Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching

Drs. DiClemente and Ursuy describe an innovative and much needed clinical teaching strategy they developed for prelicensure students. They explain the impetus for developing the strategy and describe the strategy, how they integrated it within courses, and how they prepared clinical educators for using it.

Drs. Amalia Gedney-Lose and Dan Crawford describe an innovative learning activity they developed for FNP students. In this activity, students interact with children in a simulated environment. Learn about the benefits for students and key takeaways.

This podcast with Dr. Jane Dickinson presents the results of a study to determine whether 4 concepts representing the focus of the discipline—context, holism, health, and caring—were present in program and course descriptions in 300 four-year BSN programs in the US. Preliminary results indicated that discipline-specific concepts are missing from many programs. The study serves as a model for nursing programs to identify concepts to be included in course descriptions. Learn more about this study in a video at the Nurse Educator website and article.

Polypharmacy is frequently associated with geriatric patients who are at a higher risk of medication nonadherence and adverse drug events. Medication nonadherence is a common problem for clinicians who provide care for older adult patients. This podcast with Dr. Jennifer Kim discusses the structure of a high impact simulation experience for nurse practitioner students with a geriatric focus.

Dr. Lisa Diamond uses art as a teaching strategy in her NP courses. Learn more about this strategy in this podcast.

Whether you are teaching a large or small class, in person or online, don't miss this podcast with Dr. Amy Mackos. She explains how she used the muddiest points strategy in her online pathophysiology course. 

Drs. Stacy Huber and Tina Antill Keener describe their course on developing nursing students' caring behaviors and compassion. The Nurses' Role in the Patient Experience course includes innovative learning activities and assignments. As one of the assignments, students read excerpts from 2 books, and the book authors share their experiences as patients in an online discussion.

Dr. Michele Roberts describes the SAMR model and explains why it is a good framework for integrating technology in nursing education.

Despite recommendations to include disability content in nursing education, nursing students have little exposure to disability education. The authors developed a tabletop simulation for teaching disabilities to nursing students. A community advisory group was created to advise the development of this project and included individuals with disabilities, their family members, and people who work with individuals with disabilities in community settings. The authors also share strategies for integrating disability content into a nursing curricuum. 

Dr. Mary Beth Maguire describes a benchmark study to measure the quality of care students deliver in simulation. The purpose was to compare national Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data with data received from standardized patients (SPs). Findings suggest HCAHPS data can be used to model correlates of the quality of care SPs receive from students during simulation events.