Two-Day Curriculum Retreat: An Innovative Response to the Call for Reform.

This article outlines processes followed during a two-day offsite retreat for nurse faculty planned for the purpose of curricular redesign and content mapping. Faculty identified and leveled content for all baccalaureate clinical courses and engaged in dialogue specific to promoting student connections between didactic and clinical outcomes. Faculty developed two core simulation scenarios for every clinical course and leveled learning outcomes for each.

Connecting in distance mentoring: communication practices that work.

Background: As nursing and healthcare become more global, supported by technology, the opportunities for distance mentoring increase. Mentorship is critical to nurse educator recruitment and retention.

Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify communication practices of nurse educators involved in mentoring at a distance.

Using a train-the-trainer model to prepare educators for simulation instruction.

Staff development departments are challenged with addressing the entry of new graduates into the work force, updating the competencies of practicing nurses, and providing nurses with educational support to reduce turnover. Knowing how to develop simulations, integrate them into teaching, and effectively assess simulated performance is becoming a core role for educators in health care. For many educators, a knowledge and skill gap exists between the demand for simulation and competence in developing and using simulation.