OpenRN

  Open RN's Nursing Assistant OER textbook with CC BY 4.0 licensing has been released on the National Library of Medicine Bookshelf, available at  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK599384/ .

  If you are headed to the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in San Diego, stop by Table #21 at the SimVentor Showcase on January 22nd to talk to us about Open RN OER virtual simulations, or attend our Educational Session on January 23rd at 10 a.m.  to learn more about harnessing AI to create virtual simulations. On January 24th at 11:30 am, Mitch Luker  from NWTC and Jamie Howell from WTC are presenting on how they have successfully incorporated Open RN and VR at their colleges. 

Nursing Management and Professional Concepts has been released on the National Library of Medicine Bookshelf. It is available at this link:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK598384/  

  It was a pleasure to share Open RN OER at the OADN and discuss how we are using generative AI to create engaging virtual simulations to enhance the development of students' clinical judgment. The energy and excitement in the room was palpable as we shared just a few potential ways that educators can harness the capabilities of generative AI to create engaging and interactive learning activities!

We were pleased to collaborate with Open Oregon Educational Resources on a panel presentation/ webinar yesterday with David Wiley from Lumen Learning on, "Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Open Education Contexts."  Here is the slide presentation .

  Nursing Skills, 2nd edition , has been released on Bookshelf’s live site, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK596735/ .

  Here is a link to the full progress report .  Here is a high level overview of progress made this quarter: “ Adopting OER as an Equity Strategy ” was published as an open access article in the  September/October  edition of  Nursing Education Perspectives . This articles shares student outcomes in WTCS nursing courses that have adopted Open RN OER textbooks. The online version of the Nursing Pharmacology, 2e was released in August 2023. Here is a list of revisions made to the 2 nd edition. The affordable print version is currently being developed with XanEdu. The online version of Nursing Skills, 2e was released in August 2023 using the same URL as the first edition. Here is the list of revisions made to the 2 nd edition. The affordable print version is currently being developed with XanEdu. As previously reported, Nursing Assistant was released in January 2023 using HEERF funding. A print version is now available from XanEdu. A Student