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Shinu Joy1, Kimberly Rumsey, Juan Feng
1About the Authors The authors are faculty at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. Shinu Joy, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, OCN, is an assistant professor. Kimberly Rumsey, DNP, RN, CNE, and Juan Feng, PhD, RN, CNE, are associate professors. Morgan Cangelosi, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CCRN-K, and Margaret Touw, DNP, RN, CNE, are assistant professors. Dwayne More, DNP, RN, CNE, now retired, was an assistant professor. The authors acknowledge the recipients of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Nursing Innovation Grant Program: Dr. Kristen Starnes Ott, Primary Investigator; Dr. Jacquelyn Svoboda; and Morgan Cangelosi. We also thank LeAnne Garcia, MLS, for reviewing and providing editing assistance on the manuscript. For more information, contact Dr. Joy at shjohn@utmb.edu .
Telehealth learning activities effectively bridge nursing course concepts for students. This innovative approach proved more advantageous than traditional methods, preparing nurses for modern healthcare settings.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Health Informatics
- Clinical Reasoning
Background:
- Traditional nursing education relies on simulation and clinicals.
- Integrating diverse course concepts can be challenging for students.
- The healthcare landscape is increasingly incorporating telehealth.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the effectiveness of a telehealth learning activity for prelicensure nursing students.
- To evaluate students' ability to connect concepts across different nursing courses.
- To compare telehealth simulation with traditional methods.
Main Methods:
- A collaborative telehealth learning activity was developed by Medical-Surgical II and mental health faculty.
- Second-semester prelicensure nursing students (N=596) participated.
- Student feedback was collected on the activity's effectiveness and comparison to traditional methods.
Main Results:
- 90% of students reported the telehealth activity effectively bridged concepts between courses.
- 82% of students found the telehealth activity more advantageous than traditional simulation and clinical experiences.
- Telehealth facilitated realistic, problem-based learning scenarios.
Conclusions:
- Telehealth-based learning activities are effective in enhancing clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
- Telehealth serves as a valuable tool for integrating knowledge across nursing curricula.
- This approach prepares nursing students for the evolving demands of the healthcare environment.
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