Students are often afraid or uncomfortable in their psychiatric nursing clinical rotation. Often, their clinical exposure is limited to one semester and a particular population group, either inpatient or outpatient.Continue reading
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Teamwork and Collaboration: Caring for a pediatric non-accidental trauma patient
Due to programmatic and hospital guidelines, many nursing students do not have the opportunity to care for patients in the clinical setting who are suspected victims of abuse or requireContinue reading
Using Unfolding Case Studies to Develop Clinical Forethought in Novice Nursing Students
Unfolding case studies as a teaching strategy are ideal for novice learners in a pre-licensure nursing program. The author has used unfolding case studies to illustrate principles of patient-centered careContinue reading
Unfolding Case Study with Live Role Play
The Unfolding Case Study with Live Role Play is a teaching strategy designed to help students practice individualized, patient-centered care and strengthen teamwork and collaboration skills by utilizing the nursingContinue reading
Coding Practice Using ICD-10 for Nurse Practitioner Students
Family Nurse Practitioner students have little opportunity to work with ICD-10 coding prior to clinical experiences. Feedback from FNP students identified a need to incorporate more background information and introductionContinue reading
Introduction of the Clinical Practice Guideline to Undergraduate Nursing Students
The purpose of this teaching strategy is to introduce undergraduate nursing students to Clinical Practice Guidelines. This can be implemented in any class but best complements a Nursing Research orContinue reading
Appraising the Quality of Health Websites
The health information available on the Internet can vary in the quality of the content. It is important that nurses understand how to find high quality information and direct patientsContinue reading
Using End-of-Life Simulations Experience to Explore QSEN Competencies in the Didactic Nursing Classroom
Strategy Overview: End-of-life decision making can present patient-care scenarios highlighted by anxiety, spiritual distress, and complex family dynamics. Patients may discuss end-of-life planning with their bedside nurse, advanced practice nurse,Continue reading
Systems Thinking for Quality Improvement: Innovative Teaching Strategy for Advanced Practice
Interview with a nurse executive to evaluate and reflect on the role of leadership using systems thinking for safety and quality improvement for advanced practice.
Quality Improvement Project for Prelicensure Nursing Students
This teaching strategy is designed to teach prelicensure students how to implement and evaluate a quality improvement project. It can be implemented in any class but lends itself to anContinue reading