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An Online Asynchronous Physical Assessment Lab (OAPAL) for Graduate Nursing Students Using Low-Fidelity Simulation
Kashica J Webber-Ritchey1, Donna Badowski, Lisa Gibbons
1About the Authors The authors are faculty in the School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor, Chicago, IL. Donna Badowski, DNP, RN, CNE, is assistant director, RN to MS Program, and assistant professor, Chicago, IL. Lisa Gibbons, MBA, is director of instructional design, center for teaching and learning (CTL); and associate director, Instructional Technology and Program Development, School of Nursing. This work was supported by the DePaul University Center for Teaching and Learning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Program. For more information, contact Dr. Webber-Ritchey, PhD, RN, at kwebberr@depaul.edu.
Abstract:
Physical assessment courses typically include a didactic component and a skills laboratory component. It is a challenge to create laboratory components in fully online nursing courses. This article reports on the use of an online asynchronous physical assessment laboratory using low-fidelity simulation with peer feedback to teach physical assessment skills to postlicensure nursing students in a fully online advanced health assessment course within an RN to MS program. Students found the online asynchronous physical assessment laboratory favorable, relevant, and engaging and believed it advanced their current skills.
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