{"title":"Immersive Technologies and Disaster Nursing Education.","authors":"Catherine Fant","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-01","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Immersive technologies, augmented and virtual reality, can be key to nursing students learning emergency response skills necessary in a disaster. Both augmented and virtual reality provide a sense of realism critical to learning that is not possible from practice drill skills. Emergency response agencies have used these technologies with positive results.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Evidenced-based research was reviewed to elicit disaster preparedness, technical aspects of these technologies, and how they have been used in nursing education and emergency response agencies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Immersive technologies are viable choices for educating nursing student emergency response skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Students were positive about using these technologies, which can improve knowledge and student engagement, increase levels of self-efficacy, and promote creativity and problem solving. Students can practice any time as instructors are not required in the safe, controlled learning environment, which builds on tech-savvy students' skills. Physiological and psychological changes that may occur with virtual technology require investigation and follow-up. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):269-272.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"269-272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796941","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}
Shawna M Sisler, Richard MacIntyre, Linda Fahey, Linda MacIntyre
{"title":"Developing Disaster Nursing Competencies Through Academic Service-Learning.","authors":"Shawna M Sisler, Richard MacIntyre, Linda Fahey, Linda MacIntyre","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-03","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-03","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the <i>Future of Nursing 2030</i> report emphasize the need for nursing students' competence in disaster care. Academic service-learning is a practical pedagogical approach for developing these skills that bolsters population health and leadership competencies.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The Red Cross developed nine Academic Service-Learning (AS-L) modules that integrate training and hands-on experiences in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, well-being, diverse blood donation, case management, and immunizations and global health. Self-scored pre- and postquestions were developed to assess students' knowledge and confidence in skill application.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ongoing evaluation shows promising preliminary results in student learning and community engagement. Active faculty participation significantly improved student learning outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Red Cross AS-L initiative augments nursing students' disaster and community health competencies through practical training and immersive experiences that align with evolving health care needs and AACN competencies. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):265-268.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"265-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797563","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":"Strengthening Disaster Nursing Competencies Through Service-Learning and Multiagency Partnerships.","authors":"Noriel P Calaguas","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As disasters increase globally, there is a critical need to enhance disaster nursing competencies. This article presents integrating service-learning (SL) with multiagency collaboration in disaster nursing education.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A structured educational framework was developed that incorporated SL and multiagency partnerships into the disaster nursing curriculum, focusing on partnership development, curriculum alignment, and project execution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Implementing this approach can enhance student competencies and award relevant microcredentials in disaster response. Partner communities reported improved preparedness, resilience, and strengthened partnerships, fostering sustainable, community-driven disaster readiness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Integrating SL and multiagency collaboration in disaster nursing education effectively builds student competencies and community disaster readiness, providing a scalable model for enhancing educational outcomes and societal resilience in disaster-prone areas. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):259-263.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"259-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797292","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}
Bryce Catarelli, T Jennifer Boneta, Karen G Schofield, Shari Huffman, Michelle Ann Plourde, Staccie Anne Allen, Taylor Nichole Smith
{"title":"Leveraging an Academic-Clinical Partnership to Enhance Undergraduate Nursing Disaster Education.","authors":"Bryce Catarelli, T Jennifer Boneta, Karen G Schofield, Shari Huffman, Michelle Ann Plourde, Staccie Anne Allen, Taylor Nichole Smith","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241121-02","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241121-02","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurses are essential team members during emergency responses. Fundamental disaster knowledge and skills are vital to respond effectively in disaster situations; however, nursing curricula often do not incorporate this content sufficiently.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Faculty partnered with nursing leaders within an academic-clinical partnership (ACP) to update disaster content for relevancy, create new classroom learning activities, and design and implement an immersive on-site learning experience. Students completed a voluntary survey following the experience.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Students (<i>n</i> = 50) rated the learning experiences as very helpful and highly recommended faculty continue to offer similar experiences in future course iterations. Qualitative feedback highlighted the value of hands-on experience, effects on future careers, and appreciation for content relevancy. Faculty and clinical partners affirmed the relevance and value of the revised content and experience.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Leveraging ACPs within undergraduate nursing education can facilitate and enhance the delivery of content related to disaster management and emergency preparedness. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):251-254.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"251-254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797276","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":"Old Case, New Tricks: Transforming Antimicrobial Education for Disaster Preparedness.","authors":"Rachel C Simms","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-04","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241122-04","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recent pandemics underscore the need to update teaching tools with relevant scenarios, preparing nursing students for future global health challenges.