Simulation for Formative Clinical Learning—Comprehensive Sim Labs Make Students More Practice-Ready at The Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing, Montana State University

Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. NOTE: Dr. Shannon generously included the course design guidelines at the conclusion of this article.   Dean Sarah Shannon and faculty colleagues have re-imagined how Simulation courses for Clinical Learning can integrate learning goals for all courses.   These clinical learning Sim labs focus on formative learning and integrate …

Montana Sim Files

Simulation Course Description (NRSG 400 Simulation course) © Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing at Montana State University, Bozeman.  Simulation Design Template (Actor: Ertha Williams) © Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing at Montana State University, Bozeman.  Simulation Design Template for Patho-Pharm Class © Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing at Montana …

Experiential Learning From Practice: Using Situated Coaching and Clinical Narratives

Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. John Benner, Ph.D.C., University of Washington One of the ‘taken for granted’, hidden assumptions about teaching and learning in most of academia, including nursing education, is guided by a disproven Cartesian view of how the mind works, based upon Descartes (1644; 1993; Dreyfus and Taylor, 2015; Taylor, 2016; Robbins …

VIDEO: Experiential Learning: Learning Directly from Practice in Nursing Education

Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. One of the ‘taken for granted’, hidden assumptions about teaching and learning in most of academia, including nursing education, is guided by a disproven Cartesian view of how the mind works, based upon Descartes (1644; 1993; Dreyfus and Taylor, 2015; Taylor, 2016; Damasio, 2005). This mistaken assumption is that …

Needed: Clinical Leaders for Excellent Nursing Practice

Eloise Balasco Cathcart. MSN, RN, FAAN Director of Education, EducatingNurses.com Patricia Benner, MSN, R.N. Ph.D., FAAN. Executive Director, EducatingNurses.com  “Most acute care units are now staffed with less seasoned nurses. Many young nurses don’t experience that awe when they watch a mentor intuitively grasp that the patient is crashing, even before any data exists. I …

Nurse with patient in hospital bed

Enriching and Extending Experiential Learning from Clinical Practice, Why Learning from Practice is Indispensable

January  2024 Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN John Benner, Doctoral Candidate University of Washington, Seattle, WA The primary goal of clinical assignments is for students to experientially learn directly from practice what cannot be learned any other way or from any other sources. This is as much about learning how to learn from clinical experience …

Facilitating Students’ Learning from Practice: The Centrality of Experiential Learning in Practice Disciplines

Educators in all practice disciplines have erred on the side of thinking that all knowledge is just a matter of “applying” what is conceptually and technically already known, a rational-calculation approach Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D. FAAN John Benner, Doctoral Candidate at University of Washington, Seattle, WA Experiential learning directly from practice is central to all …