Evaluating Student Learning Through Collaborative Testing in a Psychiatric Mental Health Course.

Background: The Institute of Medicine calls for collaboration and encourages nursing education programs to provide opportunities for students to engage in collaborative efforts with members of the healthcare team to improve the practice environment and patient outcomes. Nurse educators strive to provide meaningful learning experiences that garner competence, decision-making, clinical reasoning, and problem-solving.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of collaborative testing on student learning of mental health concepts and to evaluate student perceptions of this learning strategy.

A Bridge to Success: A Nursing Student Success Strategies Improvement Course.

Background: Nursing student success and retention is in the forefront of educators' minds as we continue to face a projected nursing shortage. The key to combating the nursing shortage lies with our ability to successfully transition the student from nursing school and NCLEX-RN(®) to professional practice.

Method: A quantitative research project using the one group pre- and posttest design is presented.

Incorporating the QSEN competency in evidence-based practice in a mental health clinical rotation.

Background: Nurse educators continually search for alternative methods of instruction that provide a meaningful experience while meeting clinical objectives. One approach incorporated the Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies' evidence-based practice (EBP) into the clinical setting.

Method: The Paint a Picture of Mental Illness assignment is a creative teaching approach in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing course.