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Abstract from the Publisher:
Reorganized and updated to deliver practical guidelines for evidence-based curricular change and development, the fourth edition of this classic text highlights current research in nursing education as a springboard for graduate students and faculty in their quest for research projects, theses, dissertations, and scholarly activities. It also focuses on the specific sciences of nursing education and program evaluation as they pertain to nursing educators
Contents:
The art of innovation -- Who are our learners? -- Making nursing stick : how we learn -- Getting started with icebreakers -- Strategies for large classes -- Strategies for small classes -- Strategies for clinical instruction and orientation -- Strategies for discussion groups -- Strategies for teaching research -- Creative teaching strategies to enhance clinical decision making and test taking -- Creative evaluation strategies -- Creative strategies for concept-based curricula -- Creative strategies for the flipped classroom -- Creative strategies for technology and online/distance education
Contents:
Evidence-based practice : context, concerns, and challenges -- Critical thinking and evidence-based practice -- The Johns Hopkins Nursing evidence-based practice model and process overview -- The practice question -- Searching for evidence -- Evidence appraisal : research -- Evidence appraisal : non-research -- Translation -- Creating a supportive evidence-based practice environment -- Exemplars -- Using the JHNEBP tools