Clinical Nursing Skills: Mastery Over Memorization
Join Dr. Laura Gonzalez, Dr. Michelle Aebersold, and Sara Finnigan to learn how Pearson’s MyLab® Nursing helps students progress from skills practice to skills mastery and the learning science behind it all.
Dr. Laura Gonzalez, APRN, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, Sentinel U
Dr. Michelle Aebersold, RN, CHSE, FAAN, University of Michigan
Sara Finnigan, Pearson
Now, more than ever, nursing educators are under pressure to develop floor-ready nurses. Within clinical nursing skills, students often memorize the steps involved in performing a skill, but they may lack understanding of the larger concepts related to a skill.
This session will take you through a new digital active-learning experience for skills education, with the opportunity to understand the evidence and learning science that leads to improved learner outcomes. Join us to learn how Pearson’s MyLab® Nursing helps students progress from skills practice to skills mastery and the learning science behind it all.
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About the speakers
Dr. Laura Gonzalez, APRN, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, Sentinel U
Dr. Laura Gonzalez is the Vice President for Clinical Learning Resources at Sentinel U®. She has over twenty years of experience in academia, teaching both graduate and undergraduate nursing students. In her current position, Dr. Gonzalez focuses on product innovation and forecasting future trends, ensuring that Sentinel U remains on the forefront of simulation education technology. She is an Advanced Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, a Fellow of the Academy of Nurse Educators, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is the recipient of the prestigious Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (SoTL) from the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Gonzalez is such a staunch supporter of simulation that she has focused her professional nursing and academic career on advancing the science of nursing education through the use of simulation and innovative technologies and its impact on learner outcomes. Her specific body of work has resulted in more than 20 data-based manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. Along with Dr. Aebersold, she is one of the authors of Clinical Nursing Skills: Basic to Advanced Skills, 9th Edition, a publication of Pearson Education.
As a seasoned nurse educator with experience teaching across live, hybrid, online, and synchronous modalities, Dr. Gonzalez’s expertise extends well beyond the classroom and simulation center and into the laboratory. She is privileged to have been on a team of scientists to receive two patents in augmented reality: System for Detecting Sterile Field Events and Related Methods and a Physical-Virtual Patient Bed System.
Dr. Gonzalez began her studies at Hunter College in NYC, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Dr. Gonzalez holds a Master of Science in nursing from the University of South Florida. While working as a nursing instructor at the University of South Florida, she received her Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Michelle Aebersold, RN, CHSE, FAAN, University of Michigan
Dr. Michelle Aebersold is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing and a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Information. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Aebersold is an XR Faculty Innovator in Residence through the University of Michigan XR Initiative.
Dr. Aebersold’s leadership experience includes roles in the practice environments, including oversight of nursing intensive care units, acute care units, and outpatient specialty clinics. Dr. Aebersold also developed the simulation program for the UM School of Nursing and oversaw the development of the 13,000 square foot simulation center, which opened in 2015.
Dr. Aebersold has been teaching since 2006. She teaches in the area of leadership, analytics, quality and safety in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral nursing courses. She often oversees doctoral students for their scholarly projects and participates on dissertation committees.
Dr. Aebersold has extensive experience in using a variety of simulation learning methods including mannequin-based simulation, virtual and augmented realities, and virtual gaming. She has developed numerous case studies, simulations, and skill-based resources for use in the undergraduate nursing programs.
Dr. Aebersold has numerous publications, presents on a variety of topics, and is often an invited speaker at international, regional, and local conferences. She consults with nursing schools around improving their simulation programs, developing virtual educational assets and other projects. Along with Dr. Gonzalez, she is one of the authors of Clinical Nursing Skills: Basic to Advanced Skills, 9th Edition, a publication of Pearson Education. Sara lives in Westfield IN, with her two children Harrison (12), Scarlett (10), and their chihuahua Bambi.
Sara Finnigan, Pearson
Sara has over 24 years of experience in instructional design, instructor led and online education, learning design, and information architecture. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University in secondary education and English and a Masters in both organizational development and instructional design from Roosevelt University. Sara holds certificates in e-learning and facilitating organizational change and her work experience includes development and facilitation of instructor led and online-learning solutions for the education, telecommunications, food services, and agricultural industries.
At Pearson Sara is a Principal Learning Designer on the Learning Design team which is part pf the Efficacy and Research part of the organization in Global Product. She is dedicated to optimizing the learning experiences of Pearson’s next generation of evidence-based, global technology products through outcomes-focused, evidence-based design, utilizing a range of educational theories to create engaging, authentic learning environments in multiple learning modalities for a variety of learners.
