Bloom's Taxonomy: Framing Virtual Simulations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic required a significant pivot in nursing education, whereby in-person simulations moved to an online format. Kaplan's i-Human Patients was a virtual simulation platform utilized at a large Midwestern university for student nurses. This online virtual simulation platform helped evaluate students' clinical knowledge and understanding using the Bloom's taxonomy framework to scaffold cases.

Agreement of the Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) With NICU Nurses' Assessments.

Background: Objective assessment tools should standardize and reflect nurses' expert assessments. The Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) and the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) are valid measures of pain. The N-PASS also provides a sedation subscale.

Examining Whiteness in Obstetric and Pediatric Simulations: A Content Analysis.

Background: Whiteness is a systemic construct that functions to make itself invisible and prevent its racialization. Whiteness informs the nursing profession on all levels and impacts how nurses learn, relate to, and perpetuate whiteness through structural, curricular, interpersonal, and ideological means. The aim of this study was to use an antiracist framework to analyze manifestations of whiteness in select prelicensure obstetric and pediatric clinical simulation scenarios at a large midwestern college of nursing.

Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity in a Community Health Care Setting for LGBTQ Patients.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ)-identified individuals, particularly transgender individuals, experience significant health inequities such as increased risk for chronic health conditions and mental health concerns. Discrimination by health care professionals is a major deterrent for LGBTQ individuals to seek health care. The purpose of the article is to offer practice recommendations using targeted community actions to enhance LGBTQ cultural sensitivity in community health care settings.