Preparing Nursing Students for Practice Through Scaffolded Simulation
Webinar Details
Multi-patient simulation experiences should be leveraged to prepare undergraduate nursing students for transition to practice. Designed to mimic the complexities of real practice environments, multi-patient simulations provide students with an opportunity to apply knowledge and demonstrate skills while caring for multiple patients at the same time. During this webinar the presenters will discuss findings from a recent study designed to examine senior-level undergraduate nursing students’ perceived cognitive load and competency in the primary nurse role during an in-person multi-patient simulation, following a preparatory, scaffolded, multi-modal simulation intervention.
Presented by winners of AACN’s Faculty Scholars Grant Program.
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore the relationship between cognitive load and multi-patient simulations for transition to practice.
- Understand how scaffolded, multi-modal preparation impacts students’ perceptions of cognitive load and ability to demonstrate competency while rotating through the primary nurse role in a multi-patient simulation.
- Identify ways in which scaffolded, multi-modal preparation can be integrated to prepare undergraduate nursing students for cognitively demanding multi-patient simulations.
Speakers
George Tarwater, DNP, RN, CHSE
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Dr. George Tarwater is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. He brings extensive experience in undergraduate nursing education, clinical instruction, and healthcare simulation, with a particular focus on active learning, simulation design, and faculty development.
Dr. Tarwater holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Educational Leadership, a Master of Science in Nurse Education, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and an active member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, where he serves on the INCLUDE Committee. His scholarly and teaching interests include the use of scaffolded, multimodal simulation strategies to enhance learner outcomes, managing cognitive load in complex simulation experiences, and supporting novice clinical faculty development. Dr. Tarwater has presented nationally and internationally on simulation-based education and faculty self-efficacy and is key personnel on an AACN-funded grant focused on simulation-supported transition-to-practice initiatives. With a background in pediatric and adult critical care nursing, Dr. Tarwater integrates clinical expertise with evidence-based educational strategies to advance nursing education and support the preparation of practice-ready graduates.
Megan Turner, MSN, RN, CHSE
Clinical Instructor
University of Kansas School of Nursing
Megan Turner is a clinical instructor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. With over 10 years of experience as a registered nurse, she has cared for adult patients across the acute care spectrum, including within inpatient rehabilitation and hospice, medical-surgical, progressive care, and intensive care settings. As a nurse educator she has developed and facilitated numerous lab and simulation experiences, including multi-patient simulation experiences, for both undergraduate nursing students and novice nurses.
In addition to her interests in experiential learning, Ms. Turner is passionate about incorporating education related to lifestyle considerations into nursing education. She also has experience as an affiliate faculty with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she facilitated simulation experiences for new graduate nurses within the Post-Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Residency Program. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at the University of Kansas, focused on how undergraduate nursing students transfer learning from multi-patient simulation experiences to clinical practice as novice nurses.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.