Raising exam scores as students arrive ready to apply clinical judgment
Challenge: Helping nursing students arrive prepared and move from content knowledge to clinical judgment.
Solution: Pearson Interactive Nursing combined interactive lessons with performance insights and collaborative practice in class.
Impact: Laura reported an approximately 3% increase in overall exam scores versus the previous three cohorts, with stronger performance on targeted infectious disease content and greater confidence.
The Challenge: Meeting today’s nursing students where they are
With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Laura Vasel knows the goal of nursing education is clinical judgment, not just content knowledge. At Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, she sees students entering the nursing program with different learning needs. Many come straight from high school with limited textbook-reading experience and are used to fast-paced video content. Traditional reading can feel overwhelming, so they often arrive in class without having completed it. Lecture time goes to revisiting content instead of applying it, and lecture alone cannot build the critical thinking they need.