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Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude in Nursing Students Oct 01, 2025

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For nursing students, a gratitude jar promotes mindfulness and gratitude by encouraging reflection on the positive aspects of their lives. Dr. Catherine Stubin introduced this method at the start of the semester in a Capstone course with undergraduate senior nursing students, aiming to cultivate a more mindful and appreciative attitude. Students maintained a daily gratitude jar as an at-home exercise, reflecting on the positives in their lives. At the semester's end, they were encouraged to read through their collected notes and reflect on what they were grateful for. Dr Stubin describes this strategy for promoting students' mental health wellness in the podcast and article and how it can be used in any undergraduate or graduate nursing course.

SimZones Approach to a Competency-Based Objective Structured Clinical Examination Sep 17, 2025

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In this podcast, Dr. Laura Klenke-Borgmann describes their reverse-engineered roadmap, using the SimZone system, to develop a competency based education simulation curriculum that culminated with an individual objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). OSCEs also were used to provide deliberate skill practice and small group simulation practice, leading to a summative OSCE. This approach (described further in their article) is a model for other nursing programs to implement competency-based curricula through leveled simulations and iterative learning.

Using Trauma Informed Approaches to Enhance Teaching and Learning Sep 17, 2025

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Students from diverse racial-ethnic groups or those who have encountered racism, discrimination, violence, or community unrest are more likely to experience trauma, which impacts their ability to learn. In this podcast and article, Dr. Rana Najjar, who is an expert in trauma-informed (TI) education, provides TI strategies that educators can use to address inequities and enhance the teaching and learning experience for students and faculty.

Learn about Nursology.net Sep 17, 2025

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In this podcast, Faith A. Tissot, RN, MSN-Ed, CCRN, a PhD student at Texas Woman's University, Houston, Texas, explains Nursology.net and the many resources on the website for nurse educators. Nursology.net supports educators in teaching and applying nursing theory and philosophy in both academia and clinical areas and provides many opportunities for collaboration, dialogue, and contributions from educators and nursing students. There also is an Education Exemplars page at https://nursology.net/exemplars/education-theory/.

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Simulation Sequencing Sep 17, 2025

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Standards for simulated patient encounters have been developed; however, the sequencing of simulation experiences has not been well-established. Sequencing purposefully manipulates the order of nursing content delivery including didactic, simulation, and clinical practice. Limited research has prevented the development of sequencing standards that may improve student learning. Learn more about simulation sequencing in this podcast with Brandy Falconer and the few studies that have been done.

Empathetic Communication Through a Choose your Own Adventure Game Sep 03, 2025

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Empathetic communication is a cornerstone of high-quality, patient-centered nursing care, especially in palliative end-of-life situations. Students report anxiety and uncertainty with having difficult conversations with patients in both the simulated and clinical setting. A Choose your Own Adventure Game allows students to explore different approaches to communication, receive immediate feedback, and experience the true impact of their words on patient outcomes. In this podcast and article, Judith Caroline Quick describes this approach and how it builds confidence in students, allowing them to practice without judgment before communicating with patients in the clinical setting.

Aligning DNP Student and Faculty Scholarship Outcomes Through a Faculty Retreat Sep 03, 2025

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Many faculty teaching in DNP programs lack preparation for guiding DNP student scholarship. A large multicampus college of nursing invested in an interdisciplinary DNP faculty development retreat to increase faculty scholarship and strengthen their ability to mentor DNP student projects. Positive outcomes of the retreat included participants' improved confidence in implementing evidence-based practice quality improvement (EBPQI) methods and an increase in DNP student and faculty publications. In this podcast and article, Drs. Jayne Dunlap and Julee Waldrop describe the retreat and include resources for readers to use in their own programs. They also explain the Mountain Model for EBPQI, which presents a new evidence-searching question as an alternative to the PICO. Their article is open access. Share their article widely with faculty teaching in your DNP program, with your students, and with other educators and clinicians.

How Night Clinicals for Students Build Resilient Nurses Sep 03, 2025

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Integrating night shift clinical experiences into nursing programs offers unique benefits, fostering essential skills often overlooked during daytime clinicals. For faculty considering this integration, the slower pace and distinct dynamics of night shifts provide diversity for professional growth opportunities among students. This podcast with Dr. Vanessa Segura presents a high-impact teaching strategy that helps students assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care in patients during the night shift. The podcast focuses on a comparison between day shift and night shift learning. Learn more about these experiences in Dr. Segura's Teaching Tip.

Essential Primary Health Care Skills Virtual Simulations for Nurse Practitioner Education Sep 03, 2025

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Practice-based learning is essential in nurse practitioner (NP) education; however, lack of clinical placement opportunities results in variability in clinical experience. Dr. Erin Ziegler and her team developed 4 virtual simulations (VS) covering concussion management, medical assistance in dying, memory concerns in older adults, and prescribing medical cannabis and evaluated their usability, engagement, and impact across 3 Canadian universities. Students' competencies improved significantly for all of the VS, with highest improvement in concussion management. Scores on the Classroom Instructional Support Perception indicated high usability and engagement with the VS, underscoring their effectiveness. Read more about the development of these VS in their Article.