Developing System-Level Awareness Through Virtual Clinical Learning

Nurs Educ Perspect. 2020 Jan/Feb;41(1):61-62. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000417.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Education, Nursing
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Learning*
  • Students, Nursing*
  • User-Computer Interface*