The long winter continues ... ❄️ we have had some signs of spring here in WI, but I realize that it is false spring, and there are likely a few snowfalls left.

We finished up both of my girls basketball season this past weekend, and as much as I love to watch them compete, I am looking forward to a weekend off from the gym.

🩼 I've also continued to work on my newest deck, which will be an intermediate orthopedic/medical clinical unit. There are currently four patients and I am excited to see this one come together.

One of the scenarios I included in this case study is something that happened to me in my first year of nursing, when a patient made an inappropriate comment and I was caught off guard and very unsure of how to respond.

My hope is that including this moment in a case study opens the door for open discussion and gives students the opportunity to rehearse how they may react in a similar situation. I believe that practicing these conversations in a safe environment can help them find their voice if it happens to them, set boundaries with confidence, and recognize that they are justified in speaking up if a patient makes them uncomfortable.

Alright, on to this week's resources!

🧭 Active Learning Tool

-a teaching technique to engage students

Trying to "teach" compassion and empathy can feel impossible and awkward. This simple worksheet turns the abstract art of caring into a concrete clinical skill your students can actually practice.

💡 Inspiring Resource

-a link worth clicking

If we don't want students to default to AI to make patient care decisions, the classroom must be come a practice arena, a laboratory for practicing the skills that are important to nurses.

🗂️ Research Snapshot

-an actionable research finding

Discover how a group of experts solved the ‘curriculum squeeze’ in nursing education by building a free library of high-impact palliative care resources you can drop into your syllabus tomorrow.

See you next week! Martha

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