White paper: Bringing the Bucket Strategy Full Circle
Authors: Megan Ubben MSN-Ed, RN
In 2017, the Bucket Strategy was designed to help nursing educators determine the best placement of digital tools in a nursing course. Although it can be difficult to navigate different digital tools, using the Bucket Strategy can help faculty work smarter with the resources available, enhancing students’ ability to learn. When applied throughout a program, and not just individual courses, the outcomes can be even greater.
In this white paper, Megan Ubben expands on the Bucket Strategy to discuss how educators can effectively use digital tools to build a program that meets the needs of today’s nursing standards with the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) and help students prepare for their careers as nurses in today’s healthcare environment.
White paper highlights
- The NCSBN defines clinical judgment as “a process that uses nursing knowledge to observe and assess a presenting situation, identify a prioritized client concern, and generate the best possible evidence-based solutions in order to deliver safe client care” (2019).
- NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model provides an excellent framework to help educators think about how to help students bolster their clinical knowledge as they move through the program.
- In this paper, this strategy has been expanded and comes full circle to ensure students are building strong clinical judgment skills throughout their nursing program to adequately prepare them for today’s complex healthcare environment and the new NGN.