Publisher's Synopsis
Help student nurses develop skill competency and clinical judgment with Lippincott's unparalleled nursing education skills solution. Available anytime, anywhere, Lippincott¬ Skills+ for Nursing Education is designed specifically to empower nursing faculty and students to support teaching, learning, and reporting on nursing skills across the curriculum. Expert-authored skill instructions, evidence-based rationales, videos, and case studies help the novice nursing student master new skills and confidently prepare for skills lab and clinical settings. Integrated vSim for Nursing | Fundamentals and Lippincott Advisor for Education round out this upgraded skills solution. Used alone or integrated with Lippincott¬ CoursePoint, Lippincott Skills+ for Nursing Education offers an efficient learning experience backed with tools to monitor and motivate student preparedness and skill competency. Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills Collection, authored by Pamela Lynn, EdD, MSN, RN, delivers a robust set of essential skills for the undergraduate nurse and meets the needs of students throughout the curriculum. Features A new web-based user interface goes beyond a traditional eBook, delivering essential pedagogy, nursing process approach, and skill instruction optimized for online reading and on-the-go learning. Trusted content from Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills and Taylor's Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills equips students with education-focused skill instructions and pedagogy. Skill Overviews use a consistent framework for each skill, with step-by-step implementation guidance and rationales. Videos bring skill instructions to life, showing nursing students and their instructors performing a range of essential nursing procedures, carefully matching written skill instructions. Quizzes for each skill assess students' understanding and preparedness for skills lab or clinical. Case Studies help students develop clinical judgment skills and apply their knowledge in the context of patient care, with two types of cases: Practice & Learn Interactive Case Studies engage today's active learners in content review, case study practice application and assessment. Integrated Case Studies reflect the complex combination of skills typically performed in nursing practice, challenging students to think critically and prioritize care. Online Skill Checklists allow instructors to customize student evaluations and easily track skill performance, enter comments, and save and share checklist records with students electronically. Skill-based organization of all resources ensures an efficient learning experience. Enhanced reporting provides in-depth dashboards with key data points to help instructors track student progress and identify strengths and weaknesses. Preparation for Practice tools in this upgraded solution improves student competence, confidence, and success in transitioning to practice: vSim for Nursing | Fundamentals: To improve the fidelity of virtual simulation, develop practice-ready nurses with strong clinical judgment skills, and help address practice readiness gaps due to limited clinical training sites, Wolters Kluwer and Laerdal Medical launched next generation of vSim¬ for Nursing in 2022, with real-world, evidence-based scenarios written by the National League for Nursing. New features build students' clinical judgment (next-generation NCLEX post-quizzes), communication (SBAR interactive feature), safety (transmission-based infection and personal protective equipment mini game), and more. vSim for Nursing offers a safe, dynamic environment with diverse patients and an enhanced 3D design, making it an essential resource for nursing schools facing a shortage of clinical sites and resources to ensure all students receive quality clinical training that can be done anytime, anywhere. Lippincott Advisor for Education: With over 8500 entries covering the latest evidence-based content and drug information, Lippincott Advisor for Education provides students with the most up-to-date information possible, while giving them valuable experience with the same point-of-care content they will encounter in practice.
