Use In Nursing Education Research Articles

Tool or Tyrant: Guiding and Guarding Generative Artificial Intelligence Use in Nursing Education.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, its integration into nursing education is inevitable. This article presents a narrative exploring the implementation of generative AI in nursing education and offers a guide for its strategic use. The exploration begins with an examination of the broader societal impact and uses of artificial intelligence, recognizing its pervasive presence and the potential it holds. Thematic analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats collected from nurse educators across the southeastern United States in this case-based descriptive study used four codes: time, innovation, critical thinking, and routine tasks. Findings from the qualitative analysis revealed the overarching themes that AI can serve as both a tool and a tyrant, offering opportunities for efficiency and innovation while posing challenges of transparency, ethical use, and AI literacy. By establishing ethical guidelines, fostering AI literacy, and promoting responsible implementation in nursing education with a clear articulation of expectations, nurse educators can guide and guard the use of generative AI. Despite the concerns, the transformative potential of generative AI to enhance teaching methodologies and prepare students for the interprofessional health-care workforce provides a multitude of innovative opportunities for teaching and learning.

Community, population, and public health nurse educators use of clinical debriefing

Objective: The Next Generation NCLEX licensing examination is used to assess entry-level nurses’ ability to use clinical judgment in the care of individuals, families, and populations. An approach in developing clinical judgment is using a standardized debriefing process after a clinical experience. The purpose of this research was to examine whether community, population, and public health (CPPH) baccalaureate nurse educators received education on the use of clinical debriefing with their students and to describe the type of debriefing approaches used to transfer nursing theory into clinical practice.Methods: This study used a mixed method approach. Convenience sampling was used to conduct a descriptive survey of CPPH educators use of clinical debriefing using SurveyMonkey®. Three focus group sessions were held with participants representing a variety of BSN degree formats in nursing programs across the continental United States. These virtual meetings used the Zoom® conference platform. Each focus group was recorded with a transcription of the session. Transcriptions were evaluated using NVivo® and placed into five themes with additional subthemes.Results: The analysis indicated that CPPH BSN nurse educators lack formal training in the use of post-clinical debriefing. Educators’ debriefing approaches are not formalized or standardized across nursing programs and do not meet current best practices. Nurse educators identified barriers to debriefing with students, including geographic location, variety of clinical placements, and large numbers of students. Some nurse educators use debriefing techniques developed in non-nursing disciplines and for non-clinical debriefing situations. Focus group participants expressed interest in the development of a clinical debriefing tool for CPPH courses.Conclusions: The research demonstrates that CPPH nurse educators do not feel experientially prepared to lead debriefing. The lack of formalized education has resulted in nurse educators using debriefing methods that do not meet best practices. This could result in ineffective student development of clinical judgment.

Comparison between eLearning video and Smartphone Application for Information Technology Use in Nursing Education

Comparison between eLearning video and Smartphone Application for Information Technology Use in Nursing Education

Gen Z Nursing Students' Usage, Perception and Satisfaction With Facebook for Educational Purposes: Tool for Learning or Distraction

Introduction: Gen Z has started to enter the portals of nursing classrooms. They are technology and socially-savvy consumers who grew up in the world of internet and smartphones. However, little is known about this generation, particularly among nursing students and how they use Facebook for academic purposes. The purpose of this study was to determine nursing students’ usage, perception, and satisfaction with Facebook for educational purposes Methods:A descriptive, cross-sectional research design was used. A total of 113 conveniently chosen nursing students in a Nursing College in the Philippines participated in the survey. Data were collected using an adopted questionnaire administered via online survey. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyze the data. Results: Results indicated that majority of nursing students moderately (M=3.58) use Facebook for educational purposes to communicate, collaborate, and share academic or learning materials. They generallyhad a good perception of (M=4.36) and were highly satisfied (Mean=3.95) with using Facebook for educational purposes. The main challenge reported by 81.42% of nursing students in the use of Facebook was distraction from other Facebook contents. There was a significant positive relationship between usage and perception (p=.000) likewise between satisfaction and recommendation in the use of Facebook for educational purposes (p=.000). Conclusions:While Facebook showcases promising potential as a learning tool, challenges associated with its use in nursingeducation must be properly addressed. Careful consideration and thoughtful planning are necessary for nursing schools to maximize the advantages of Facebook as a supplemental tool for learning.

