Students were asked to troubleshoot cardiac function problems demonstrated with an aquarium and pump. The following principles were demonstrated: First, the aquarium pump is electrical. Therefore, the pump must beContinue reading
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Medication Administration Activity (Competency Assessment)
This medication activity presents the student with a SBAR report, VS, labs and a MAR with 3-4 medications listed. Students must evaluate client data and identify concerns for medication administration.Continue reading
Mind Mapping: An Active Classroom Learning Strategy
The purpose of this in-class mind mapping activity is to introduce nursing students in a nursing course to explore a variety of concepts of nurses’ ways of knowing in professionalContinue reading
Making QSEN Visible in the Classroom: Innovative use of In-Class Care Mapping Activity
The purpose of this collaborative in-class care mapping activity is to introduce nursing students in a first level nursing sequence course the concept of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Students develop aContinue reading
Quality-Safety Project Poster
The Quality-Safety Project Poster is an activity designed to expose students to the following processes: 1) identifying a quality-safety problem in the clinical arena; 2) using quality tools to analyzeContinue reading
Unfolding Case Study: Applying the QSEN Competencies to the Care of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Students will be instructed to review information on Parkinson’s Disease prior to class by visiting the National Parkinson’s Disease website http://www.parkinson.org/parkinson-s-disease.aspx. This unfolding case study powerpoint presentation will be providedContinue reading
Clinical Integration of QSEN Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Clinical Instructors and Preceptors in Operating Rooms
Students work with a consistent preceptor in a clinical setting two days/week during a seven week time period. The students come to clinical 6 of these weeks with a QSENContinue reading
Hand-off Strategies for Maternity (L&D/MBC) Clinical Practice: SBAR/Assessment Tools and More Effective Hand-off Timing
A hand-off is a transfer and acceptance of patient care responsibility achieved through effective communication. It is a real-time process of passing patient specific information from one caregiver to anotherContinue reading
Introducing Beginning Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Students to the QSEN Competencies Using a Round-Robin Teaching Strategy
The QSEN Round-Robin is an activity designed to introduce pre-licensure BSN students to the QSEN competencies during their first semester in the nursing program in our Introduction to Professional NursingContinue reading
Clinical Evaluation Tools embodying AACN BSN essentials and 6 QSEN KSAs
1) Students utilize the clinical evaluation tool to self-grade at midterm and final week. Clinical faculty agreement or recommend changes both at midterm and final week. 2) At Mid-term, aContinue reading