Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching

The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented time for nurse educators.  In this podcast Drs. Lewandowski and Prieta present strategies that their school implemented to rise to the challenges of the pandemic and strategies they have continued to use.

Embracing a culture of safety is critical in the practice setting. This podcast with Dr. Kristi Miller presents the results of a study that helps students embrace a culture of safety in the administration of medications. The results can be generalized to other nursing contexts to promote safety.

In this podcast, Dr. Bernard describes how his school of nursing initiated a civility team as a strategy to celebrate the achievements of faculty and prevent incivility. He explains why nursing programs should have civility policies. Learn how to start a civility team in your school.

Nursing students need to learn how to evaluate social determinants of health in the community, particularly vulnerable populations. This podcast with Dr. Kim Daly, University of Victoria, British Columbia, presents strategies for teaching nursing students how to take an active role in addressing social determinants of health. Students learn the importance of the nurse navigator as a patient advocate to influence policy in the practice setting.

Examination wrappers are student success tools that help students to study, test, remediate, think critically, and gain self-confidence in their learning. This podcast with Dr. Deana Furr presents one nursing program’s implementation and evaluation of examination wrappers to achieve student learning outcomes. An emphasis on helping students in metacognition is included.

Do you need an innovative teaching strategy for your course? This is it!  Dr. Brenna Morse shares Made for TV. Students are in the writers' room and develop a scene (related to their course content) for a medical drama on TV.

Nursing students need to learn the value of relationship-building to develop leadership skills to prepare them for the practice setting. This podcast with Dr. Marcia Cooke presents a teaching strategy that helps students to focus on  their strengths to address problems in the practice setting from a quality improvement perspective. Students learn that celebrating their unique talents helps them to embrace a spirit of collegiality with peers and staff.

Faculty integrated instruction about sensitive topics into their communication lab. They engage students in role play, discussions, and creative activities to develop students' ability to have conversations about highly charged and sensitive topics. Dr. Pat Freed, Erica Frost, and Krista Simmons describe their Crucial Conversations lab.

Dr. Betsy Herron and Dr. Karen Weeks describe a strategy they developed, using simulation, to improve the clinical competencies of prelicensure students to prepare them for transition into practice. In this podcast you will learn about this innovation, how they developed it, lessons learned, and outcomes.

Dr. Raquel Alvarado describes her new clinical teaching strategy that provides one-to-one feedback to beginning nursing students. The strategy includes multiple components, creating a positive learning experience for students.