenarios and articulate the reasoning behind their actions. Read the article describing how you can use a similar strategy to assess psychomotor skills and clinical judgment while guiding student reflection on their learning progress.
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