{"title":"Faculty-Librarian Collaboration to Enhance Information Literacy Skills in an Online Nursing Course.","authors":"Sally Mahmoud, Tessa Withorn","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001145","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article describes an exemplary collaboration in which a librarian was fully embedded in beginner undergraduate nursing courses in a baccalaureate nursing program. The goal was to increase academic help-seeking behaviors and information literacy skills. Students benefited from the intervention and increasingly demonstrated the use of better sources for their evidence-based practice assignments. Library tutorials were permanently integrated into the courses. A collaborative approach to designing research assignments allowed the librarian and nursing faculty to lay a foundation of information literacy in the nursing program and encourage academic help-seeking behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":"379-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10125766","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":"Methodologies in Nursing Education Research: The Blueprint to Advance Nursing Education and Practice.","authors":"Linda M Hollinger-Smith","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001346","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001346","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":"45 6","pages":"383-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510410","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}
Cori Heier, Cara A Busenhart, Shin Hye Park, Ericka Sanner-Stiehr, Joanna Brooks, Heather Nelson-Brantley
{"title":"Leadership Behaviors That Impact Nurse Faculty Job Satisfaction: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.","authors":"Cori Heier, Cara A Busenhart, Shin Hye Park, Ericka Sanner-Stiehr, Joanna Brooks, Heather Nelson-Brantley","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001335","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001335","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of the study was to identify specific actionable behaviors academic nurse leaders can implement to improve nurse faculty job satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The nurse faculty shortage is a persistent and worsening problem, with job dissatisfaction a significant contributor in the United States. However, little is known about actionable behaviors academic nurse leaders can do to improve nurse faculty job satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Qualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 nurse faculty. Inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze and interpret the interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four themes emerged about academic nurse leader behavior: 1) build relationships with leaders and faculty, 2) create an environment where autonomy is valued, 3) facilitate faculty growth and development, and 4) serve as a role model.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Effective leadership contributes to nurse faculty job satisfaction. Academic nurse leaders need to be aware of their influential behaviors and intentionally contribute to creating a workplace environment that promotes nurse faculty job satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":"45 6","pages":"E36-E41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510409","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 Team-Based Learning on the Development of Critical Thinking Disposition in Entry-Level Master's Nursing Students.","authors":"Ragi George","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001229","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Team-based learning (TBL) is an evidence-based teaching-learning strategy increasingly used in nursing education to improve student learning outcomes. Few studies have focused on its effects on the critical thinking disposition of second-degree nursing students enrolled in accelerated, entry-level master's programs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of TBL on the critical thinking disposition of entry-level master's nursing students. Critical thinking disposition scores did not significantly improve, but students' confidence in reasoning skills and intellectual curiosity were strengthened, suggesting that TBL is an instructional strategy worth pursuing in entry-level master's nursing programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":"363-365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139479456","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":"Promoting Competence in Nursing and Pharmacy Interprofessional Collaboration Through Telehealth Simulation.","authors":"Rebecca G Davis, Miranda M Smith","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001208","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Competence in interprofessional collaboration is essential for safe patient outcomes. This study examined the impact of an interprofessional telehealth pharmacology simulation on prelicensure nursing and pharmacy students' perceptions of interprofessional roles. A pretest-posttest design was used to compare participants' perceptions of interprofessional roles prior to and following the simulation. Data were collected using the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS). Paired-samples t -tests showed statistically significant increases in scores for both the full IEPS ( n = 99) and two subscales, Competency and Autonomy ( n = 99) and Perception of Actual Cooperation ( n = 99). Nurse educators should provide regular interprofessional experiences to foster learners' competence in interprofessional collaboration and communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":"369-371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72015716","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":"You Cannot Search the Literature Using Artificial Intelligence, and This Is Why.","authors":"Marilyn H Oermann","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001344","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001344","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":"45 6","pages":"337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477665","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}
Georgianna Scott, Teresa Bowers, Shelli P Gibbs, Joan M Creed, Leigh B Pate
{"title":"Ready. Set. Game: Using Nursing Knowledge to Escape the Virtual Room in the Didactic Setting.","authors":"Georgianna Scott, Teresa Bowers, Shelli P Gibbs, Joan M Creed, Leigh B Pate","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001162","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Most virtual escape rooms are built using Google documents that ask a series of questions; our faculty team wanted to provide a more interactive experience in a large classroom and created a virtual escape room that mimicked the Next Generation NCLEX testing platform. Each room contained a case study with multiple-choice questions. Seventy-three of 98 possible students completed the escape room survey. All recommended this activity to other students, and 91 percent said they preferred the game format more than the lecture format. Virtual escape rooms are interactive, engaging, and can be used successfully to bridge theory to practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":"381-382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9748996","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":"VoiceThread in Nursing Education: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Heather Hawk, Michael Coriasco","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001339","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This scoping study aimed to identify the applications for VoiceThread in nursing education.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>VoiceThread can facilitate collaboration through asynchronous sharing of presentations, images, and videos. To date, no knowledge synthesis exists to inform nurse educators' use of this technology.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using the Updated Methodological Guidance for the Conduct of Scoping Reviews, relevant published articles and gray literature were identified through a standardized search and selection process, followed by data synthesis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-two sources described applications including student presentations, asynchronous discussions, case studies, and instructor lectures. VoiceThread is well accepted by students and faculty with few barriers to its use. There is limited scientific rigor in studies that measured efficacy; most sources did not evaluate the efficacy of VoiceThread.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Considering its many applications, more evidence is needed about the effectiveness of VoiceThread in nursing education.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":"45 6","pages":"E47-E53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142510412","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":"Effectiveness of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations and Standardized Patient Simulations for Increasing Learner Knowledge in Family Nurse Practitioner Education: A Systematic Review of the Literature.","authors":"Sean Sibley, Kelley Strout, Jennifer Bonnet","doi":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001280","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of using objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and standardized patient (SP) simulations in family nurse practitioner (FNP) education to increase students' knowledge and skill competency.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Many programs use OSCE and SP simulation, but there is limited empirical data demonstrating their effectiveness for Kirkpatrick's level of learning.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A systematic search of published and unpublished literature was conducted in seven databases/registries in February 2023. Quantitative, experimental studies and quasi-experimental studies with comparison and explicit FNP learner population were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 4,442 records, zero studies met the inclusion criteria. Some studies with eligible designs investigated different populations (e.g., acute care nurse practitioner, prelicensure students).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The absence of included studies in this systematic review upholds the established need for continued investigation and can be used to support funding opportunities addressing this critical gap in nursing education science.</p>","PeriodicalId":47651,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Education Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":"E42-E46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141297032","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}