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Ideas & Inspiration for Using Clinical Decision Cards
This article includes instructions and ideas for using a deck of Clinical Decision Cards. There are five easy-to-implement, practical ways to use the cards in...
Clinical Decision Cards
Many of the ideas here have focused on active teaching techniques in the classroom. Clinical Decision Cards are a way to promote active learning and clinical judgment...
Advanced Learning Stations - A “Moving Case Study” as a Tool for Nurse Educators
👟 An advanced technique for using stations in a sequential order as part of a case study. ...
Learning Stations - Ideas for Nurse Educators in an Active Learning Classroom
Get started using stations as an embodied education practice. 🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️ ...
Energize your Classroom: Three Simple Active Learning Techniques for Nursing Instructors
How embodied education can be used as an active learning tool 👁️ ...
Orchestrating Orientation Day: Two Active Learning Tactics for Nursing Instructors to use at Clinical Orientation
While getting to know the clinical paperwork and doing a walk-through of the unit are important, this article has fresh ideas to invigorate the orientation...
Unlocking the Feynman Technique as an Active Learning Tool
A study technique developed by a world-renowned physicist who was a keen observer of how humans learned. The Feynman Technique can be used in class or taught...
How to Implement Active Note Taking for Nursing Students
When a lecture is needed, try adding Active Note Taking 📝 to engage students with the content and create an active learning nursing classroom even...
Transform an Existing Case Study into a Nursing Prioritization Scenario
The Popsicle Stick Prioritization 🍡 activity is excellent for individuals or small groups and allows students to "vote" on their highest priority. And it can be...
An Active Learning Syllabus Adds the Thrill of Discovery to the First Day of Class
Infuse the first day of your course with an active learning syllabus review in the form of a syllabus scavenger hunt. 🔎 ...
An Exam Wrapper Reflection to Improve Nursing Exam Scores
Using an Exam Wrapper in the time immediately following an exam is ideal for reflection and improving nursing student exam scores. 📝 ...
The Six Thinking Hats Explores the Top of Bloom’s Pyramid
To teach nursing clinical judgment, we should explore the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy in our classrooms. But what activities can we use to have...
How to Use a Patient Blog to Teach Empathy in a Nursing Flipped Classroom
When patients share their healthcare journey online, they provide rich opportunities for learning about the emotional, spiritual and psychosocial complications of a disease. 📝 The...
An 80's Game Show Concept to Build Recall Skills in Nursing Students
A twist on the classic 80’s TV show will have students laughing and learning. While the monetary reward is not the same, the learning rewards...
Turn the Tables: Have Students Create the Study Guide 📝
Students often ask me for a study guide before an exam. What better way than to have them create one! 📝 ...
Would You Give This Med? An interactive nursing pharmacology activity
Deciding when to give and hold meds is tough. This is a simple yes/no format game that gives the data and asks, “Would you give this...
The Compass Points Activity for Nursing Exam Review
🧭 A quick exam review activity that uses low-tech tools to create student engagement. Also, can be used in clinical orientation or as a review...
3 Misconceptions About Active Learning—and How to Move Past Them
🔎 Uncover 3 common myths about active learning for nurse educators and how you can overcome them. ...