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An antimicrobial stewardship case study was adapted to include pandemic scenarios in an accelerated nursing program, focusing on a fictional pandemic caused by Endurabacillus pandemica, a multidrug-resistant organism.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 12 students, 8 (67%) reported increased awareness of disaster preparedness, 9 (75%) believed the scenarios effectively illustrated nurses' roles, and 10 (83%) agreed the scenarios accurately depicted challenges of managing resistant bacteria during a pandemic. Ten students (83%) reported the scenarios were engaging, and 11 (91%) found scenarios useful for applying pharmacological concepts. Qualitative feedback commended the realistic scenario progression and decision-making aspects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Incorporating pandemic elements into case studies enriches nursing education with realistic experiences, preparing students for future challenges and integrating disaster preparedness without requiring entirely new content. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):255-257.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"255-257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797286","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}
Peggy P Hill, Desiree A Díaz, Leslee A D'Amato-Kubiet
{"title":"Disaster! The Effects of a Large-Scale Simulation on Nursing Students' Disaster Competence.","authors":"Peggy P Hill, Desiree A Díaz, Leslee A D'Amato-Kubiet","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241125-01","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241125-01","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nursing education often relegates disaster training to didactic, resulting in nurses who lack the competencies needed for mass-casualty responses.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In this quasiexperimental exploratory study, senior nursing students (<i>n</i> = 44) rated disaster management competency using the Emergency Preparedness Inventory Questionnaire (EPIQ) before and after simulation-based education (SBE) and also provided insight that was analyzed for themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Paired samples t tests demonstrated significant differences with decreased overall familiarity reported post-SBE versus pre-SBE (<i>µ</i> = 1.15, <i>SD</i> = 1.04, <i>CI</i> = 0.82, <i>p</i> < .001). Themes included real-world, communication, empathy, and roles. True to Dunning-Kruger effect, post-SBE scores decreased from baseline, suggesting SBE enhanced students' ability to evaluate competency levels. Exploration of themes emphasized gains in empathy and communication.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Providing disaster SBE allows learners to better evaluate their competencies and learn how disasters affect patients and their families. Nurse educators should scaffold disaster management SBE throughout the curriculum to facilitate transition to practice. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):217-226.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"217-226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797566","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":"Erratum for \"Implementing Open Educational Resources: Lessons Learned\".","authors":"","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20250306-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250306-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796514","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":"Special Issue: Creating Competent Disaster Nurses.","authors":"Deborah S Adelman, Laura K Wood","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20250206-01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250206-01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"215-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797288","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":"Disaster Simulation in a Nursing Program: The Importance of Cultivating Resiliency.","authors":"Amy Dudley, Bhisnauth Churaman, Tammy Sadighi","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20241121-04","DOIUrl":"10.3928/01484834-20241121-04","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The ever-increasing occurrences of natural and human-caused disasters require assistance from health care professionals, and a focus on improving disaster training in nursing education has become essential. However, there is a distinct lack of how to cultivate strength and courage regarding roles in a disaster event.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A disaster exercise was created using standardized patients and manikin simulators to create a realistic scenario to strengthen essential disaster response skills and cultivate participant resiliency.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three lessons transpired in this order: common goals and partnerships, acknowledging uncertainty and a need for guidance, and an essential need to reframe and discuss burdensome and emotional reactions experienced.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A learning culture was observed during the prebriefing, disaster exercise, and debriefing, emphasizing readiness to care, promoting common goals and partnerships, and verbalization of reframing experiences as support strategies to cultivate resilience in nursing students. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(4):239-242.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":"64 4","pages":"239-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797565","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":"Development of a Social and Structural Determinants of Health Clinical Debriefing Guide.","authors":"Natalie Pool, Jenna Hluwood, Melissa Henry","doi":"10.3928/01484834-20250108-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250108-10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The social and structural determinants of health (SSDOH) should be threaded throughout prelicensure nursing curriculum. However, resources to support nursing instructors in fostering these skills in the clinical setting are lacking.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Development of an SSDOH-focused clinical debriefing guide occurred across several phases that included defining the problem, engaging clinical instructors, consulting the literature, and obtaining validation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Clinical instructors completed a survey about a draft SSDOH clinical debriefing guide. Descriptive analysis revealed 87% to 94% of the instructors found each component of the guide to be effective or very effective in facilitating learning about SSDOH. The likelihood of using the activities and prompts during future clinical experiences ranged from 91% to 97%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Teaching resources such as this debriefing guide may make SSDOH more explicit and meaningful for nursing students during postclinical debriefing as they develop the critical skills necessary to reduce health inequity. <b>[<i>J Nurs Educ</i>. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.]</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94241,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of nursing education","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607628","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}