RESUMO
Traditional nursing program orientations may not meet the needs of today's RN-to-BSN students. This article describes how both the informational and social goals of an orientation program may be effectively accomplished in a more flexible manner that meets students' needs by moving from a face-to-face format to an online format using a course management system.
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Bacharelado em Enfermagem/organização & administração , Reeducação Profissional/organização & administração , Docentes de Enfermagem , Relações Interprofissionais , Sistemas On-Line/organização & administração , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologia , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Docentes de Enfermagem/organização & administração , Seguimentos , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Iowa , Pesquisa em Educação em Enfermagem , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
Teaching nursing students how to think critically when planning patient care is vital to their professional success. Traditionally, the nursing care plan has been used to apply steps of the nursing process in planning patient care. However, nursing has evolved into a more complex profession that requires expanded ways of thinking and reasoning beyond the linear methods used in the past. Mind-mapped care plans provide an alternative method of teaching holistic, patient-centered care. This article describes the process used to integrate the mind-mapped care plan as an innovative educational tool, as well as formative and summative outcomes of its use.