New nurses (Del Bueno, 2005 and Kavanagh & Szweda, 2017) exhibit unsafe behaviors and a lack of critical thinking/clinical judgement that these researchers note can result in a “failure toContinue reading
Tag: Clinical Setting
Ten Minute Expert: Evidence-Based Bedside Teaching Bundle
The Ten Minute Tip teaching strategy innovates the use of bundling to combine effective teaching strategies that may be applied to diverse content successfully at the bedside. Essential bundle componentsContinue reading
Incorporation of QSEN Competencies in Clinical
The QSEN project provides direction for the nursing faculty to transform students’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Incorporating QSEN competencies into an ADN clinical project fosters awareness for positive outcomesContinue reading
The Jigsaw Teaching Strategy: Maximizing Opportunities for Students to Explore QSEN Competencies Across Clinical Sites
Strategy Overview: A typical early-intermediate didactic nursing course is divided into clinical groups of approximately 6-8 students, with each clinical group typically assigned to a specific clinical location or unitContinue reading
Admission Health History: Assessment Pocket Card
The Admission Health History: Assessment Pocket Card is clinical tool that was collaboratively developed by an undergraduate nursing student and faculty member. This tool is intended to promote quality, safe,Continue reading
The Role of a Registered Nurse in an MCI (Mass Casualty Incident)
For this activity, students will learn about the Principles of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness. Advance readings of the chapter from a reference was assigned to students with emphasis on theContinue reading
Teaching Concepts of Transitional Care in an Adult/Gerontology Critical Care Clinical
It is common for students in an acute care clinical to be assigned to a different patient each week. Often this is for one 8-hour shift or at most, twoContinue reading
The Faculty Checklist Manifesto: Utilizing a QSEN based orientation checklist for the first day of a clinical rotation
Relevance Standardized Checklists for clinical orientation are not found in the nursing journal literature. Therefore, many clinical faculty will develop their own checklist as well as, perform a scavenger huntContinue reading
Academia – Practice Partnership: Integration of QI Capstone Projects in a Clinical Setting
The Capstone project is the culminating academic experience for the RN to BSN completion program students provide the opportunity to explore an issue in conjunction with their nurse manager, department,Continue reading
The Pop-Up Coffee House: Safely Promoting Relaxation and Social Interaction During Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinicals
Facilitating psycho-social and psycho-educational patient groups is often required by students during their Psychiatric-Mental Health clinicals. Although these groups have typically focused on arts and crafts or simple discussions toContinue reading