Sessions

• Session 1: How to Support Students to Reduce Performance Anxiety
• Session 2: Tips to Address Student Performance that Fails to Meet Desired Outcomes
• Session 3: How to Engage Students Through Effective Questioning

Release Date: June 1, 2025
Expiration Date: May 31, 2026
Estimated Time to Complete: 180 minutes

Target Audience

This accredited continuing education activity is designed for Licensed RNs who work with students and are responsible for providing feedback; such as nurse educators, faculty, clinical instructors, clinical staff instructor/designated education unit nurses, clinical graduate assistants, preceptors or staff nurses.

Educational Objectives

• Foster faculty awareness and strategies for effectively communicating academic performance concerns, supporting students through challenges, and addressing the impact of course failure.
• Identify and address common fears and anxieties faced by nursing students in clinical settings through tailored communication styles, teaching strategies, and a supportive learning environment.
• Utilize well-structured questioning techniques, guided by Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Matrix, to promote critical thinking, student engagement, and deeper learning in both clinical and classroom settings.

Accredited Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Pi at-Large Chapter. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Requirements for Successful Completion

• Read this front matter information
• Register for the activity
• Participate in the entire learning activity
• Complete the post-test with a passing score
• Complete the online evaluation
• Upon successful completion of the post-test and evaluation, your certificate of completion will be available to print or save

Disclosure Declaration

As a jointly accredited provider, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) ensures accuracy, balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities and is committed to protecting learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. Faculty (authors, presenters, speakers) are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or other options available when utilizing trade names to ensure impartiality.

All faculty, planners, and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in a UNMC accredited activity are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. As defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The accredited provider is responsible for mitigating relevant financial relationships in accredited continuing education. Disclosure of these commitments and/or relationships is included in these activity materials so that participants may formulate their own judgments in interpreting its content and evaluating its recommendations.

This activity may include presentations in which faculty may discuss off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments not yet FDA-approved. Participants should note that the use of products outside currently FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for FDA-approved indications.

All materials are included with the permission of the faculty. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of UNMC.

Disclosures

The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles:

Faculty

Joyce Black, PhD, RN, FAAN
Consultant: Wound Vision
Speakers Bureau: Atlas-Lift Tech, Molnlycke, Sage Products, Urgo Medical

Planning Committee

The below planning committee members have nothing to disclose:

• Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
• Rachel Kunkle, PhD, MHA, APRN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, GERO-BC
• Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
• Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, RN, FACDONA
• Courtney Smith, MBA

Financial Support

No commercial support was received for this activity.