Because patient care depends on nurses' ability to effectively communicate, nursing students need opportunities to develop written and oral communication skills through low-stakes activities. However, content-intensive classes and clinical schedules are obstacles to explicit writing support. Online asynchronous peer review can be an effective solution. Students participated in an online asynchronous peer review intervention. Students reported their perceptions of the peer review and subsequent revisions. Watch the video and read this article to learn how you can implement online asynchronous peer review in your courses.

There is limited information on the development of academic policies in nursing programs. Despite nurse educators’ unequivocal and frequent use of policies in their day-to-day interactions to manage students and courses, there are no dedicated resources available in the literature to assist nursing faculty with the development of this skill set. The authors in this video and article provide guidance to nursing faculty on writing equitable academic policies for schools of nursing.

Pharmacology courses require a blend of memorization and application of content. As educators prepare students to take the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN), consideration should be given to learning activities that support the integration of knowledge and practice and prepare prelicensure students to begin applying clinical judgment when presented with new information. In this video the author describes use of a Highlight Table item for teaching pharmacology, illustrates it use, and explains how she implements it in class. Be sure to also read the teaching tip article.

In this video, Kelli Garber, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, Lead Advanced Practice Provider and Clinical Integration Specialist, MUSC Center for Telehealth, explains the growth of telehealth and preparing providers and students to use telehealth in their practice. Be sure to read about her study that evaluated provider adoption of telehealth based on the type of telehealth education they received.

As more nursing courses are taught online, nurse educators need to adopt creative approaches to online formative assessment strategies. Low-stakes assessments of student comprehension allow teaching approaches to be adjusted quickly in asynchronous virtual environments. A classroom assessment technique commonly known as “themuddiest point” has proven to be useful in gathering feedback from students about concepts they are struggling with and improve comprehension prior to high-stakes examinations. Learn how to use muddiest points assessment in a large online course in this video and teaching tips article.