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Development and Evaluation of a Systems Thinking Education Strategy for Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum: A Pilot
Louise A Fura1, Kathleen Z Wisser
1About the Authors Louise A. Fura, DNP, CRNP, is an assistant professor, Alvernia University Department of Nursing, Reading, Pennsylvania. Kathleen Z. Wisser, PhD, RN, CNE, CPHQ, is dean, School of Nursing, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, contact Dr. Fura at louise.fura@alvernia.edu.
Abstract:
Nurse educators are charged to develop and evaluate curricula on systems thinking to prepare future nurses to provide safe nursing care. The goal of this pilot study was to design and evaluate a four-hour educational strategy that prepares future professional nurses to use systems thinking approaches in the delivery of safe patient care. This study exposed prelicensure baccalaureate nursing students to systems thinking principles, which included didactic and experiential activities. A descriptive design was used to determine the effect of an on-campus educational strategy. A paired samples t-test revealed statistical significance from pretest to posttest.