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Abstract: Simulation has been shown to improve communication and psychometric skills in advanced practice nursing students. Little is known about the impact of a simulation educational intervention with a faculty-facilitated debriefing on the preparation of novice nurse practitioner students for their first clinical practicum. This article describes the development of an educational intervention to accomplish this. The simulation education intervention was implemented with preclinical nurse practitioner students designed to improve their preparation for their first precepted clinical experience. Students were surveyed preintervention and postintervention to explore their self-perception of confidence and preparation for clinicals looking at six domains: health history, physical examination, diagnostics, differentials, final diagnosis, and plan of care. Quantitative results were statistically significant for each domain. Qualitative findings gave deeper insight into the students' perceptions of how the intervention prepared them for clinicals. Advanced practice educators can use educational interventions such as this to prepare students for their first clinical practicums., Competing Interests: Competing interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest., (Copyright © 2024 American Association of Nurse Practitioners.)

Background: Now, more than ever, enhancement of diversity and inclusion is significant to the nursing profession. One way that nursing institutions can enrich diversity in the workforce is through enrollment of students from diverse backgrounds., Purpose: The overarching goal of this innovative admissions revision project was to implement and assess the process of holistic admissions in a BSN to DNP family nurse practitioner track., Methods: Using a step-by-step approach, the authors in this paper present five key steps to implementing a holistic review of doctoral nursing applicants. These five steps are: (1) assessing fit of admissions criteria, (2) utilizing shared governance, (3) measuring admissions criteria, (4) analyzing reliability, and (5) evaluating revision outcomes., Results and Conclusion: The step-by-step approach to holistic admissions discussed in this paper was feasible and cost effective. The scoring tool developed for applicant videos demonstrated very good to excellent reliability among raters in two different scoring scenarios. Diversity enhancement among enrolled students was noted in gender, race, and ethnicity after a holistic review was implemented., Implications: Findings from this innovative admissions revision have implications for nursing education, advanced nursing practice, organizational policy, workforce diversity, and student/patient outcomes., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)