Disrupting the Status Quo
Supporting Papers
Concept-based Curriculum
Conceptual learning focuses on understanding broader principles or ideas (concepts) that can later be applied to a variety of specific examples.
Based on the principles of situated learning and cognition, all courses integrate concepts and information from all major areas of nursing practice within a contextual format of immediate and continuous application of prior knowledge and experiences.
Developers Curriculum designers and faculty consistently refer to key concepts to select exemplars and sequencing of didactic instruction and experiential learning activities, to support an integrated curriculum. The curricula are structured to ensure fundamental knowledge acquisition with strong medical-surgical foundation.
The implementation provided for the eventual substitution of high-fidelity virtual simulation for up to 50% of the direct- focused client care (clinical) experiential learning.
Glossary
Simulation-Based Learning: Traditionally, on-ground nursing programs skills acquisition occurs in a one-to-many setting, which encourages passive observation with limited hands-on engagement. Necessary materials for ample practice leading to process improvement and intuitive skill recall are limited in availability during lab time.
Virtual Reality Simulation (VRS) vs Traditional Education and Physical Simulation: Haerling (2018) also found that VRS with nursing students delivered the same learning and performance outcomes as physical simulation, whilst being significantly less expensive. A meta-analysis conducted by Kyaw (2019) found that VR significantly improved healthcare knowledge and skills more than in-person education or e-learning.
VRS vs Screen- Based Learning: VRS is favored for its immersive qualities that enrich learning experiences and its demonstrable capacity to facilitate better transfer of knowledge and skills to real-world patient care.
Efficacy of VRS: Several studies reveal the impact and efficacy of VRS in enhancing the learning experience. See QR code for a link to the paper and references in this section.
VRS Cost Effectiveness: VRS continues to establish itself as a cost-effective solution across a broad array of applications, yielding a significant return on investment both in monetary terms and time efficiency.
Contact
Juliet Kolde, PhD, RN, CNE
President, Nightingale Innovations
jkolde@nightingale.edu
Jeff Olsen, PhD
President, Nightingale College
jolsen@nightingale.edu
Casey Brown, MS
Manager, Analytics
cabrown@nightingale.edu
Nightingale Education Group's Website
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