Amber McCall
Augusta University, Georgia
Title: Nursing’s next generation: Innovative nursing education for Millennials and Generation Z
Biography
Biography: Amber McCall
Abstract
An anticipated world-wide nursing shortage has been well-documented. Nursing educators report multiple generational differences among current students and seasoned faculty. This trend will likely continue to unfold as digital natives, fully equipped with mobile learning wants and needs, and seek to become nurses. Thus, updated and innovative teaching methods are needed in nursing education with efforts to engage Millennial and Generation Z nursing students. The objectives of this presentation/workshop is to discuss the mindset needed for innovative teaching success, for views that are easy-to-duplicate examples of innovative teaching methods used in simulation environments, skills lab, clinical (or hands-on learning), lecture/didactic content delivery, online courses, and for research/practice and to provide templates and facilitate processes to help attendees to brainstorm and create their own innovative teaching resources.