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Use Of Best Practices In Exam Item Creation, Analysis, And Revision: Nursing Faculty’S Knowledge, Use, And Implementation Barriers And Facilitators, Julie Anne De Haan
Use Of Best Practices In Exam Item Creation, Analysis, And Revision: Nursing Faculty’S Knowledge, Use, And Implementation Barriers And Facilitators, Julie Anne De Haan
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The ultimate goal of nursing education is to prepare graduates to provide excellent, safe patient care. The implementation of exam item best practices can significantly contribute to this process. This study examined nursing faculty’s use of best practices for exam item creation, analysis, and revision and best practice barriers and facilitators. Through a quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive correlational research study, the research demonstrated that faculty inconsistently use exam item best practices. Faculty research participants identified ways to enhance the use of best practices and suggestions to nursing leadership were developed based on the data. With faculty development and an outlined support …
Telemedicine For Prenatal Care During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Katrina Wu
Telemedicine For Prenatal Care During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Katrina Wu
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In the United States, 24.4% or approximately 1 million pregnant individuals, do not receive early or sufficient prenatal care each year. Due to its widespread adoption during the pandemic, understanding how it was implemented and insights from user experiences can inform the utilization of telemedicine as a potential long-term strategy to improve access to prenatal care. For this national, convergent mixed methods study, researchers surveyed 196 perinatal providers and 749 pregnant patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicated mild to moderate satisfaction across six telehealth usability domains. While the majority of participants reported they did not use blood pressure cuffs …
Physician Assistants/Associates With Doctoral Degrees: Where Are They Now?, Alicia Klein
Physician Assistants/Associates With Doctoral Degrees: Where Are They Now?, Alicia Klein
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Original Research: The impact of holding a doctoral credential by clinically practicing physician assistants (PAs) remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate practice patterns and describe demographic characteristics of PAs who have terminal doctoral degrees. This was a secondary analysis, using descriptive bivariate statistics and chi-square tests, with data obtained from the 2021 Salary Survey of the American Academy of PAs. There were statistically significant differences in practice patterns and demographic factors between PAs with and without doctoral degrees. Taken together, holding a doctoral credential may improve upward mobility at workplaces. This study was among the first …
Evaluation Of A Unique Care Coordination And Transition Management Clinical Module, Debbie Solomon, Beth Anderson, Ann Holland
Evaluation Of A Unique Care Coordination And Transition Management Clinical Module, Debbie Solomon, Beth Anderson, Ann Holland
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A two-year curriculum evaluation was undertaken to guide development of a unique clinical curricular module focused on care coordination and transition management. The module, in place in the junior curriculum since 2015, had been modified through the years in response to changes in faculty, clinical partners, and department resources. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly limited student field experiences, requiring development of existing and new on-campus simulated learning experiences. Three analytic processes were used to evaluate how teaching methods and resource utilization contributed to student achievement of learning outcomes. The results led faculty to reinitiate field experiences in home care and hospice …
Patient Centered Care Coordination: The Impact Of A Non-Acute Care Clinical Curricular Module On Nursing Student Learning Outcomes, Ann Holland
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This poster reports on the results of a study that investigated the impact of a clinical curricular module for teaching patient-centered care coordination on BSN student learning outcomes. Prior to the development of the clinical curricular module, the junior-level curriculum in the Bethel nursing program contained disparate student learning experiences in non-acute care settings. The module brought these existing and new learning experiences together into a cohesive curriculum using the Chronic Care Model as a conceptual framework. The quasi-experimental study was one of the first nursing education research studies conducted about the important and emerging professional nursing role of care …
Holistic Review: Application To Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Kristi Gustafson
Holistic Review: Application To Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Kristi Gustafson
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Literature review/survey of best practices; tools and measures to consider experiences, attributes, and metrics of applicants; considerations for the student and cohort experience; addressing healthcare workforce needs and needs of the nursing profession; application to post-baccalaureate (second-degree) nursing admission processes