Evaluating the Effectiveness of ATI Nurse's Touch™ on BSN Student Soft Skills: A Descriptive Study

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Jenni L Hoffman1, Linda Myler, Sandra Hines

  • 1About the Authors The authors are faculty at Eastern Michigan University School of Nursing, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Jenni L. Hoffman, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CLNC, FAANP, is an assistant professor. Linda Myler, DNP, RN, CHSE, CNE, is an assistant professor. Sandra Hines, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, is an associate professor and associate director of undergraduate studies-nursing programs. The authors thank Assessment Technologies Institute Nursing Education for the opportunity to evaluate the Nurse's Touch product. They are grateful also to D. Marty Raymond III, PhD, RN, for his consulting role in the statistical analysis. For more information, contact Dr. Hoffman at jhoffm26@emich.edu.

Nursing Education Perspectives
|August 11, 2018
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