The transformational road to teaching and assessing nursing students’ clinical judgment: A faculty development project

This project describes a faculty development initiative guided by a program performance improvement plan using best evidence to improve teaching and assessment of clinical judgment.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D01

Multi-site study comparing attitudes and comfort of nursing students interacting with patients with a disability

This multi-site comparative study provides statistically significant evidence that simulation-based experiences with standardized patients with disability (SPWD) improved student attitudes towards people with disability (PWD). Analysis of open-ended questions found that students recommended these simulation experiences as a valuable way to learn about interacting with people with disability.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D10

The just culture assessment tool for nursing education: Reliability and validity study

In spite of healthcare’s paradigm shift from a culture of blame toward a just culture, no tools exist to measure just culture in nursing education. The newly developed Just Culture Assessment Tool-Nursing Education is a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate student perception of just culture in nursing academia.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D12

Effect of structured empathy education on empathy competency of undergraduate nursing interns: A quasi-experimental study

We examined the effects of a designed structured empathy educational program of undergraduate nursing interns on their empathy competence. The results showed a positive influence on their empathy competence, which fills the gaps in this field and provides a validated paradigm for empathy training in other nursing schools.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D10

Faculty STEP to improve thinking

A goal of faculty development is to enrich the work of nurse educators. A standardized testing education program (STEP) was initiated by faculty to improve the clinical judgement of nursing students. This program can serve as a guide for faculty who want to encourage higher level thinking in their students.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D01

Joining forces to provide diabetes screening and education in rural Alabama

The prevalence of diabetes in Alabama is approximately 1.6 times higher than the national average. A nursing faculty member and a PGY-1 pharmacy resident collaborated to provide diabetes screening and education at a local festival in rural Alabama.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D03

How to gamify your course

This session is 2 of 3 on game-based learning. In this session we will review and build on the principles of game-based learning and focus on the process and considerations for applying game mechanics and game aesthetics to a course. We will share best practices and practical considerations in the design and delivery of game-based learning.

Conference Identifier: NERC20D13