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Teaching Health Assessment To Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project, Anna S. Rauch
Teaching Health Assessment To Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project, Anna S. Rauch
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Advanced practice nursing education is always transforming. The physical assessment course within the pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) program is arguably the most critical and fundamental course. This quality improvement project determined there was a perceived lack of sufficient pediatric content in the Advanced Health Assessment class at a Midwestern university. A survey question asked graduate students if they felt prepared for their pediatric clinical rotations with the assessment skills learned in the Advanced Health Assessment course at this university. More than half, 62.5%, of the students that responded to the survey were neutral or did not feel prepared for their …
Support For Nursing Faculty Using Student-Recorded Video In Health Assessment: A Quality Improvement Project, Kayla J. Skeate
Support For Nursing Faculty Using Student-Recorded Video In Health Assessment: A Quality Improvement Project, Kayla J. Skeate
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Today in nursing education, there is an increased emphasis on the incorporation of technology into nursing courses (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011; National League for Nursing [NLN], 2015). The Institute of Medicine’s (2011) recommendations for transforming nursing education, including increased utilization of technology, have had a profound influence on the nursing profession and continue to guide educational and professional initiatives today. Additionally, recent challenges in education have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on face-to-face class time require utilization of technology and virtual learning. Many nursing faculty, however, receive little education regarding virtual learning and face barriers in …