Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001790
Michelle E Bussard, Lisa A Jacobs, Sarah A Mahoney, Lacey L Davis, Annette M Oberhaus, Patrick Lavoie
{"title":"Development of Clinical Judgment in Prelicensure Nursing Students Through Simulation: A Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Michelle E Bussard, Lisa A Jacobs, Sarah A Mahoney, Lacey L Davis, Annette M Oberhaus, Patrick Lavoie","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001790","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a lack of longitudinal studies measuring student progression in clinical judgment. Previous studies measured gains in clinical judgment after 1 intervention or over 1 semester.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study evaluated the development and progression of clinical judgment in simulation throughout a prelicensure bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program using the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric (LCJR).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective longitudinal study evaluated clinical judgment using the LCJR over 4 semesters, with a sample of 53 prelicensure nursing students. Each student had 18 simulation scores recorded during the study. A linear mixed model was employed to compare LCJR average scores from the beginning to the end of the program and across each semester.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighteen simulations were reviewed among 4 nursing courses. LCJR scores increased progressively from the first to the fourth semester.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Students showed progression of clinical judgment throughout a BSN curriculum using the LCJR as an assessment tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001781
Jennifer Forbush, Chris A Fortney
{"title":"Use of Experiential Learning in Undergraduate Community Health Curriculum: Adverse Childhood Events and Trauma-informed Care.","authors":"Jennifer Forbush, Chris A Fortney","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001781","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001785
Sara Lewandowski
{"title":"Teaching Clinical Judgment in the Classroom: The \"Clinical Judgment Pause\" Technique.","authors":"Sara Lewandowski","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001785","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-22DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001776
Ghareeb Bahari
{"title":"Key Factors Supporting Nursing Students' Academic Success and Recommendations to Enhance Learning Outcomes.","authors":"Ghareeb Bahari","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001776","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding the factors that contribute to nursing students' low self-efficacy and high stress levels is necessary to improve educational practices.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine the impact of self-efficacy and demographic factors on nursing students' stress levels and academic success and to provide strategic recommendations for nurse educators.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study included data of 145 nursing students collected using a structured questionnaire that assesses self-efficacy, stress, and covariates. Bivariate and multivariate tests were conducted to explore potential relationships among variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated significant relationships among self-efficacy, stress, and demographic factors. While self-efficacy levels were influenced by gender and marital status, stress levels appeared to be affected by gender, age, and the academic semester. Self-efficacy and stress among nursing students were also significantly associated.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nurse educators should develop a supportive learning environment, better mentorship programs, and effective mental health awareness to improve students' confidence and academic success.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142712029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001613
Jennifer Chicca, Teresa Shellenbarger
{"title":"Boosting the High Performer.","authors":"Jennifer Chicca, Teresa Shellenbarger","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001613","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-05DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001618
Betsy M McDowell
{"title":"Student Survey of Pediatric Home Safety.","authors":"Betsy M McDowell","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001618","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001618","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001683
Vicki Moran, Margaret Bultas, Cathleen Evans, Teresa A Wenner, Heidi Israel, Kelli Fuller
{"title":"Examination of the Relationship Between Clinical Hours and NCLEX Success.","authors":"Vicki Moran, Margaret Bultas, Cathleen Evans, Teresa A Wenner, Heidi Israel, Kelli Fuller","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001683","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clinical education provides important learning opportunities for students. Finding clinical sites and faculty can be a challenge. Exploring the relationship between the number of clinical practice hours and NCLEX-RN success may be helpful for curriculum development and revision.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive information about clinical education in RN programs and determine if a relationship existed between the number of clinical hours and NCLEX-RN pass rate.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A descriptive research design using a survey was sent to over 1000 accredited nursing programs in the United States.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and fourteen surveys were completed. When comparing 2021 NCLEX-RN pass rates with clinical hours, there was a statistically significant difference at the 500 clinical hour interval.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nursing programs can ensure fiduciary responsibility while supporting clinical judgment development and licensure success by reviewing their curriculum and reconsidering the number of clinical hours in their programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E355-E359"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001704
Michelle E Bussard, Lisa Jacobs
{"title":"Assessing Clinical Judgment and AACN Domains in Self-Reflection of Video Recorded High-Fidelity Simulation Scenarios.","authors":"Michelle E Bussard, Lisa Jacobs","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001704","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001704","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clinical judgment is the hallmark of safe patient care. Nurse educators continue to explore best practices to assist prelicensure nursing students in developing clinical judgment.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The 3-part purpose of this study was to identify what students learned about themselves related to clinical judgment after viewing their video-recorded high-fidelity simulation scenarios, to assess if video recording is an effective post-debriefing teaching strategy, and to evaluate if the 2021 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Domains can be assessed longitudinally.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative interpretive description study of 37 prelicensure nursing students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten codes were derived from 314 excerpts: communication, body language, confidence in self, putting data together, collaboration, leadership, safety, skillfulness, areas of improvement, and growth.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Longitudinal data showcased the development of clinical judgment, effectiveness of self-evaluation of video recorded simulations as a teaching strategy, and assessment of 5 AACN Domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"327-332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-04DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001675
Irene Yuen Fung Wong, Tyrone Tai On Kwok, Leona Yuen Ling Leung, Yvonne Hon Ling Lam, Gary Long Hei So
{"title":"Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation for Learning Fundamental Nursing Skills: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Irene Yuen Fung Wong, Tyrone Tai On Kwok, Leona Yuen Ling Leung, Yvonne Hon Ling Lam, Gary Long Hei So","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001675","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Literature showed that learners' perceived usability and perspective toward a technology application affected their learning experience. Fewer studies have investigated immersive virtual reality (IVR) simulation learning of fundamental nursing skills learning (FNSL).</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of the study was to explore the perceived usability of IVR simulations for FNSL among first-year nursing students and their perspectives toward this learning modality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a mixed-methods design with an educational intervention. Sixty-five first-year nursing students participated in 2 IVR simulation procedures in complementary mode. Surveys and focus groups were conducted in the postintervention period.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings demonstrated students' positive inclinations toward IVR simulation learning. Two areas emerged: using IVR simulation as a complementary modality for FNSL and barriers affecting students' perceived usability toward this technology.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With addressing the concerns from students' perceived usability, immersive virtual reality simulation could be a potential complementary modality for FNSL.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E321-E326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-11DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001681
Bill Buron, Cassy Abbott Eng, Alison Eagleton
{"title":"Reimagining the Future of Clinical Nursing Education: A Cohort Partnership Model.","authors":"Bill Buron, Cassy Abbott Eng, Alison Eagleton","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001681","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001681","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the demand for registered nurses increases, innovative methods for stabilizing, improving, and ensuring the longevity of quality clinical nursing education should be considered. Traditionally, full-time nursing faculty teach nursing students in clinical settings.</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Considering the impending nurse educator crisis, characterized by increasing demands on a dwindling nursing faculty, traditional approaches to clinical nursing education are no longer feasible.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>A new clinical cohort model (CCM), developed from an academic/health system partnership, is proposed as an innovative approach to future clinical nursing education.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>CCM implementation resulted in a significant reduction in the cost of educating nursing students. The health care system noted a 100% postgraduation 2-year retention rate among cohort students. Nursing students overwhelmingly expressed satisfaction, comfort, and new opportunities through participation in the CCM.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This new CCM has significant benefits for schools of nursing, health care systems, and nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"321-326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141322020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}