Vaccine Hesitancy: Developing Competency in Nursing Students Through Simulation.

Background: Many Americans are undecided about or have barriers to receiving vaccines. Complacency, confidence, convenience, misinformation, and disinformation impact vaccine hesitancy (VH).

Problem: During the COVID-19 pandemic, rates for flu and routine childhood vaccinations declined globally.

Transformative care for people with disabilities: Empowering senior nursing students with competency based clinical education-A qualitative study of the impact.

Background: People with disabilities (PWD) constitute 26 % of the U.S. population yet no nursing schools have compulsory clinical education specific to PWD.

Teaching Social Determinants of Health Through an Unfolding Case Study.

Background: The impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) was developed to educate nursing students through the use of an unfolding case study.

Problem: SDOH and population health are critical components of prelicensure nursing education. Unfolding case studies are a strategy to develop critical thinking and teach SDOH to nursing students.

Comparative effects of disability education on attitudes, knowledge and skills of baccalaureate nursing students.

Aim: This study aimed to examine if participation in a required clinical course or elective fellowship pertaining to care of people with disabilities (PWD) had an impact on attitudes, knowledge and skills of nursing when compared with those with no clinical exposure to PWD.

Background: Worldwide, over 1 billion people live with a disability, 93 million are children and an estimated 1-3% have an intellectual disability; 6.9 billion live with 'impairment producing health condition'.

Cocurricular Clinical Opportunity: Addressing Student Attitudes, Knowledge, and Skills With Disability Education.

Background: Multiple organizations have urged inclusion of disability content in health care professional's education and training. Few nursing schools in the United States have adopted dedicated disability curricula nor studied its impact on attitudes, knowledge, and skills of disability education. Evidence suggests that inadequate education contributes to health care disparities and unmet needs of people with disabilities.

Elevating Equity and Inclusion for People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Nursing Student Sexual Health Promotion Project.

Background: People with intellectual disabilities experience barriers regarding sexual health education. Nursing education insufficiently addresses the care of people with disabilities. Sexual health promotion is a teaching opportunity for nursing students.

Disability Attitudes of Nursing Students: A Curriculum Intervention.

People with disabilities (PWD) have reported that health care workers' negative attitudes are among the most significant barriers to accessing health care services. PWD constitute one quarter of the population, yet the curriculum for PWD is inconsistent. This study describes a curriculum intervention allowing student interaction with a panel of PWD to change nursing student attitudes.

Appraisal of disability attitudes and curriculum of nursing students: a literature review.

Worldwide, more than one billion people live with a disability (World Health Organization. (2011). .

From policy to practice: A DNP student perspective.

Background: Healthcare's rapid evolution has increased focus on doctoral nursing education and expanded experiential immersion opportunities created through innovative academic-community partnerships.

Methods: A partnership between an academic institution and a state board of nursing was formed to provide two Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) students with a fellowship opportunity to learn health policy, strategy, and systems thinking which culminated in participation in a state-wide collaborative and published report.

Results: Practicum experience outcomes consisted of learner comprehension of DNP Essential II as evidenced by attendance at health policy meetings, participation in state-wide Summit planning meetings with community partners and Summit participation, facilitation and follow-up report contribution.