From a Nursing Diploma to a Bachelor’s Degree: Critical Thinking

The demands of decision-making in nursing practice require nurses to make sound judgements in a complex and rapidly changing healthcare environment. Critical thinking (CT) is an essential component of the repertoire of skills nurses must develop to meet these changing demands. Findings from studies conducted in developed countries recommend further research to explore educational strategies to teach CT. Nursing education in Kenya is primarily delivered using traditional teacher-centred strategies. Although nursing programmes seek to develop CT skills in nursing graduates, research in Kenya has not yet provided evidence of the learning and application of CT skills in practice. Research that illustrates how CT is learned is essential for curriculum review enabling faculties to develop innovative student-centred teaching strategies. This study illuminates how nurses described CT and their preferred learning strategies for developing CT skills. A qualitative descriptive design was adopted with a purposive sample of seven diploma-bachelor graduates. Using an interview guide, the researchers conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Content analysis was done to identify themes emerging from the data. Two themes emerged from the data: description of CT, and acquiring CT knowledge. The results of this study demonstrate that CT definition is highly discipline-specific and recommends student-centred strategies as more effective in developing CT skills. The findings indicate that nurses’ ability to engage in CT is promoted when nurse educators use learning strategies that actively engage students in the application of knowledge.

Students' Perception of Technology Use in Nursing Education.

Technology is an integral part of a nurse's practice; therefore, it is necessary for technology to be integrated into the nursing curriculum for students. Nursing schools are shifting paradigms by integrating technology into the teaching environment to foster active and meaningful learning experiences. Factors related to external influences on individual beliefs, attitudes, and intention to use need to be studied so nurse educators can support the integration of technology into pedagogy. The Technology Acceptance Model was used to evaluate student perceptions of usefulness and ease of use of technology, while matriculated in a baccalaureate level nursing program. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to uncover how nursing students (N = 375) perceived the usefulness and ease of use of technology while in nursing school. Almost every student (99.7%) owned a smartphone, and 95% were reasonably comfortable using various technologies. Selecting and incorporating technological tools to successfully support learning is essential to overcome challenges and support the innovative delivery of content and use of technology by students.

Social Media Use in Nursing Education

As technological advances continue to expand connectivity and communication, the number of patients and nurses engaging in social media increases. Nurses play a significant role in identification, interpretation, and transmission of knowledge and information within healthcare. Social media is a platform that can assist nursing faculty in helping students to gain greater understanding of and/or skills in professional communication; health policy; patient privacy and ethics; and writing competencies. Although there are barriers to integration of social media within nursing education, there are quality resources available to assist faculty to integrate social media as a viable pedagogical method. This article discusses the background and significance of social media tools as pedagogy, and provides a brief review of literature. To assist nurse educators who may be using or considering social media tools, the article offers selected examples of sound and pedagogically functional use in course and program applications; consideration of privacy concerns and advantages and disadvantages; and tips for success.

Book reviews

The Effective Nurse: Leader and Manager 2nd edn by L. M. Douglas. Learning Packages: A Guide to Developing Self‐ Instructional Materials by S. N. Marson. Instruments for Use in Nursing Education by M. J. Ward & M. E. Fetler. Psychiatric Problems In Childhood by J. P. Boyhrub & H. G. Morton. Care — the essence of nursing and health by Madeleine Nursing Leadership: Concepts and Practice by Ruth M. Tappen. Overcoming Dyslexia by Beve Hornsby.

PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AND ITS USE IN NURSING EDUCATION A Review of the Literature

GLORIA CALIANDRO (Northwestern State College, School of Nursing, Natchitoches, Louisiana; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York) Is assistant professor of nursing, Skidmore College, New York, New York. Mrs. Caliandro also is enrolled in the doctoral program in nursing education at Teachers College, Columbia University.