Highlights
- •Immersions go beyond a single lecture in the curricula for a key population or condition.
- •Specialty content immersions support learning, allowing opportunities for concept uptake and integration
- •Immersions expand the use of content experts and allows students to retain concepts as their competence in providing care evolves.
Abstract
Nurse practitioner didactic courses are filled with required content and are encouraged
to meet new essential standards for population-specific competencies while incorporating
evolving contemporary issues. Many programs may ask for guest speakers who are content
experts in these specialty lectures. Curriculum immersions are a way to thread themes
throughout the coursework as student knowledge and clinical experiences progress.
An exemplar of an immersion related to autism spectrum disorder throughout a pediatric
nurse practitioner program is reviewed from development to implementation and modeling
for future immersions.
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Biography
Margaret Quinn, DNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, is a clinical associate professor and specialty director for the pediatric nurse practitioner programs at the School of Nursing, Rutgers University in Newark, NJ.
Biography
Sallie Anne Porter, DNP, PhD, APN, PED-BC, CPNP, is an associate professor in the division of advanced nursing practice at Rutgers University.
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Published online: March 03, 2023
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Funding: All funding sources have been acknowledged.
In compliance with standard ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.
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