The Current and Future State of Simulation in Healthcare –
Part 1: Nursing’s Role in Moving the Agenda Forward

Live via Zoom

This webinar will review the current state of simulation nationally and discuss the importance of nursing to lead efforts to increase the use of simulation. We will discuss the value proposition for simulation, the need for ongoing faculty development and the need to follow national standards when teaching in simulation.

The 24th Annual Branson Nurse Educator Institute

Chateau on the Lake Resort Spa and Convention Center 415 North State Highway 265, Branson, MO, United States

For many years, NCSBN has studied the training and retention of new graduate nurses. They and others find the inability of new graduates to adequately transition into practice can have grave consequences including errors contributing to patient harm or death. This conference will provide nurse educators and administrators with valuable information to better prepare nursing students for safely transitioning into practice through the development of clinical judgment skills, connecting theory to clinical practice.

The Current and Future State of Simulation in Healthcare –
Part 2: Integrating the AACN Essentials into Simulation Scenarios

Live via Zoom

his webinar will describe how to write an evidence-based simulation scenario on the California Simulation Alliance scenario template using a (provided) storyboard technique. The scenario writing process will be reviewed. From there, participants will integrate the AACN essentials into the simulation scenario.

Promoting Clinical Judgment with Active Learning Strategies

Live via Zoom

The nursing profession relies on acute clinical judgement skills which are supported by shown based practice and nursing theories. This online seminar explores the use of clinical judgement and reasoning in an interactive environment and provides an opportunity for nurses be immersed into integrative learning strategies.

Michele Deck’s Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators:
Prop Up Your Presentations!

Live via Zoom

An object lesson is when you use a physical tool or prop to illustrate a tough to grasp concept. This session offers ideas and examples you can adapt to teach your most difficult concepts. Props can enhance your content in many new ways. These props examples can turn your learners from being "propped up" to completely awake and engaged. Examine the proper use of props, with the dos and don’ts.

Diabetes Tech

Live via Zoom

Diabetes is at epidemic proportions. Studies show the best way to manage or assist a person with diabetes is with diabetes' technology tools, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), insulin pumps and apps. Let me help you understand how these diabetes tools can be a game changer in the management of diabetes for patients and providers. Nursing students as well as educators and providers will benefit from this information.

Michele Deck’s Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators:
Creative Ways to Teach Diverse Learners – It’s All About Engagement

Live via Zoom

Today's learners are diverse consumers. Our job is to engage, teach and mentor those who have different learning styles, different generational expectations and short attention spans. How do you best-teach those with diverse backgrounds and experience levels? We must adapt our teaching methods to the seven expectations of the two youngest generations.

Iggy’s 24th Boot Camp for Nurse Educators®:
A Virtual Educational Experience – Part 1 of 4

Live via Zoom

Designing a Curriculum for Nursing Practice Readiness - Participating in revising a nursing curriculum is one of the eight Academic Nurse Educator competencies. The topics in this session that will help prepare educators develop this competency include essential components of a curriculum, integration of contemporary content topics, syllabi development, and program evaluation.

Using Concept Mapping To Promote Clinical Judgment

Live via Zoom

This session provides a "how–to” approach for developing a concept map as an active teaching/learning tool helping students "put the pieces of the puzzle together.” Development, grading, repetition and barriers will be discussed. Concept Maps will be provided as examples for use for study or examples with teaching. Understanding how concept mapping really works in developing clinical judgment is an eye-opener for many.

Iggy’s 24th Boot Camp for Nurse Educators®:
A Virtual Educational Experience – Part 2 of 4

Live via Zoom

Facilitating Didactic Learning for Diverse Students - Nurse educators are responsible for facilitating learning for diverse students. The topics in this session that will help faculty learn how to facilitate learning and socialization into the nursing role include: teaching vs. learning, student-centered learning, active learning to develop clinical judgment skills, and mastery learning.

Iggy’s 24th Boot Camp for Nurse Educators®:
A Virtual Educational Experience – Part 3 of 4

Live via Zoom

Assessing Didactic Learning for Diverse Students - Test-writing and other learning assessments are often a challenge for both novice and experienced nurse educators. The topics in this session that will help faculty improve their ability to create valid assessments of learning include: formative vs. summative evaluation methods, scholarly papers and projects, writing valid and reliable test items (focus on NCLEX® and NGN), and role of standardized testing.

Iggy’s 24th Boot Camp for Nurse Educators®:
A Virtual Educational Experience – Part 4 of 4

Live via Zoom

Facilitating and Assessing Learning in the Clinical Practice Environment - Clinical environments allow students to translate knowledge into practice. This session will help nurse educators better facilitate and assess clinical learning; topics include: selecting clinical learning experiences, trends in clinical skill practice and development, role of manikin and virtual simulation, and clinical performance evaluation.