Abstract

Nurse educators, at every level of pre-licensure nursing education, are charged with developing critical thinking skills within their students. Post-clinical conference is one teaching strategy that nurse educators can employ to help promote the development of critical thinking skills in pre-licensure nursing students. However, traditional face-to-face post-clinical conference is marred with issues and concerns, as identified in the nursing education literature. An alternative to face-to-face post-clinical conference, asynchronous online learning environment, mitigates the issues and concerns associated with traditional post-clinical conference. Adult learning theory supports the use of asynchronous online learning environment. The asynchronous online learning environment promotes student-centered teaching strategy in place of teacher-centered learning, which by its nature traditional face-to-face post-clinical conference tends to support.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3597781; ProQuest document ID: 1458439968. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kristie A. Berkstresser, PhD, CNE, GERO-BC, Associate Professor

Sigma Membership

Psi Pi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quasi-Experimental Study, Other

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Pre-Licensure Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Critical Thinking

Advisor

Paula Reams

Second Advisor

Joann Zerwekh

Third Advisor

Jean Hershey

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Capella University

Degree Year

2013

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-12-22

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