Effect of Storytelling and Empathy Training to Support Affective Learning in Undergraduate Nursing Students.

Background: Empathy is a desired characteristic in nurses, but its development is often overlooked in nursing simulation.

Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of a storytelling and empathy training intervention to enhance empathy development in simulation-based learning.

Methods: A quasi-experimental control group design was used to evaluate differences in self-perceived and observed empathy in undergraduate nursing students (N = 71).

Exploring Factors That Contribute to Nursing Students' Willingness to Report Peer Academic Integrity Violations.

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine and describe student perceptions of severity of violations, faculty support, and support for program improvement strategies related to willingness to report peer violations.

Background: Peer reporting is important when students witness dishonest behaviors. To foster academic integrity, exploration of the willingness to report is needed.

A Survey of Clinicians Evaluating an Online Prelicensure Oncology Nursing Elective.

Objectives: Despite a growing population of individuals with cancer, there is limited oncology content in prelicensure nursing curricula. A distance learning oncology nursing elective course creates an option for integration into nursing programs. The purpose of this article is to describe curriculum development for an online oncology elective course using feedback and expertise from oncology nurses.

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies of Teaching Methods in Nursing Education, 1972-2017.

Review of 145 experimental and quasi-experimental studies of teaching strategies in nursing education revealed that 52 percent were published outside the United States, 80 percent with undergraduate students. Seventy-seven percent assessed learning outcomes, and 80 percent had statistically significant findings. A surge in studies since 2010 showed no increase in methodological rigor.