A multi-methods study of the perceived value and outcomes of nurse educator certification

Educators may use the results from this study to guide certification decisions, improve marketability, and recognition of expertise in the academic role. Administrators may use the results to design strategies to support academic nurse educator certification. Researchers may build on the results to advance the science of nursing education.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B14

An alternative perioperative teaching strategy: Using simulation

Nursing student clinical experiences in the perioperative setting can be challenging to find and are not always readily available. There is limited literature on using perioperative simulation to meet this need. Learn how one university developed and effectively utilized simulation to provide an interactive perioperative experience for undergraduate nursing students.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B03

Advancing perianesthesia care forward: Innovative educational program to foster excellence

An innovative program was created to address the unique challenges faced within the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) environment. This program prepared Registered Nurses (RNs) to assess and intervene with a varying acuity of patients, including Intensive Care Unit (ICU) holds.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B03

Baccalaureate nursing students’ self-care beliefs and practices prior to graduation

Participants will be able to understand self-care beliefs and practices for baccalaureate nursing students with identification of barriers, definitions, preferred activities, its impact on academic performance, and the role of the nurse educator to promote self-care practices in nursing students.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B12

An educational intervention for skin cancer prevention with hospital staff: Pilot project for system change

This study describes implementation of an educational intervention with health care professionals using a predetermined curriculum. Implementing a pretest-posttest design, this study addressed two important necessities in skin cancer prevention: (1) the need to improve knowledge regarding sun safe behaviors, and (2) health care professionals’ intent to change those behaviors.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B09

Interprofessional socialization in mixed discipline and nursing student only cohorts

This research project measures the differences in student interprofessional socialization between a mixed discipline cohort and a usual care group of one-discipline learners.The study demonstrates that interprofessional socialization can be significantly increased through well designed learning in teamwork and collaboration whether students participate with single-discipline peers or mixed-discipline settings.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B10

Bridging the education gap to systematically infuse diversity and inclusion through an undergraduate nursing program

As part of the School of Nursing undergraduate program expansion, a curricular analysis was completed and faculty determined a gap in the undergraduate program regarding the inconsistency, and sometimes nonexistence of diversity and inclusion content, an industry standard and program goal.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B11

Evidence of transformative learning in public health clinical for RN2BSN students

Discussion of teaching and learning strategies that provide evidence of transformative learning in the RN2BSN student during a Public Health Nursing Clinical experience. Documentation through self-reflection demonstrates emancipatory knowledge development in the RN2BSN student.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B17

Engaging interprofessional clinical, academic, and community partnerships to improve child health outcomes

A program developed to improve the fitness and health of elementary school age children while empowering parents to encourage healthy food choices. A network of professionals working together to improve children’s health and reduce childhood obesity and diabetes was established in Trenton, NJ.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B08

Reimagining clinical experiences for RN-BSN students in population health: Collecting the evidence

In the interest of building a body of knowledge in how we use experiential learning for enhance learning of population health in nursing schools, this presentation tells the story of one program’s shift from traditional clinical placements to a new approach, “The Population Health Project”.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B17