Title

Developing System-Level Awareness Through Virtual Clinical Learning

Authors

Deborah Merriam, Daemen CollegeFollow
Jacob Fisher
Amanda Cody, Daemen CollegeFollow
Patricia Nirelli

Department

Nursing

Document Type

Article

Publication Source

Nursing Education Perspectives

Publication Date

2020-1

Volume

41

Issue

1

First Page

61

Last Page

62

Abstract

Lack of clinical sites and disparate experiences contribute to the challenge for RN-to-BS nursing programs to provide sufficient leadership and quality improvement opportunities. A virtual clinical learning experience using WordPress was developed as a faculty-graduate student think tank project and implemented in an RN-BS hybrid nursing leadership course. The unfolding case study created an interactive experience to portray use of systems thinking and transformational leadership. Mann-Whitney U analysis identified no significant difference in learning outcomes. The low-cost, easy-to-develop technology counteracted limited clinical sites, allowing for learning on the go with equivalent learning outcomes.

Keywords

quality improvement, RN-BS education, systems thinking, virtual clinical learning

DOI

10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000417

Recommended Citation

Merriam, D., Fisher, J. M., Cody, A. J., & Nirelli, P. A. (2018). Developing System-Level Awareness Through Virtual Clinical Learning. Nursing Education Perspectives. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000417

https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000417