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Abstract: Securing acute care inpatient sites for specialties such as maternal and pediatric nursing is challenging. Alternative opportunities include simulation and a variety of community, outpatient, and other nontraditional sites that can expand and diversify learning opportunities for undergraduate nursing students. Students in a maternal-child course in an accelerated BSN program earned part of their clinical hours in community settings and completed guided reflection journals to describe their learning experiences. Analysis of student comments revealed positive experiences that impacted student knowledge, skills, and attitudes about populations and nursing outside the acute care setting.

Abstract: Graduate nursing faculty understand how challenging it is to find suitable clinical placements for students, a task exacerbated by the pandemic. By collaborating and building relationships with clinical partners, a graduate nursing program developed innovative and sustainable strategies to help faculty overcome clinical placement challenges, ensuring that students secured quality practicum experiences.

Abstract: The goal in nursing education is to prepare students with knowledge, skills, and abilities to thrive as professional nurses. The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to evaluate the use of a screen-based, virtual multipatient simulation for improving self-perception of readiness for practice in a sample of senior nursing students. Utilizing the Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice Survey, the results showed a significant increase in self-perception of readiness. Providing multipatient experiences through simulation can prepare nursing students with requisite skills to transition into professional practice.

Abstract: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates are expected to be competent advocates for health policy. The reality, however, is that they often lack this skill. An authentic assessment in the form of a virtual simulation was created for our online DNP students. As a first step, students created a policy brief aimed at the institutional, state, federal, or international level. They then presented and defended that policy to stakeholders during a simulation. Students found that this experience provided them with skills and knowledge for advocating for health policy proficiently.

Abstract: Nurse educators have a unique capacity to push innovation by combining clinical expertise with emerging technologies. Using three-dimensional printed manipulatives to teach complex topics such as congenital heart defect management can deepen students' understanding of patient conditions and interventions through enhanced visual and kinesthetic interactions. Advancing such innovations requires collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to navigate technical development and patenting. A structured approach to pilot testing and refinement ensures the transition from concept to sustainable practice. By leveraging technology and purposeful planning, nurse educators can bring an idea to fruition, equipping students with deeper insights and improved clinical judgment.

Abstract: Nursing Grand Rounds is an innovative, faculty-led teaching strategy designed to enhance clinical judgment in nursing students by using the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and Next Generation NCLEX scenarios. During monthly voluntary sessions, students engaged in active learning, cross-level mentoring, and expert-facilitated debriefings. The initiative successfully fostered critical thinking, collaborative learning, and higher-level cognitive skills. Positive student feedback highlights its potential as a low-stakes but high-impact approach to teaching clinical judgment to nursing students of all levels.

Abstract: Two virtual and hybrid interprofessional education (IPE) activities involving family nurse practitioner (FNP) and adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner (AGPCNP) students were conducted in an online graduate nursing program. One activity included FNP and AGPCNP and undergraduate sonography students; the other activity included the nurse practitioner students and undergraduate BSN students. These case studies highlight the possibilities of virtual interprofessional activities in graduate nursing education and how such activities can meet program competencies and student learning outcomes. Graduate faculty can replicate these scenarios or use them as inspiration for future IPE activities.

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic required nursing education to quickly transition from in-person clinical learning experiences to alternatives, including screen-based simulation. Evidence is lacking to support replacing in-person clinical hours with screen-based simulation. Guided by self-efficacy and deliberate practice theories, a voluntary, anonymous survey used the Obstetric Nursing Self-Efficacy Scale to evaluate the impact of screen-based simulation amount on nursing students' (n = 381) self-efficacy. A simple linear regression analysis revealed decreased self-efficacy as screen-based simulation hours increased (p < .001). Screen-based simulation should supplement in-person maternal-child clinical hours and not replace them.

Abstract: A just-in-time faculty-led virtual book club for a Doctor of Nursing Practice program was initiated in response to student interest. Students met virtually to discuss advanced practice nursing implications of a nonfiction book in accordance with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials. Reading a book independently may be insufficient for deep learning, but individual summary reflections following faculty-led discussions connected domains, competencies, and subcompetencies. This unplanned reactive activity connected a real-world situation to the principles of advanced nursing practice and was deemed valuable by students and faculty.

Abstract: This article discusses an innovative and experiential learning assignment provided to prelicensure nursing students during an adult acute care clinical experience. The objective of the assignment was to introduce students to the awareness of the roles of interprofessional health care team members and the value of interprofessional collaboration and communication. We discuss the development of the assignment, the evaluation of outcomes and student feedback, and lessons learned, as well as suggested next steps for future implementation.