Transform Your Classroom Experience

We at NurseTim, Inc. seek to collaborate with nurse educators to improve the classroom experience. As a result, we would like to share a great tool to foster interactive learning with your students. LiveClassTech.com is a web browser-based Audience Response System designed for use in the classroom. LiveClassTech enables educators to poll or quiz students in real time, engaging students and providing the educator with instant feedback. 

In addition, students can ask questions or share opinions anonymously. Educators get questions they would not receive otherwise, and enabling students to give opinions anonymously is an effective way to get discussions started. Furthermore, LiveClassTech can operate remotely so educators can interact with multiple campuses in real time.

Watch this NurseTimTUBE to learn more about this great tool. 

Clinical Reasoning Case Studies

Clinical reasoning is developed when our students experience situated learning. We are challenged to bring clinical to class in a way that facilitates discovery and ownership of new information. Using a case study approach based on current clinical practice, Keith Rischer leads his students down this path with a unique set of tools that he has developed. In this free video, he shares with us how this case-based approach has affected student outcomes. As a nurse and an educator, he is able to help his students see the realism in what they are learning through these unique strategies. After watching the video you will get to explore one of his cases. The companion web site to this NurseTimTUBE will have downloads and a place for feedback. Thank you in advance for your ideas.  

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Then visit the companion web site - http://casestudy.nursetim.com

Reenergize your Student Nurses Association

Do you have a Student Nurses Association on your campus? Are you a faculty advisor for the SNA club on your campus, but have no idea where to begin? Then this virtual abstract is just for you. This abstract will provide you with the necessary ingredients for developing and sustaining your campus' Student Nurses Association. In addition, you will be provided with a general overview of the roles and responsibilities of advising as well as strategies for collaborating with the SNA board and its members. Lastly, a discussion on how to market your SNA and increase membership will be offered. The Student Nurse Association is an excellent opportunity for nursing students to gain professional role development and leadership skills, collaborate and mentor with their peers, and participate in service learning opportunities.

Upon completion of this brief presentation, you will be able to:

1. Identify expert resources on your campus to help get your SNA up and going.
2. Develop and implement strategies for marketing your SNA.
3. Understand your role as a SNA faculty advisor.

 Watch it here! - http://enews.nursetim.net/static/?MTkxfHxOVEltYWlsfHw3

Test Item Writing

Today at the FSIL Nursing School, we are writing test items. Based on advice from noted author and nurse educator Jo Carol Claborn, MSN, RN, we wrote test items related to a mistake made by a student in clinical this past Monday. We were in clinical researching strategies for improving our clinical evaluation tool and the student was about to administer medication to a patient lying flat. The client suffered a stroke and was experiencing hemiplegia. After helping the student take corrective actions, the team of faculty discussed using this scenario for a test item. Today, we are focusing on test item writing. Our goal is analysis and application to assess for competency in clinical reasoning. In Haiti as in America, it is exciting to see nurse educators taking students to the next level.

 

picture of nurse educators - FSIL, Leogane, Haiti - www.haitinursing.org

from left to right:  Paule-Neese, Dominique, Shirley, Merodes, and Marah.

 

Sharing Lab and Faculty Resources

Everyone knows that 1+1=2.  Or does it? The number 2 is a very special number in this equation: two different schools, two similar goals. The University of South Dakota (USD) and Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) share a unique cohesiveness with their 1+1 nursing programs. There are 122 students between the two programs who gain from the expertise of the shared faculty. Each lab coordinator has designed his or her individual lab time by collaborating with faculty from both programs. By having such a close-knit bond, student transition between programs is much more effective. The LPN skills are completed in two ways: a traditional approach with individual teaching and check-offs and an online approach, in which the students view skills online. The RN year includes some new methodologies, such as a blended curriculum, in which the content builds on concepts learned in level one. Both programs follow the policies of the local facilities where clinicals are held. This allows consistency from lab to clinical as well as staying updated with current practice. Both lab coordinators also supervise in the clinical setting, so students have an advantage, knowing what to expect and feeling more at ease. Maybe 1+1 does not equal 122, but by collaborating, 1 (USD) + 1 (LATI) does = success. Each program gains strength from the other so that the whole is greater than the sum of the two parts. Listen to Heidi Schmidt as she describes this fantastic collaboration.


Watch the NurseTimTube to learn more.

Bring Clinical to Class with Insuleena

Bringing clinical to class can be a challenging concept. The importance of developing clinical reasoning skills has never been greater. To meet this need, we often strive for strategies to make the classroom more engaging and realistic. Let's take a look at a low-tech simulation strategy being used in Kansas at Fort Hays State University.

Insuleena is a simulation strategy that engages the entire class of first semester nursing students. Instructors have developed a strategy to make difficult concepts not only manageable for these new students but also engaging. Their use of active learning has brought the classroom to life while helping students meet outcomes. In this edition of NurseTimTUBE you will see a great example of student-centered learning.

Watch it now - http://enews.nursetim.net/static/?MTY1fHxOVEltYWlsfHw4

Care Plans and Papers - Grading and the Dropbox

In many healthcare organizations, policies, pathways, and publications are totally digital. In our nursing programs we can offer the students the experience they need by using digital papers and care plans. When we do this, students learn to manage this type of communication professionally.

Grading papers and care plans digitally is an important concept for faculty to understand. We can still give the same feedback without the risk of losing papers or dealing with handwriting issues. This NurseTimTUBE will walk you through the basics of using a Dropbox to manage and assess student writing assignments.

Watch it here: http://enews.nursetim.net/static/?MTI3fHxOVEltYWlsfHw0