{"title":"Reflections on the Global and National Impact of the NLN: We Do Have the Power to Change the World.","authors":"Patricia A Sharpnack","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001456","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shinu Joy, Kimberly Rumsey, Juan Feng, Morgan Cangelosi, Margaret Touw, Dwayne More
{"title":"Enhancing Content Application in Prelicensure Nursing Through Telehealth.","authors":"Shinu Joy, Kimberly Rumsey, Juan Feng, Morgan Cangelosi, Margaret Touw, Dwayne More","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001450","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Telehealth allows for realistic, problem-based scenarios to enhance students' clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills. Medical-surgical II and mental health faculty collaborated on a telehealth learning activity for second-semester prelicensure nursing students. The activity assessed students' (N = 596) ability to recognize the relationship between courses when caring for patients and evaluated the effectiveness of standardized patient telehealth compared to traditional simulation and clinical experiences. Most students (90%) stated the telehealth activity effectively bridged concepts between courses, and 82% found it more advantageous than traditional methods. Telehealth prepares students for the evolving health care setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephanie L Schaller, Teresa Bowers, Lonnie J Rosier, Kate K Chappell
{"title":"Innovating Nursing Education Through 3D Technology: Development of a Congenital Heart Defect Model.","authors":"Stephanie L Schaller, Teresa Bowers, Lonnie J Rosier, Kate K Chappell","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Nurse educators have a unique capacity to push innovation by combining clinical expertise with emerging technologies. Using three-dimensional printed manipulatives to teach complex topics such as congenital heart defect management can deepen students' understanding of patient conditions and interventions through enhanced visual and kinesthetic interactions. Advancing such innovations requires collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to navigate technical development and patenting. A structured approach to pilot testing and refinement ensures the transition from concept to sustainable practice. By leveraging technology and purposeful planning, nurse educators can bring an idea to fruition, equipping students with deeper insights and improved clinical judgment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacey Walker, Ashley Scism, Jamie Adam, Angela Lane, Tammy Legge
{"title":"Nursing Grand Rounds: A Tool for Improving Clinical Judgment in Prelicensure Nursing Students.","authors":"Jacey Walker, Ashley Scism, Jamie Adam, Angela Lane, Tammy Legge","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001449","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Nursing Grand Rounds is an innovative, faculty-led teaching strategy designed to enhance clinical judgment in nursing students by using the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and Next Generation NCLEX scenarios. During monthly voluntary sessions, students engaged in active learning, cross-level mentoring, and expert-facilitated debriefings. The initiative successfully fostered critical thinking, collaborative learning, and higher-level cognitive skills. Positive student feedback highlights its potential as a low-stakes but high-impact approach to teaching clinical judgment to nursing students of all levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual Interprofessional Education Ideas for Nurse Practitioner Faculty.","authors":"Jacklyn S DelPrete","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Two virtual and hybrid interprofessional education (IPE) activities involving family nurse practitioner (FNP) and adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP) students were conducted in an online graduate nursing program. One activity included FNP and AGPCNP and undergraduate sonography students; the other activity included the nurse practitioner students and undergraduate BSN students. These case studies highlight the possibilities of virtual interprofessional activities in graduate nursing education and how such activities can meet program competencies and student learning outcomes. Graduate faculty can replicate these scenarios or use them as inspiration for future IPE activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Situational Awareness in Clinical Settings Using the GREAT Mnemonic.","authors":"Emily C Evans","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Nursing students preparing for the clinical setting have many assessment skills to learn. Situational awareness, or the ability to quickly assess a patient care situation for safety and immediate need, is one of the first assessment skills nurses use, but its development is often overlooked or assumed. The GREAT mnemonic was developed as an easy and straightforward way to help students remember some of the most critical elements of patient safety and quality assessment in the initial moments of any patient encounter.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Evolution of HyFlex Offerings Through Personalized Learning.","authors":"Matthew D Byrne","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001455","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of the Undergraduate Clinical Learning Environment on Maternal-Child Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy.","authors":"Christina Lightner","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic required nursing education to quickly transition from in-person clinical learning experiences to alternatives, including screen-based simulation. Evidence is lacking to support replacing in-person clinical hours with screen-based simulation. Guided by self-efficacy and deliberate practice theories, a voluntary, anonymous survey used the Obstetric Nursing Self-Efficacy Scale to evaluate the impact of screen-based simulation amount on nursing students' (n = 381) self-efficacy. A simple linear regression analysis revealed decreased self-efficacy as screen-based simulation hours increased (p < .001). Screen-based simulation should supplement in-person maternal-child clinical hours and not replace them.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing Students' Medication Administration Skills and Clinical Judgment: Escape Room Versus High-Fidelity Simulations.","authors":"Colette B Waddill, C Elise Thompson","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001440","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>There is minimal evidence about the effectiveness of using escape room simulation (ERS) for teaching skill and clinical judgment competencies in medication administration (MA). This study compared the effectiveness of an ERS with high-fidelity simulation for teaching MA competencies in a sample of 116 students. A summative simulation showed that both were effective. Skills-only lab practice using the five rights of MA was then compared to process integration lab practice requiring application of clinical reasoning to inform decision-making; both groups had 58 students. Statistically significant increases in skill competency/clinical judgment were found with process integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144691974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Cases to Confidence: Developing Diagnostic Reasoning Skills Through Collaborative Learning in Graduate Nursing Education.","authors":"Michelle L Jackson","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Teaching diagnostic reasoning to graduate nursing students is both essential and challenging, particularly in asynchronous environments where absence of real-time interaction requires innovative strategies to engage students and support the development of clinical application skills. The innovation detailed in this article demonstrates a collaborative learning approach using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated cases to simulate clinical scenarios and cultivate diagnostic reasoning in first-year advanced practice provider students. Pre- and post-assessments showed increased confidence; qualitative reflections emphasized the value of peer collaboration. This innovative model demonstrates how collaborative learning, supported by AI, can transform clinical education in asynchronous nursing programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144691972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}