Reflecting on educational preparedness and professional development for early-career nurse faculty: A phenomenological study.

Bedside nurses are assuming the faculty role without the necessary skill set to meet their role's rigorous expectations. The researchers sought to explore the lived experiences of early-career nursing faculty and what it feels to be unprepared to teach. A qualitative research design using semi-structured interviews served as the primary data collection method.

Willingness and preferences of nurses related to learning with technology.

To what extent are nurses willing to learn with technology-enhanced tools, such as online education, podcasts, webcasts, mobile learning, and realistic simulations? What factors influence their willingness? This article includes a description of a mixed methodology study that addressed these questions. Nurses of all ages indicated a willingness to learn with a variety of technological tools. Primary determinants of willingness were associated with ease of use, familiarity, convenience, and perceived benefit.

Hierarchies of evidence in education.

The trend toward providing evidence-based education has emerged in part from the precedent set by the evidence-based practice movement in medicine. Historically, the medical model specified that evidence should be informed by experimental research. However, more contemporary models draw on a variety of evidence to determine best practices.

Podcasts, webcasts, sims, and more: new and innovative ways for nurses to learn.

ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY HAVE expanded the educational tools and learning options available to today's nurses. Among these technologically enhanced tools and strategies are online learning, podcasts, vodcasts, webcasts, webinars, discussion forums, mobile learning, realistic simulations, and others. What exactly are these options? Which ones are the most effective? This is the first topic we will address in a new column on educational strategies in the NICU, a column designed to familiarize NICU nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists, managers, and preceptors with innovative and evidenced-based teaching strategies that promote optimal learning among NICU nurses.