OpenRN

  The Next Gen RN Project is a spinoff project of the Open RN project, funded by a $500,000 WTCS Core Industry grant. In collaboration with LibreTexts, the ADAPT software platform has been customized for nursing faculty to create NCLEX Next-Generation (NGN) style case studies, bowties, and other item types and share them with other faculty with CC BY 4.0 licensing.  To get started using the ADAPT platform: View a Welcome Video that provides an overview of the Next Gen RN project and the ADAPT platform. (15 minutes) Request a free personal instructor ADAPT account: Go to https://adapt.libretexts.org/login then click on “Contact Us” in the upper right and request a personal account Instructor status is verified by the ADAPT team; watch your email for a link to access your personal ADAPT account   Use this "Contact Us" feature to contact ADAPT regarding an institutional subscription. After logging into your

  The Open RN series of textbooks will be uploaded on this landing page on the National Library of Medicine's Bookshelf:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK590025/ The first upload, Mental Health & Community Concepts , is available at  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK590040/ The remaining Open RN OER textbooks will be uploaded over the next six months. They will be indexed and retrievable by search query with corresponding PubMed records.

  The Open RN team is pleased to announce the release of Nursing Advanced Skills . This is the sixth book of the Open RN textbook series with CC BY licensing, funded by the Department of Education's Open Textbook Pilot grant. Content includes advanced skills for entry-level registered nurses, such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion. The book builds upon basic nursing skills discussed in Open RN Nursing Skills . It is aligned with the 2023 NCLEX-RN Test Plan and contains several free NCLEX Next-Generation style case studies and interactive learning activities.