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Active Learning in Action: Using the Jigsaw Structure in Nursing Education

Active Learning in Action: Using the Jigsaw Structure in Nursing Education

Learn a simple, easy-to-use active learning teaching technique that promotes student independence and peer teaching 🧩 ...
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Three Easy Activities for Retrieval Practice in Nursing Education

Retrieval practice is an essential skill to bridge the academic-practice gap and allow students to apply what they learn in theory to clinical situations. ...
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A “Moving Case Study” as a Nurse Educator Teaching Strategy

👟 An advanced technique for using stations in a sequential order as part of a case study. ...
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Basic Active Learning Stations - Ideas for Nurse Educators

Get started using stations as an embodied education practice. 🤸🏾 ...
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Teaching Medication Errors in Nursing Education: An Incident Report Template

A nursing incident report template can be an excellent way to expose students to failure and successfully navigate a mistake. ...
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Teaching Students to Think Backward with Fishbone Analysis for Active Learning in Nursing Education

Nurse educators are challenged with connecting knowledge to practice. The Fishbone Analysis is an awesome clinical judgment activity. 🐟 ...
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How to Create a Virtual Escape Room for Nursing Education Using Google Forms

This online activity is versatile and can be used in the classroom, clinical settings, simulations, orientation, or interviews. 🎉 Get a framework to create an...
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Using an Empathy Map to Teach Caring in Nursing Education

Caring is a cornerstone of nursing. So how do we teach it? 💫 Using an Empathy Map brings active learning to the art of caring. ...
Using Debate in a Nursing Active Learning Classroom

Using Debate in a Nursing Active Learning Classroom

This activity is a variation on a traditional 1:1 debate that will help students collaborate, discuss and develop communication skills. 🦜 The Four-Corner Debate is an active...
A Gallery Walk Pairs Movement and Learning

A Gallery Walk Pairs Movement and Learning

Change of scenery and movement can add elements of variety to any classroom. 🌄🗺️ This technique, a Gallery Walk, is great for creating student-led poster presentations,...
End of the Line Activity Adds Memory Recall to Nursing Course

End of the Line Activity Adds Memory Recall to Nursing Course

A game of quick recall, this activity adds a bit of the unexpected that will have students laughing, engaging, and building a bit of community...
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