Despite evidence that self-regulated learning ability is a strong predictor of academic achievement, effective learning and study strategies remain largely underutilized by students in higher education. In a time of extreme nursing shortage when prelicensure programs are operating at capacity, implications for course failure reach far beyond the…

This empirical qualitative study investigates whether the introduction of heutagogy in contemporary nursing education can foster the development of the digital self-determined learner, who is prepared to work and live in the fourth industrial age and beyond. The impact of heutagogical design on learner process and outcomes is explored through…

Introduction: There is a preponderance of studies on nurses' research competency and its benefits to the nursing profession. However, investigations on nursing students' research competency in the context of competency-based education (CBE) remain underreported. Objective: This study investigated the predictors and associations of Saudi nursing…

Social media is an emerging teaching strategy encouraging student collaboration while learning. However, the literature is lacking regarding the use of social media for teaching and learning with today's generation of learners. The purpose of this case study, with a quantitative and qualitative component, was to examine the effects of…

Multiple choice questions are used as evaluations in nursing schools. Nursing instructors and nursing book publishers develop exam questions. The specific problem addressed by the study was how best practice in multiple choice test items, item analysis, and revision of choice test items used by nursing instructors. Using a survey method, this…

There had been a lack of research on the relationship between a new graduate Registered Nurses' knowledge, experiences, attitudes, and age bias toward older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between new graduate Registered Nurses' knowledge, experiences, attitudes, and age bias toward older…

Saudi Arabia's economic and population growth is increasing the demands for healthcare services. This demand in healthcare requires an increase in the number of nurses which is further exacerbated by the shortage of nursing faculty in Saudi Arabia. To alleviate the shortage of nurse faculty, nursing schools in Saudi Arabia are recruiting a large…

Before nursing graduates can practice as a registered nurse, they must successfully pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Low first-time pass rates on this high-stakes test can cause concern for multiple stakeholders including graduate nurses, nursing programs, health care organizations, and society. The…

This mixed method study utilized the Online Faculty Caring, Presence, and Immediacy Behaviors Survey and explored 142 graduate nursing students' perceptions of faculty immediacy in accelerated online courses. Students ranked online faculty immediacy characteristics and determined level of agreement with faculty actions. The quantitative findings…

This article will (1) initially outline first-year nursing and undergraduate exercise sciences student perspectives on examinations of the 2011 Michael-McFarland (M-M2011) core principles in physiology through an anonymous online survey, and (2) model an updated approach based on these qualitative findings. Briefly, for the first perspective (i of…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a data-driven mathematical process that incorporates machine-based logic, usually in the form of algorithms. The algorithm is the building block of AI (Robert, 2019). Education, training, and competencies are now conducted through virtual reality, robotics, simulation, and technology learning-based platforms by…

Empathy is a fundamental quality that nursing staff should possess, but the empathy ability of nursing students in China is currently at an intermediate level and requires improvement. This study aimed to explore teaching methods for nursing humanistic education, that can improve the empathy ability of nursing students and cultivate high-quality…

A nursing program has had difficulty from the years 2015-2022 consistently meeting the national pass rate requirement during students' first attempts taking the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore perceptions of recent traditional and nontraditional nursing…

In March 2020, educators worldwide faced significant challenges as authorities recommended the suspension of in-person instruction to protect staff and students from exposure to COVID-19. This qualitative descriptive phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of U.S. nursing instructors navigating the rapid change from traditional…

It became necessary to integrate alternative teaching methods having excellent results in the nursing curriculum such as high-fidelity human patient simulation. High fidelity simulation improves nursing students' thinking, and emotional and decision-making capabilities. The pretest-posttest control group design was conducted to examine the effect…