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

Development of an Interprofessional Course Promoting Trauma-Informed Practice and Community Resilience

Communities across the US are addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Nursing, public health, and social work developed an interprofessional course to educate future professionals to be trauma-informed and to support their local ACEs collaborative. Course development and special considerations to ACEs-based interprofessional education are highlighted.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B08

Knowledge of environmental health concerns and its influence on RN-BSN nursing practice

The School of Nursing, and that of Environmental Science, jointly developed a new course entitled Global and Environmental Issues, for RN-BSN students. The goals of this research were for students to develop increased awareness of environmental health care concerns, human’s impact on the environment, and to positively impact nursing practice.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B05

Operation-Open Your Eyes to Education: Development and implementation of a virtual ophthalmic, surgical education program

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss strategies, results, implications and conclusions of the development and implementation of an interactive, virtual educational program that increased intra-operative staff proficiency. This presentation also addresses how interactive, virtual education can motivate staff to learn more about their clinical setting.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B09

When to sim? Increasing knowledge gains for procedural skills training in nurse anesthesia education

This research study examined the influences of varying pedagogies on a nurse anesthesia resident’s decision-making processes without the confounding factor of previous exposure to the diagnostic skill.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B04

Investigating the efficacy of prelicensure clinical interprofessional education

Nursing students participated in a pre-licensure interprofessional clinical education (IPE) experience. Attitudes of students toward working in teams, following clinical IPE were compared to students who did not participate in clinical IPE.

Conference Identifier: NERC20B10