Critical Incident Video Simulation: Reimaging the Preparation of Nurse Educators for Today's Teaching Challenges

Nursing faculty members reported feeling unprepared and lacking confidence in addressing teaching challenges. Recommendations include incorporating experiential learning strategies to better prepare faculty members for teaching.

To determine if the Critical Incident Video (CIV) intervention improved faculty preparation and confidence in addressing teaching challenges.

Using a quasi-experimental pre-posttest design, a convenience sample of faculty from prelicensure RN programs (N = 257) completed the pre-intervention tool measuring participants' preparation and confidence to address common teaching challenges. Participants were randomly placed into either the control (n = 109) or experimental (n = 148) group. The experimental group completed a structured CIV simulation intervention and the post-intervention and simulation experience instruments. The control group retook the pre-intervention instrument at 6 months.

The results were statistically significant (P < .001) for aggregated scores for overall confidence and preparedness across 12 teaching challenges and 4 teaching environments.

This study provides compelling evidence that the CIV intervention was a successful catalyst to prepare nurse educators to address teaching challenges.