Open RN Grant Information




The Open RN project is funded by a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education to create 5 OER Nursing Textbooks with 25 associated Virtual Reality scenarios. 




Who:  The Open RN project is led by Chippewa Valley Technical College. Five nursing textbooks are being collaboratively written with nursing faculty from other Wisconsin technical colleges.  The books will be reviewed by nursing faculty, deans, healthcare alliance members, and other industry representatives to ensure the content is current and accurate.

What: The OER Nursing textbooks are aligned with the Wisconsin Technical College State Nursing curriculum.

When: The publishing timeline for the OER Nursing textbooks is:
Fall 2020:  Nursing Pharmacology
Fall 2021:  Nursing Fundamentals and Skills
Fall 2022:  Mental Health & Community Concepts and Management & Professional Concepts

Where:  The textbooks will be published in Pressbooks and will be free and openly accessible to all nursing students and faculty everywhere.  The books will be accessible in multiple formats, such as: electronic; pdf; or hard cover.  The textbooks will also be accessible via LibreTexts, where they can be easily “remixed” by nursing faculty interested in customizing their own textbook.

Why: 
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, textbook costs have skyrocketed by 88% over the past decade, causing decreased accessibility by students.  The anticipated cost savings for each nursing student using these five OER books is over $694. The projected maximum impact of this project for all nursing students in Wisconsin Technical College Nursing programs is $1.5 million dollars annually in textbook savings. Other nursing programs across the country will also be able to easily customize the OER textbooks to their curriculum, which will likely lead to even more cost savings nationally.

It can take several years for textbook editions to be updated with current, evidence based practice. Conversely, Open RN textbooks can be easily updated online as new evidence based practices occur.

Open RN textbooks will contain adaptive learning activities to assist students in developing clinical judgment in a similar manner to how they will be tested with the new NCLEX “Next Generation” exam questions. 

For More Information: For more information about the Open RN project and how to get involved, go to www.cvtc.edu/OpenRN or email OpenRN@cvtc.edu.   Follow us on Twitter @OpenRN

Disclaimer: These Nursing Open Educational Resources were developed under a $2.5 million dollar grant from the Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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