Clinical Nursing Skills: Ways to Build Competency through Digital Learning
Join us to hear the authors of Clinical Nursing Skills: Practice for Mastery reveal exciting ways to use technology in your nursing skills courses. Laura Gonzalez and Michelle Aebersold will discuss how to promote competency with digital courseware and weigh in on the benefits of technology in nursing skills education. In this interview-style session one of Pearson’s commercial product managers, John Goucher will unpack with the authors in detail how MyLab Nursing promotes mastery over memorization. Whether you teach in a concept-based or traditional curriculum, Clinical Nursing Skills can help you train nursing professionals with the skills required across the healthcare continuum.
Dr. Laura Gonzalez, APRN, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, Sentinel U
Dr. Michelle Aebersold, RN, CHSE, FAAN, University of Michigan
John Goucher, Commercial Product Manager, Pearson
Join us to hear the authors of Clinical Nursing Skills: Practice for Mastery reveal exciting ways to use technology in your nursing skills courses. Laura Gonzalez and Michelle Aebersold will discuss how to promote competency with digital courseware and weigh in on the benefits of technology in nursing skills education. In this interview-style session one of Pearson’s commercial product managers, John Goucher will unpack with the authors in detail how MyLab Nursing promotes mastery over memorization. Whether you teach in a concept-based or traditional curriculum, Clinical Nursing Skills can help you train nursing professionals with the skills required across the healthcare continuum.
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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.
John Goucher, Commercial Product Manager, Pearson
Meet John, the person driving the soon-to-be released nursing learning path, Clinical Nursing Skills: Practice for Mastery. John has been involved in publishing health sciences education for most of his career. He is motivated to deliver effective and enjoyable learning experiences to healthcare students, which is central to his role as a Commercial Product Manager and Executive Editor, titles he has held with Pearson since 2010.