Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators:
Essentials of E-learning and Strategies for NCLEX^® Success

Pre-conference Sessions
February 2nd

Creating Test Items to Promote NCLEX® Success (8:30 - 11:30am)
Course Conversion/Creation: Taking It Online (1:00 - 4:00pm)
Simulation Strategies and the NCLEX® Test Plan: A Blueprint for Success (8:30am - 4:00pm)

Creating Test Items to Promote NCLEX® Success

JoAnn Zerwekh, EdD, RN

Using a multi-step process, you will learn to develop test items which can be easily modified for other courses or subsequent exams. Following a test blueprint, you will develop items based on key nursing concepts, not trivial information. We will explore writing the items for clarity, using effective distractors, and thinking like a student--all to improve your item writing skills. Attendees are invited to bring a sample of faculty-written test items to apply what you learn!

Course Conversion/Creation: Taking It Online

Tim Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE

Enhancing the learning experience, flexibility for learners, access to education, a lack of faculty and many other situations can lead to a desire to take it online. While some programs are putting an entire program or course online, others are developing hybrid and blended learning environments. We will cover the steps needed to successfully convert an existing course as well as create a new e-Learning course. Come with syllabi and learning objectives ready to start your e-journey.

Simulation Strategies and the NCLEX® Test Plan:
A Blueprint for Success

James Wright, BA.M,  MSN, RN, CNE
Karin J. Sherrill, RN, MSN, MEd, CNE

Student success on the NCLEX® exam remains the primary program outcome assessment criterion for nursing programs. Learn how to design simulation experiences for your students based upon the NCLEX® Test Blueprint. Tips for using simulation as a remediation strategy will be offered and linking the experiences to program outcome assessment tests will be reviewed.

Shuttle bus leaves at 7:45 am
Transporting attendees from Embassy Suites to:
Gateway Community College
Nursing Clinical Simulation Laboratory
108 North 40th St., Phoenix

This is an active learning, hands-on experience. Dress comfortably. Lunch is provided.

A "Hands-on" Approach for Curricular Success

Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators is a unique conference experience that will guide nursing faculty through the process of developing learning and assessment strategies using technology and the NCLEX® Test Plan as a guide. Participants will receive conference notes and tools, including a variety of learning activities and assessments that can be used across the nursing curriculum. Sessions will focus on actively practicing a variety of techniques that include time-saving methods to assist faculty in workload management while enhancing student success. Free Wi-Fi is available and some activities will be accessible online.

Tool Box: Every participant will receive the one-of-a-kind Tool Box. This Tool Box includes 75 tools that can be implemented in the classroom. It contains everything from learning activities to scoring guides and syllabi policies. Many of these tools will be used during the conference and are ready for immediate classroom and clinical use. The great thing about this Tool Box is that it is very portable and will fit nicely in your curriculum.

Target Audience

This conference is designed for Nurse Educators in PN/VN, ADN, Diploma, and BSN programs. Because of the active learning focus, other Health Care Educators will benefit as well.

Attire

Business­­–casual attire is appropriate for the conference. Please note that the temperature in the meeting rooms varies; dress in layers to ensure your comfort.

Conference Objectives

Upon completion of the conference the participant will be able to:

• Create learning activities for clinical reasoning.
• Develop effective learning strategies for the classroom and clinical environment.
• Identify assessment strategies that provide valid and reliable data for learner success and program improvement.
• Create e-learning activities to promote student success in the classroom, clinical, and lab environments.
• Use technology tools to promote quality and safety concepts in nursing education.
• Connect the NCLEX® Test Plan Client Needs to learning experiences.
• Identify factors that create barriers to NCLEX® success.
• Describe strategies to support NCLEX® success.
• Begin to develop an action plan for NCLEX® success that can be used in your school.

Call for Posters (submit by December 1)

Consider submitting a poster related to nursing education or an evidence-based clinical study with implications for nursing education. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and notification of acceptance will occur by Dec. 15. For complete poster presentation guidelines, you may download information here. For questions, please e-mail workshops@nursetim.com or call 866.861.2896

Thursday, February 2

Pre-conferences

Friday, February 3

Essentials for E-Learning:

From QSEN

**

to Clinical Reasoning

Saturday, February 4

* (refreshments with exhibitors and posters)

Tim Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE

Tim is a nurse educator and educational consultant. He has taught at all levels of nursing in both public and private institutions. He has also consulted with the health care industry through public health, acute care, long-term care, and professional trade organizations. He shares his work through a number of written works on e-learning and faculty development. Specializing in instructional design with an emphasis in curricular innovation, Tim is owner of NurseTim, Inc. and a faculty member at Walden University.

