Student Perioperative Experience Supports Recognition of Safety Concepts.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate student perception of knowledge gained and intent to apply perioperative safety concepts.

Design: A mixed-method design analyzed themes from student reflections as well as frequencies of student survey responses after a one day, 10-hour, perioperative observational experience.

Methods: Students participated in a one day, 10-hour, observational clinical experience following patients from the preoperative area to the operating room, postanesthesia care unit, and discharge from a surgery center or admission to a hospital room.

Problem-based learning: A strategy to foster generation Z's critical thinking and perseverance.

Educators are concerned about Generation Z's inexperience with higher order critical thinking and tendency to give up or move on when faced with challenges. While acknowledging that this generation brings technological skills and an inclusive mindset that will enhance our profession, educators are challenged to adapt teaching strategies to promote critical thinking and foster perseverance. This manuscript will recount the attributes of Generation Z and describe problem-based learning as a strategy to enhance critical thinking and perseverance.

Learning Delegation Through Role-Play: A Problem-Based Learning Activity for Nursing Students.

According to the American Nurses Association and National Council of State Boards of Nursing 2019 guidelines, teaching strategies are needed to engage students in the application of delegation knowledge and skills. Students need opportunities to gain experience with delegation decision-making in a safe, risk-free environment. This article describes the instructional design and evaluation of an innovative role-play activity to engage senior-level nursing students in delegation decision-making.

Collaboration of Dental Hygiene and Nursing Students on Hospital Units: An Interprofessional Education Experience.

The aims of this study were to implement and evaluate an innovative collaborative event with hospitalized patients to help develop dental hygiene and nursing students' interprofessional competence. The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS) was used to assess the students' perceptions of interprofessional skill acquisition. Participants were 24 dental hygiene and 25 nursing students at the University of Southern Indiana in spring 2016.

Preparing Dedicated Education Unit Staff Nurses for the Role of Clinical Teacher.

Dedicated Education Units optimize the expertise of staff nurses to provide clinical instruction to nursing students, thereby creating a need to prepare staff nurses for the teaching role and educate them about clinical teaching strategies. A curriculum to educate Dedicated Education Unit staff nurses in the art of clinical instruction was created to fill this gap in staff development. This article describes the development of an innovative, interactive, evidence-based curriculum to prepare Dedication Education Unit staff nurses and strengthen an academic-practice partnership.

Safety consciousness: assignments that expand focus beyond the bedside.

In order to stimulate safety consciousness beyond the bedside, a series of meaningful, practice-based learning activities were devised that compel students in a baccalaureate nursing program to consider safety issues beyond the obvious concerns at the point of care. The assignments emphasize systems level thinking and process evaluation of facility characteristics, team communication, and unit based improvement campaigns. Reflective components engage students in evaluation of their comfort level with being an agent of change, the climate for change on their unit, and their confidence in delegation and communication skills.