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Tracy Collins1, Felesha Perry, Vicki Chandler
1About the Authors Tracy Collins, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is a clinical associate professor, Loewenberg College of Nursing, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. Felesha Perry, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, is a clinical associate professor, Loewenberg College of Nursing, The University of Memphis. Vicki Chandler, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is an assistant professor, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee. For more information, contact Dr. Collins at tmason@memphis.edu.
Abstract:
Faculty in graduate nursing education have been challenged when teaching first-year family nurse practitioner students to accurately assess a patient and build a subjective, objective, assessment, and plan note (SOAP note) through history taking and patient interviews. Students' familiarity with peer discussion can assist with learning the SOAP note process. Using peer discussion, faculty were able to make the learning process student friendly and useful in future clinical settings.
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