Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-03-18DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001846
Linda Deravin, Rebecca Keogh, Keden Montgomery, Louise Wells, Jayne Lawrence, Suzanne Querruel, Lorraine Rose, Karen Francis
{"title":"Success Strategies That Support First Nations Students in Undergraduate Nursing Programs: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Linda Deravin, Rebecca Keogh, Keden Montgomery, Louise Wells, Jayne Lawrence, Suzanne Querruel, Lorraine Rose, Karen Francis","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001846","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001846","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A strategy that may improve health outcomes for First Nations Peoples is to have greater representation of First Nations Peoples within the health care workforce. There are systemic issues within higher education institutions that impact recruitment, retention, and academic progression of First Nations nursing students entering and completing undergraduate programs, which contributes to a higher rate of attrition compared to their non-First Nations counterparts.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To establish what strategies support First Nations students to succeed within undergraduate nursing programs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A scoping review of 5 databases was utilized.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight papers were included in the review. Reflexive thematic analysis resulted in 4 themes: (1) social learning environments, (2) culturally safe places (3) embracing support, and (4) external impacts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite positive actions, attrition rates and prolonged course lengths continue to impact course progression for First Nations nursing students.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E134-E139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659637","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001859
Maureen J Baker, Cory Smith
{"title":"Let Them Choose: Empowering Students Through a HyFlex Learning Model.","authors":"Maureen J Baker, Cory Smith","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001859","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E174"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784617","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001824
Cori Heier, Ashley McMath
{"title":"Preparing for a Nursing Interview Through Active Learning Strategies.","authors":"Cori Heier, Ashley McMath","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001824","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001824","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"160"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016624","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001805
Kari A Firestone, Heidi Johnston, Jaclyn Portanova, Kim Dupree Jones
{"title":"Integrating Complex Pain Concepts Into Prelicensure Nursing Education: An Unfolding Case Study to Enhance Clinical Reasoning and Competency.","authors":"Kari A Firestone, Heidi Johnston, Jaclyn Portanova, Kim Dupree Jones","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001805","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unfolding case studies are an active learning strategy that help students integrate knowledge with practical experience, enhancing clinical judgment and easing their transition into professional practice.</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Chronic pain, a complex health issue, is often inadequately addressed in nursing curricula, leaving prelicensure nursing students unprepared to manage pain effectively in clinical practice, contributing to the academic-practice gap.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>Using an evidence matrix, faculty interviews, and syllabi analysis across 4 programs, gaps in chronic pain concepts were identified. A 4-term unfolding case study was developed to address these gaps, aligned with the American Association of College of Nursing Essentials and following a patient from acute to chronic pain transition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>By incorporating evidence-based, active learning strategies like an unfolding case study for a complex concept such as chronic pain management scaffolded across a curriculum, nurse educators can better prepare future nurses for practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"165-168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143450944","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001854
Susan L Huehn
{"title":"Application of the Clinical Judgment Model Utilizing Chat GPT.","authors":"Susan L Huehn","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001854","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143782083","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001855
Sarah Wallace
{"title":"Branching Out for Success: An Engaging Activity for Large Classroom Course Introductions.","authors":"Sarah Wallace","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001855","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765826","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}
{"title":"Transforming RN-Baccalaureate Education Using Insights From a National Faculty Needs Assessment.","authors":"Natalie Heywood, Rhonda Williams, Deborah Blackwell, Tiffany Hommes, Sherri Franklin, Lynn Stover Nichols","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001794","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The recent American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials revision emphasizes direct clinical experiences across 4 spheres of care in RN-Baccalaureate (RN-B) education, creating challenges for online, asynchronous programs. Differentiating between prelicensure and postlicensure education complicates the integration of these requirements. Understanding RN-B faculty needs is critical for curricular transformation.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This needs assessment examines challenges faced by RN-B faculty in integrating the AACN Essentials into nursing curricula and provides resources critical for the transition to them.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A web-based needs assessment was conducted with RN-B faculty across the United States. It included a demographic questionnaire, 5 quantitative questions, and 3 qualitative items.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The assessment revealed a need for enhanced academic support, resources, communication, and collaboration to facilitate implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This article offers insights, recommendations, and resources for RN-B faculty engaged in curricular transformation, emphasizing targeted support for adopting the AACN Essentials .</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E164-E168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069622","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001820
Paula Julian
{"title":"A Socio-Cognitive Approach to Increasing Mindfulness in a Transcultural Health Course for Nursing Students.","authors":"Paula Julian","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001820","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001820","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E133"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016608","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 : 2025-05-01Epub Date: 2025-01-07DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001798
Christine A Schindler, Jill C Kuester, Jennifer K Pfister, Katie L McDermott
{"title":"Building Health Policy Advocacy Expertise in Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Through Civic-Based Experiential Learning.","authors":"Christine A Schindler, Jill C Kuester, Jennifer K Pfister, Katie L McDermott","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001798","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many nurses work largely as policy implementers rather than policy developers. The literature posits several multifaceted reasons for this lack of policy acumen including interprofessional power dynamics, marginalization of nurses in policy making, and lack of formal training in public policy advocacy.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the impact of a targeted teaching strategy on increasing political astuteness, perceived skill, and comfort in health policy advocacy among a cohort of acute care pediatric nurse practitioner students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Curriculum assessment data were collected using the Political Astuteness Inventory, pre- and postclass discussions, and written reflections. Results: This curriculum evaluation suggests that specific policy and advocacy training coupled with civic-based experiential learning increased graduate nursing students' political astuteness as well as increased their perceived skill and comfort with health policy advocacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Targeted training is an important step in giving nurses the needed tools to work for equitable health care policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E158-E163"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142959110","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}