Preconference A
Sunday, January 4 (morning)
Legal Issues in Nurse Education
(By Popular Demand!)
Mark A. Hagemeier, JD

A dynamic and interactive Preconference to address the real concerns facing nursing faculty. Discusses the multiple legal issues impacting nursing faculty, administrators, and nursing institutions within the current teaching-learning environment. Explore the deposition process. Don’t miss this opportunity to join your colleagues while you gain knowledge and learn strategies to avoid litigation.

Current Laws and Regulations: How They Impact Educators

Potential Legal Issues Between Faculty Members and Between Faculty and the Institution

Unhappy Students: When They Report You to the State Board and When They File Civil and Criminal Suits

Questions and Discussion

Preconference B
Sunday, January 4 (morning)
Developing Multiple-Choice and Alternate- Format Test Items As a Platform for Effective Critical Thinking Exams
Mary J. Yoho, PhD, RN, CNE

Nursing faculty wonder if there is a better way to test, and this Preconference assists both the novice and experienced nurse educators with the keys to writing and analyzing exams containing multiple-choice test items within the nursing practice domain. Test construction and analysis are discussed, and i-clicker technology will be demonstrated.

Multiple-Choice and Alternate-Format Items: Improve the Quality and Reflect Various Cognitive Levels

Throughout the Curriculum: Constructing Exams to Promote Critical Thinking Concepts

Questions and Discussion

Preconference C
Sunday, January 4 (afternoon)
High Fidelity Simulation Labs: From Concept to Completion

Are you looking for funds to finance a new simulation lab? Do you want to learn to create a new lab or expand an existing one? Attend this Preconference and learn practical tools to initiate or advance the integration of clinical simulation into your nursing program.

Strategies for Successful Funding for Simulation: The Smart Hospital™ As a Case Example
Elizabeth C. Poster, PhD, RN, FAAN
Focuses on how faculty and administrators can enlarge or build new space and seek funds for equipment and materials to maintain simulation settings, small and large. Uses a case example to illustrate ways in which support can be generated from legislators, businesses and healthcare organizations, the community and the University. Describes how to generate and maintain external and internal excitement about simulation.

Developing a Simulation Lab: Steps to Success
Valerie M. Howard, EdD, RN
Lori Schumacher, PhD, RN, CCRN
Describes the use of simulation as a teaching/ learning strategy for nursing education and outlines the necessary components of a successful simulation lab. Strategies for developing and implementing simulation scenarios will also be explored. These practical application strategies are useful within both large and small simulation centers.

Adjourn

Preconference D
Sunday, January 4 (afternoon)
Teach Students to Think Like a Nurse!
Linda J. Caputi, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE

For too long, critical thinking has been a vague concept that was difficult for faculty to teach and students to understand. This session will present a plan that faculty can implement immediately for teaching critical thinking and offers a system that can be integrated throughout the nursing program. This plan offers a new, fresh look at clinical instruction with the intent of finally operationalizing the concept of critical thinking with an emphasis on quality and safety in nursing education.

Exploring Definitions and Stages of Critical Thinking

Strategies to Teach the Stages of Critical Thinking

How to Assess and Evaluate Critical Thinking

Critique Critical Thinking Exercises

New Approaches to Clinical Instruction

How Changes in the Workplace Alter Clinical Instruction

A Clinical Activities Portfolio: A System for Teaching Students to Think Like a Nurse

Adjourn