The most common medications novice nursing students are administering in their first clinical experiences are: -anticoagulants -anti infectives – diuretics – opioids – mental health medications – antihypertensives – antidiabetics
Tag: Evidence-Based Practice
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
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
The Use of the EHR with the Interdisciplinary Team: Improving Quality and Safety
Students are divided into groups where they are assigned case study A or B. The( A )case has a negative patient outcome related to improper use of the EHR (electronicContinue reading
5 Minute Hand-off Report Rubric
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
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
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
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