An emerging role: the nurse content curator.

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Educational Technology

Background:

• The traditional classroom model is evolving with students accessing information online.
• Open-source content offers a wealth of resources for supplementary learning.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the role of a nurse content curator in supporting the inverted classroom model.
• To optimize nursing faculty's time by streamlining content discovery and evaluation.

Main Methods:

• The study discusses the phenomenon of the inverted classroom in nursing education.
• It highlights the function of a nurse content curator in managing open-source educational materials.

Main Results:

• Nursing faculty can benefit from readily available, technologically advanced open-source content.
• A nurse content curator saves faculty time by evaluating resources.

Conclusions:

• The nurse content curator empowers faculty to focus on higher-order thinking skills like critical appraisal and problem-solving.
• This role enhances the effectiveness of the inverted classroom in nursing education.