Creating OER for prelicensure nursing students to promote equity, improve retention, and ultimately enhance patient safety.

Joined September 2019
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23 Jun 2023
Attending the ALA conference? Visit the Open RN booth to catch up on project updates and page through affordable print versions of the Open RN OER textbook series!
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12 Apr 2023
We have an update on the broad, international impact of the Open RN project. The #OER textbooks have more than 7.5 million page views! Read the latest here: sparcopen.org/impact-story/o…
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21 Sep 2022
Attending the NLN Educational Summit from September 28-30th? Learn more about the 5 free Open RN OER textbooks and 25 virtual simulations during our Professor Rounds presentation on Friday, 9/30 at 4:30! #NLNSummit22 #OpenRN
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16 Jun 2022
Come to our #INACSL22 workshop or poster presentation today to meet @OpenRN team members and talk about VR and free virtual simulations!
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Open RN retweeted
8 Mar 2022
#OER is saving nursing students money on textbooks and improving success at community colleges in Wisconsin and beyond. We just posted a new impact story on the important work of the @OpenRN project here: sparcopen.org/impact-story/o…
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21 Aug 2021
Open RN OER textbooks provide equitable access to effective learning materials for ALL nursing students and promote the role of nurses in improving the health of ALL individuals & communities! See the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report. nam.edu/publications/the-fut…

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26 Jun 2021
Open RN nursing textbooks are built on many of these principles described by the NLN. cvtc.edu/OpenRN

The importance of "The Pause". @SueNLN shares three ways how creating a pause from lecturing can enhance opportunities for your learners to engage with content. bit.ly/3vwer1n
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9 Mar 2021
Interested in hearing more about how the Open RN project is developing Virtual Reality scenarios using Acadicus VR software and H5P? Join an Acadicus roundtable discussion on Friday, March 12th at 11 AM CST. Register for the event at acadicus.com/acadicus-roundt…
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1 Mar 2021
Happy Open Education Week 2021!
#OEWeek Helpful Hint: No need to scroll and scroll. CLICK SCHEDULE to see what event is HAPPENING NEXT! @OpenEdGlobal @cccoer openeducationweek.org/schedu…
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12 Nov 2020
#OpenEd20 attendees: Join us for Open RN Updates and Lessons Learned at 12 pm CST Thursday - sched.co/fCoU

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30 Oct 2020
Thank you @mhec12 for the opportunity to share our successes and lessons learned with our Midwestern Higher Education colleagues as we all continue to promote OER for student success
29 Oct 2020
Thank you Kim and Vince @OpenRN for today's #MHECOER webinar, "5 Books in 4 Years – How Do We Do It?" mhec.org/resources/5-books-4…
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16 Oct 2020
Great research to review regarding student perception of OER as we continue to develop OER to meet their learning needs!
Interested in learning more about students perception of using OER in higher education from @7024thpatient @st_oona @hughes0311 see tandfonline.com/eprint/DD77T…
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13 Oct 2020
We are honored to receive #OEAwards for Excellence for the Nursing Pharmacology textbook. Thank you to the OE community and our project partners for your support in creating this textbook. We look forward to impacting even more students with our next 4 textbooks! #OER #OpenRN
Congratulations to the 2020 #OEAwards Individual recipients. Read more about each recipient and their contributions to open education. awards.oeglobal.org/
18 Sep 2020
Excellent video from SSH with tips for effective debriefing during virtual simulation! facebook.com/ssih.org/videos…

10 Aug 2020
Affordable print versions of the Open RN Nursing Pharmacology OER textbook are now available for purchase on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/1734914114/ Download the free pdf file edited by XanEdu here: info.xanedu.com/open-rn Print ISBN: 978-1-73491-411-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-7349141-0-8
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17 Jun 2020
We are excited to announce the Open RN Nursing Pharmacology OER textbook is now available at: bit.ly/30mRDFK This project is funded by a Dept of Ed Open Textbook pilot grant and was created in collaboration with nursing faculty, industry, and advisory committee members.
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31 Mar 2020
New free microsim from EVMC focused on current guidelines specific to COVID-19. It guides the learner through a 10 minute lesson in donning and doffing PPE, and evaluates the learner's knowledge. Link: etrainetc.com/covid19PPE-emi… Per their message, please share!

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