Karin J. Sherrill, RN, MSN, MEd, CNE

Karin is the Simulation Coordinator at Maricopa Community Colleges and specializes in simulation and technology integration into nursing curriculum. She has been involved with the development of the first online ADN program, participation in the NLN’s Health Information Technology Scholars program, and lead author for the Informatics Module for NCSBN’s Transition to Practice study. Karin has consulted for multiple publishing companies on simulation and informatics; served as chair of the Simulation Integration Management Committee for the Maricopa Nursing Program and is founding president of the Arizona Simulation Network.

James Wright, BA.M, MSN, RN, CNE

James ‘SimJim’ Wright has a variety of nursing experience including Med-Surg, Cardiovascular, Telemetry, Peri-operative and Nursing Administration. At GateWay Community College, Jim has grown the program from a ‘one dummy’ lab, to a comprehensive program of nursing clinical simulation using self –developed and packaged programs and multiple simulation tools and techniques. James is an active member of the Arizona and American Nurses Associations, the NLN, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning. He is a founding member of the Arizona Simulation Network and a Peer Educator for Elsevier Learning.

JoAnn Zerwekh, EdD, RN

JoAnn is an educator, author, and consultant primarily teaching graduate-level nursing courses online. She is the executive director of Nursing Education Consultants, Inc., a nursing education consultant company that publishes books and provides NCLEX® review courses for graduate nurses. JoAnn is the author of numerous textbooks including Nursing Today: Transition and Trends, NCLEX® review books, e-Learning: Essentials for Nurse Educators, and the Memory Notebooks of Nursing and Memory Notecards of Nursing series. She also consults with nursing programs on curriculum development and analysis, as well as test construction and incorporating e-Learning into the curriculum.

Lodging

Alternate Accommodations:

The Embassy Suites is out of rooms with the special rate but Hotel Highland is offering rooms at $139.00 per night. The rate includes airport shuttle services, shuttle service to the Embassy Suites, Wi-Fi and deluxe hot breakfast. Hotel Highland is one mile from the Embassy Suites. Call the Hotel Highland at 1-602-956-5221 and tell them you are with the group "Nuts & Bolts Nurse Educators" to get the special rate. This special rate is only available until Monday, January 23, 2012.

Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore®

Conveniently located steps from the Biltmore Fashion Park
2630 East Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016
A block of rooms has been reserved under Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators until January 12th. To ensure group room pricing, register early before the room block is full. Complimentary Internet provided.
Participants are responsible for their own hotel reservations and should make payments for lodging and other hotel services directly to the Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore.

Hotel services & amenities include:

Attractions

Biltmore Fashion Park

The original luxury shopping destination in Phoenix is a newly polished classic. A delicious collection of restaurants let you order up levels of flavorful virtue. It’s all tucked into an historic neighborhood of luxury homes, famous resorts and glittering high-rises. Lush lawns and shaded, flower-filled walkways lead to wonderful shops including those listed below.

Register Early!

Take advantage of our special early bird discount rate!
Early bird registration ends December 1st.

Group Discounts

Three or more faculty registrations will qualify your group for a discount. Further discounts are available for large groups of six or more. Registrations must be mailed together with fees prior to conference registration deadline.

Registration Deadline—January 20th

Since conference registration and hotel rooms are limited, please register early. Confirmation is sent if your registration form and payment are received two weeks before the conference begins.

Cancellation Policy

An administrative fee of $100 will be charged for changes to registrations (cancellations and refunds) prior to January 20th. No refunds issued after January 20th.

Photography

We reserve the right to photograph attendees for use in promotional materials.

Vendors

This conference has received commercial support from a variety of vendors. This commercial support shall not influence the design and scientific objectivity of this educational activity. A complete list of vendors will be available at the conference. The educational event will be kept separate from promotional activities.

Nursing Contact Hours

This activity has been submitted to Illinois Nurses Association Approver Unit for approval to award contact hours. Illinois Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
 
Contact hours:
2.75 Session A – Creating Test Items to Promote NCLEX® Success
2.75 Session B – Course Conversion/Creation: Taking It Online
5.5 Session C – Simulation Strategies and the NCLEX® Test Plan: A Blueprint for Success
12.5 Two days of Nuts & Bolts for Nurse Educators
 
All faculty and planners at nursing continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience (1) any significant financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products, goods or services and (2) any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations. Such disclosures will be made in writing in the course presentation materials.