TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing mental health competency in undergraduate nursing students amid pandemic
T2 - A hybrid model approach
AU - Tharani, Ambreen
AU - Lalani, Sharifa
AU - Mughal, Farida Bibi
AU - Momin, Razia Bano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - COVID-19 has raised a concern about the quality and continuity of education. The uncertain situation has required universities to undertake several innovative measures to continue their educational programs without compromising the quality of education. The aim of this paper is to introduce the hybrid approach for undergraduate nursing students for teaching mental health nursing course, utilizing Gagne's instructional design theory, in a private nursing institution in Pakistan. The nine steps of instructions in Gagne's theoretical framework were utilized for teaching the mental health nursing course. The approach enhanced students’ therapeutic communication skills, boosted their confidence level, and assisted them in overcoming their fears in caring patients with psychiatric illnesses. Students appreciated the innovative strategies, such as problem-based learning, case studies, interactions with standardized patients, and learning through movies. The innovative and creative clinical teaching approaches can be used to develop nursing students’ competencies, core clinical skills, and to bridge the theory-practice gap.
AB - COVID-19 has raised a concern about the quality and continuity of education. The uncertain situation has required universities to undertake several innovative measures to continue their educational programs without compromising the quality of education. The aim of this paper is to introduce the hybrid approach for undergraduate nursing students for teaching mental health nursing course, utilizing Gagne's instructional design theory, in a private nursing institution in Pakistan. The nine steps of instructions in Gagne's theoretical framework were utilized for teaching the mental health nursing course. The approach enhanced students’ therapeutic communication skills, boosted their confidence level, and assisted them in overcoming their fears in caring patients with psychiatric illnesses. Students appreciated the innovative strategies, such as problem-based learning, case studies, interactions with standardized patients, and learning through movies. The innovative and creative clinical teaching approaches can be used to develop nursing students’ competencies, core clinical skills, and to bridge the theory-practice gap.
KW - Gagne theory
KW - hybrid model
KW - mental health nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129494849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.teln.2022.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.teln.2022.03.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129494849
SN - 1557-3087
VL - 17
SP - 277
EP - 281
JO - Teaching and Learning in Nursing
JF - Teaching and Learning in Nursing
IS - 3
ER -
