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Impressions of uses for visual thinking strategies among doctorate of nursing practice leadership students
(2017-07-24)
Purpose: Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a structured art viewing technique that can help students develop aesthetic understanding and critical thinking skills (Housen, 2002). VTS integrates many techniques to build cognition including fact-finding, questioning, speculating, and personal association (Yenawine, 1997). Originally used with children, there is now a growing recognition that VTS holds value in higher education (Moorman, & Hensel, 2016). In the field of Nursing, undergraduate students have reported that VTS helps create a safe learning environment and helps the see things differently. (Moorman, 2015). Other undergraduate students have reported that VTS helped them gain observational, cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills (Moorman, Hensel, Decker, & Busby, 2016). Very little is known about how VTS might be used among nurses in leadership and administrative positions. The purpose of this project was to explore perceptions of how nurses enrolled in a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) program thought they might use VTS in their practice.
Methods: Fourteen DNP students, enrolled in a leadership DNP, participated in a standard VTS session lead by a trained facilitator. The group viewed three works of art and then were asked three open ended questions: 1. What is going on in this picture? 2. What are you seeing that makes you say that? and 3. What more can you find? Following the session the participants provided written feedback to open ended questions: 1.What was your impression of Visual Thinking Strategies?and 2. How might you use Visual Thinking Strategies in your Nursing or leadership?All participants gave written consent to use de-identified data for research purposes. Data were analyzed using the qualitative descriptive approach described by Sandelowski (2000) with Dedoose Version 7.5 software.
Results: The VTS session was well received as being enjoyable and having applications for practice. Three themes emerged about how participants might use VTS: as a teaching tool (N=13), changing thinking in practice (N=7), and facilitating interpersonal relations (N=14).
Conclusion: Thinking “out of the box” is becoming increasingly important for nurses to deal with complexity in today’s health care health care environment. This study found DNP students felt VTS could be used as a tool to improve communication and critical thinking in practice and education. Future research should address how skills learned in VTS improve nursing practice....
Secrets of the most successful nurse educators
(2017-07-27)
Successful nurse educators make a profound impact on their students, their workplaces, their communities, and the profession. The wisdom they impart can prevent complications, save money, and save lives, both today and for ...
From novice to competent: Developing an innovative nurse residency to increase confidence and job satisfaction
(2017-07-27)
An interactive presentation of the Medical Surgical Nurse Residency Program created to meet the needs of new nurses. This presentation will use lecture, videos, and audience participation in simulation to discuss the ...
Leadership strategies for the at-large chapter
(2015-01-15)
Session presented on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, and Thursday, September 25, 2014:
An at-large chapter of STTI may be established when smaller schools of nursing or those within close proximity to one another find it ...
Leading From the Margin: Nurses' Power and Influence
(2016-09-26)
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016: NURSING LEADERSHIP LEADING FROM THE MARGIN: NURSES POWER AND INFLUENCE. The institute of Medicine (IOM) has called on nursing to lead health care transformation. Achieving ...
Service leadership: The role of supervision in advanced nursing practice
(2016-09-26)
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:
Significant attention in research and education has been paid to the importance of leadership in nursing, especially for the developing role of the Advanced Practice ...
Preparing baccalaureate nursing students to be microsystem leaders
(2016-09-26)
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:
Historically leadership courses developed for undergraduate nursing education programs have focused on identifying personal skills deemed essential for students. These ...
The Kansas Nurse Leader Residency program: A clinical-academic partnership to develop nurse leaders
(2016-09-26)
Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:
In this presentation we will describe the Kansas Nurse Leader Residency (KNLR) program, developed and implemented through a statewide clinical – academic partnership. ...
Leadership, scholarship, and service: Examining historical vision as a path to future Nursing excellence
(2016-09-26)
Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016: The creation of innovation often stems from bending current conceptions. In 1922, nursing bore a resemblance to a group of skilled workers caring for the hygiene needs and ...
Innovative leadership in nursing education for Maryland Healthcare Systems: Supporting professional advancement in nursing
(2017-07-19)
Purpose: The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recently reported that Maryland is one of 16 U.S. states projected to experience a serious shortfall of registered nurses (RNs) by 2025 (HRSA, 2014). ...