Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching

Studies demonstrate considerable prejudice toward transgender individuals, creating barriers to health care. This podcast with Dr. Gerry Altmiller presents the results of a study aimed at helping students to identify their biases in a simulation experience to enhance the care of people who represent the transgender community.

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-driven, pretrained, deep learning language model, can generate natural language text in response to a given query. Its rapid growth has led to concerns about ethical use in academia. This podcast with Drs Sun and Hoelscher presents the benefits and limitations of using ChatGPT in academia and the clinical practice setting from a legal and ethical perspective. The authors emphasize the need for policies and procedures to guide faculty and nurses in  clinical practice setting about the proper and efficient use of these technologies

The statistical methods portion of the DNP project can be challenging for students. A school of nursing, in collaboration with the University's Department of Research, created a statistical methods algorithm for students to use while developing their DNP project. Drs. Johnston, Astrella, and Grimm explain the algorithm and its use.

Dr. Rebecca Kronk describes their online genomics competency course developed for doctoral students and nurses. Course development was funded by NIH with the aim to prepare nurses with genomics knowledge and competencies. The course is online and asynchronous - and FREE. You  will receive CE hours for completing the course. Learn more in this podcast!

An innovative remote learning intervention, PICO Pal, was developed to promote students' interactive learning, collaboration, and information literacy. PICO Pal used Apple Numbers to facilitate remote group work on a PICOT poster.

There is a growing interest in faculty practice. Dr. Kelly Gonzales describes the Faculty Practice Mentoring Program, its components, and outcomes.

Communication and trust-building are important in caring for patients who experience the multiple dimensions of suffering at the end of life. Communication, collaboration, and trust building in end-of-life care are facilitated when nurse educators expose their students to culturally sensitive scenarios in simulation and face-to-face interactions with patients and families. This podcast with Dr. Zainab Osakwe provides listeners with strategies to thread cultural education and sensitivity in the curriculum. Case studies are effective learning activities for students. An emphasis is placed on developing partnerships with community agencies to help students learn about culturally sensitive and equitable care. The concepts covered in this podcast focus on palliative care at the end of life for diverse patient populations, but can be generalized to all patients across the lifespan.

Many nurse educators find it challenging to incorporate inclusivity into the classroom in an effort to translate it to nursing practice. Rachael Salguero and Julika Wocial share an innovative strategy in this podcast. They add an inclusive language tip of the day at the start of every class to bring attention to this terminology.

Partnerships between health care systems and schools of nursing are being encouraged on multiple fronts. One creative and easy way to support nurses and build relationships between the school and health care facilities is to provide breakroom baskets. These baskets include small items to help nurses during their long shifts at the hospital. This podcast with Drs. Terri Clark and Jenny Pappas discusses the implementation of breakroom baskets to celebrate the nursing profession and market nursing as a chosen profession. This is a good way to say thank you to nurses for supporting students in the clinical setting.

Dr. Kateryna Metersky developed the CLLEAR framework to give structure to her online nursing classes. The framework, based on best practices in nursing education, stands for Connect, Look Back, Learn, Empower, Apply, and Reconnect. She describes each component of the framework and its use for teaching in nursing.