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Hello, my name is Christina Ball, and I am a Registered Nurse and Nursing Educator with comprehensive training in online pedagogical tools and instructional technology for synchronous and asynchronous instruction. I am also experienced in social media education in nursing pedagogy. I have clinical experience as a staff nurse and travel nurse. My bedside nursing experience covers a multitude of specialties, including but not limited to Cardiac, COVID, Medical-Surgical, Medical IMC, Neurology, Nephrology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Telemetry, Trauma, and Rehabilitation. I am certified as a CMSRN and hold ACLS, BLS, and Simulation Lab certifications. I received my MSN in Nursing Education from Drexel University, and I am currently working on my Doctoral degree (EdD) in Education, emphasizing technology from Drexel University.

Performance Support

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Spread the love With the everchanging field of technology and the applications we use in our daily lives and work, performance support tools (PST) have become a large part of our society.  Now the term performance support may be new to many of you; however, you have been using them all along without noticing it.  …

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Social Media Use in Medical Education Journal Summary

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Spread the loveWithin this journal review article, 14 studies of medical education interventions were included in this review, blogs were the most commonly assessed social media tools, and undergraduate medical students were the most commonly targeted population. The included studies demonstrated favorable results related to learner satisfaction, knowledge, attitudes, and skills. Although most of the …

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Smartphones and Mobile Applications (apps) in Clinical Nursing Education: A Student Perspective – Journal Summary

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Spread the lovePedological nursing didactics expand from the academic classroom to the clinical setting.  Therein, undergraduate nursing students must transverse the challenges inherent in both educationally rich and varied instructive situations (O’Connor and Andrews, 2018); as mobile technology develops, the utilization of these smartphone applications (apps) within the silo of clinical nursing education increases (O’Connor …

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