Using Interprofessional Simulation with Telehealth to Enhance Teamwork and Communication in Home Care.

Interpersonal communication and teamwork are critical to patient safety. There is evidence supporting the effectiveness of formalized team training strategies such as simulation-based learning experiences to permit opportunities for deliberate practice and skill acquisition. However, there is a paucity of evidence examining the best method for delivery of simulation-based interprofessional education activities (Sim-IPE).

Responding to COVID-19: Developing a Virtual "On-Campus" Experience for Adult-Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic prevented in-person activities at colleges and universities in the spring/summer 2020 semester. Therefore, adult-geriatric acute care nurse practitioner students were unable to have on-campus clinical experiences.

Method: An innovative virtual experience was developed, using synchronous platforms for lectures and a virtual patient (VP) encounter.

Report and Prevent: A Quality Improvement Project to Protect Nurses From Violence in the Emergency Department.

Introduction: Most nurses experience some form of workplace violence resulting in a stressful work environment, employee injury, and turnover. The aims of this project were to develop and evaluate strategies to improve the reporting of workplace violence as well as to empower emergency nurses to prevent assaults and protect themselves.

Methods: This quality improvement project had 2 phases.

Autopsy Observation as Experiential Learning for Nurse Practitioner Students in an Online Advanced Pathophysiology Course.

Background: Many instructional classrooms now exist in the online environment, where it is difficult to integrate experiential teaching strategies. Autopsy-based education has been shown to be a valuable teaching tool for pathophysiology in a medical school curriculum.

Problem: There is a gap in the literature about the use of an autopsy observation in nurse practitioner (NP) education.

Using Simulation to Evaluate Clinical Performance and Reasoning in Adult-Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students.

Background: The use of simulation-based learning experiences (SBLE) with nurse practitioner (NP) students is largely unexplored. The purpose of this pilot project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a simulated patient (SP)-SBLE to improve confidence and evaluate clinical performance and reasoning in Adult-Geriatric Acute Care NP (AG-ACNP) students.

Method: A mixed-methods design was used to evaluate an SP-SBLE on AG-ACNP student clinical performance and reasoning.