Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001775
Sara Hubbell, Crystal Dodson, Lorie Sigmon, Diane Parker, Susan Young, Amanda Culp-Roche, Lecia Reardon, Stephanie Duea, Erin Wax, Coleen O'Brien, Shannon Ford
{"title":"Collaborative Section-Based DNP Project Faculty Workload Model.","authors":"Sara Hubbell, Crystal Dodson, Lorie Sigmon, Diane Parker, Susan Young, Amanda Culp-Roche, Lecia Reardon, Stephanie Duea, Erin Wax, Coleen O'Brien, Shannon Ford","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001775","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree culminates in the DNP project, a scholarly project aimed at enhancing health care systems aligned with national standards. While DNP projects are valued, they pose challenges due to resource-intensive demands including faculty time and effort.</p><p><strong>Problem: </strong>Faculty workload models related to DNP projects have not kept pace with increasing enrollment and program expectations.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>Consistent with national standards, a large public university convened a task force to examine faculty workload relative to DNP projects and to devise a more equitable and realistic model.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Task force output led to the creation of the Collaborative Section-Based Faculty Workload Model that resulted in increases in faculty satisfaction, retention, and student mentorship, while maintaining DNP project rigor.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Collaborative Section-Based Faculty Workload Model responds to the challenge of balancing DNP project oversight with increasing time demands on faculty and increasing enrollment.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"90-93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142712028","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001786
Kathryn Konrad, Jessica Cotton
{"title":"Using Practice Bulletins in Transition to Practice.","authors":"Kathryn Konrad, Jessica Cotton","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001786","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001786","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142803538","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001801
Susan A Seibert
{"title":"Are You an Optimistic Grader?","authors":"Susan A Seibert","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001801","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001801","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142847857","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001748
Laura Liggett, Brandi Snow
{"title":"Triage Tabletop: Exploring Prioritization and the Dynamics of Clinical Decision-Making in Acute Care.","authors":"Laura Liggett, Brandi Snow","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001748","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001748","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373587","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-25DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001761
Eda Ozkara San, Katherine A Marx, Gina Robertiello, Jennifer L Nahum, Jinyu Hu, Natalya Pasklinsky, Beth Latimer
{"title":"Associations Between Nursing Students' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes and Participation in Experiential Learning on Care for People With Disabilities.","authors":"Eda Ozkara San, Katherine A Marx, Gina Robertiello, Jennifer L Nahum, Jinyu Hu, Natalya Pasklinsky, Beth Latimer","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001761","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Experiential learning activities on care for people with disabilities (PWD) would help nursing students develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed to provide quality care for PWD.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceived changes in nursing students' KSAs related to the care for PWD following participation in health assessment and prevention (HAP) experiential learning activities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a quasi-experimental, pre- and posttest educational intervention study. Nursing students (n = 160) attended multiple experiential learning activities as a required part of their HAP coursework and completed a pre and posttest survey to assess changes in their KSAs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participation in experiential learning activities on care for PWD was associated with significant increases in perceived knowledge, skills and positive attitudes toward PWD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Experiential learning activities aligned with core competencies for health care providers caring for PWDs have the potential to change nursing care and address health inequities for this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"73-78"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513139","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":"Leveraging Narrative Reflective Writing to Teach Nursing Students About Social Determinants of Health by Harnessing \"Small Moments\".","authors":"Lalita Kaligotla, Shankar Bhat, Roxana Chicas, Jasmine Irish, Carrie McDermott, Rebekah Chance-Revels","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001763","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is increasing recognition that social determinants of health (SDOH) profoundly affect health outcomes. Frontline nurses must grasp how SDOH shape health disparities and inequities.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This paper describes an innovative pedagogical approach that leverages didactic, experiential, and reflective methods, specifically a \"small moments\" writing activity, to enhance students' understanding of SDOH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nursing students (n = 135) from a southeastern U.S. university participated in the activity, and 72 provided consent for inclusion in this analysis. Themes related to students' understanding of SDOH were identified, and implications for nursing practice were considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This integrative approach deepened students' understanding of SDOH. Narratives highlighted economic instability, cultural barriers, and systemic inequities as drivers of health disparities. Students described greater awareness, empathy, and culturally competent care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Student narratives showed evidence of critical thinking, empathy, and advocacy, crucial skills for addressing health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11850011/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142734744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurse EducatorPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-31DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001757
Rachel Richmond, Joanne Noone, Heather Voss, Aina Hale, Marilyn Gran-Moravec
{"title":"Development of Undergraduate Competencies in Caring for People Experiencing Homelessness.","authors":"Rachel Richmond, Joanne Noone, Heather Voss, Aina Hale, Marilyn Gran-Moravec","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001757","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurses play a critical role in reducing health inequities in people experiencing homelessness (PEH), a key social determinant of health. Health disparities specific to PEH are exacerbated by numerous factors, including bias, stigma, and a lack of nursing competency in caring for PEH.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to validate registered nurse key competencies; associated knowledge, skills, and attitudes; and concepts, content, and learning activities to serve as an educational framework in providing care for PEH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-four nursing experts on the care of PEH rated draft competency and subcompetency statements for relevance and clarity, proposed revisions and missing competencies, and identified essential and useful content, concepts, and learning activities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four key competencies, 38 subcompetencies, and associated concepts, content, and learning activities were validated by the experts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This framework can be used to guide curricular development across nursing programs to advance health equity for PEH.</p>","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"E80-E84"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548960","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 : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001787
April Folgert, Kerry DeGroot
{"title":"Using AI-Generated Podcasts as an Adjunct to Traditional Teaching Strategies.","authors":"April Folgert, Kerry DeGroot","doi":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001787","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NNE.0000000000001787","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54706,"journal":{"name":"Nurse Educator","volume":" ","pages":"78"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142792869","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}