Measuring Nurse Educators' Willingness to Adopt Inclusive Teaching Strategies.

Nurs Educ Perspect

About the Author Janet A. Levey, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, is an assistant professor, School of Nursing, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. The author thanks the National League for Nursing Foundation for Education for funding her dissertation. She is also thankful for the steadfast support of Dr. Marilyn Frenn (Chairperson) and of Dr. Kathleen Bobay and Dr. Heidi Schweitzer (Committee Members) during the project. For more information, contact Dr. Levey at

Published: September 2018

Aim: The purpose of the study was to examine the characteristics and relationships of nurse educators' teaching practices, knowledge, support, and willingness to adopt inclusive teaching strategies (WillAdITS).

Background: Adopting more inclusive teaching strategies based on universal design for instruction is an innovative way for educators to reach today's diverse student body. However, the pedagogy has not diffused into nursing education.

Method: Descriptive statistics and hierarchical multiple regression were used for analyzing data from 311 nurse educators in prelicensure and RN to BSN programs.

Findings: The model explained 44.8 percent of the variance in WillAdITS. The best indicators for this pedagogy were knowledge of universal design for instruction, social system support for inclusive teaching strategies, multiple instructional formats, and years of teaching.

Conclusion: Knowing factors influencing the adoption of inclusive teaching strategies can inform schools of nursing of areas needing further development in the preparation of novice to experienced educators to teach diverse learners.

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