Utilizing an Integrated Learning Experience in a Senior Undergraduate Nursing Program

Jo Anne Foley¹, Virginia M Mason, Karen Manning

• ¹Jo Anne Foley, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNE, is an associate professor and nursing and course coordinator at Labouré College. She obtained her BS and MS degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and her DNP from Walden University. She has 33 years of experience as a critical care nurse. Virginia M. Mason, PhD, RN-BC, CCRN, ACNS-BC, CNE, is an associate professor of nursing at Labouré College. She has a BSN from Boston College, MSN from Yale University Graduate School of Nursing, and PhD from the University of Massachusetts Worcester-Amherst Collaborative Graduate School of Nursing and has completed postdoctoral studies at Yale University GSN. She has 35 years of experience as a clinical nurse specialist/nurse educator in critical care nursing. Karen Manning, MSN, RN, is the chairperson of the Division of Nursing at Labouré College. She has a BSN from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and an MSN from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and she has completed 50 credits toward a doctorate degree in higher education leadership at Walden University. Ms Manning has a vast background in leadership and nursing education.