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Mobile Technology In Undergraduate Nursing Education: An Evidence-Synthesizing Project, Jillian Sisson

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

Background: Undergraduate nursing students are faced with entering a complex healthcare environment with increasing acuity in which they must perform significant information recall in order to provide safe and quality patient care. Students are also tasked with the translation of nursing theory into ever-changing practice. The purpose of this capstone project was to review published studies to discover what is known about the accessibility of educational content on mobile technology in undergraduate nursing education.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using Medline, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library databases. Articles were chosen for inclusion in the project if they were …

The Use Of Concept Mapping To Facilitate Critical Thinking Skills In Nursing Students, Juliana S. Frederick

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

Background: Many prelicensure nursing students lack the critical thinking abilities to safely care for patients in today’s healthcare environments. Concept mapping is an active learning strategy that emphasizes a visual relationship between concepts that have the potential to promote meaningful learning and development of critical thinking. Therefore, the purpose of this evidence-synthesizing project was to review and synthesize current evidence to determine the best practices in nursing education to promote critical thinking abilities in prelicensure nursing students.

Methods: A literature search was conducted using CINAHL, Education Source, and ERIC databases which resulted in seven articles selected for review. The evidence …

Flipped Approach On Student Outcomes, Christina Johnson

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

The flipped classroom approach guided by Constructivist Theory uses active learning strategies to promote student critical thinking. Active learning strategies include activities that promote student engagement and application of knowledge. The purpose of this evidence-synthesis project focused on conducting a review and critical appraisal of literature on the flipped classroom approach and its effects on student satisfaction and learning outcomes. The themes discussed are teaching strategies, student satisfaction, theoretical support, and learning. The author of this paper presented findings of fourteen research studies including reviews which discussed student satisfaction and student outcomes. Swart and Wuensch (2016) suggested the flipped classroom …

The Impact Of The Flipped Classroom Approach On The Development Of Self-Directed Learning Readiness Of The Undergraduate Nursing Student, Cynthia R. Wallis

Nursing (graduate) Student Scholarship

For the baccalaureate nursing student preparing to enter today’s dynamic, information-rich, and

highly collaborative healthcare environment, the ability to actively engage in lifelong self- directed learning is recognized as an essential nursing competency. The application of team- based flipped classroom curricular design that incorporates active learning strategies has been

linked to the improvement of students’ independent learning behaviors. Minimal research has

been conducted, however, to document the impact of the flipped classroom model on self- directed learning readiness (SDLR) of the undergraduate nursing student. This evidenced-based

practice implementing project used the Self-directed Learning Readiness Scale for Nursing Education (SDLRSNE) to …