Browsing by Author "Hensel, Desiree"
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Item Doctorate of Nursing Practice Students' Impressions of Uses for Visual Thinking Strategies(Slack, 2018) Hensel, Desiree; Moorman, Margaret; School of NursingVisual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a structured art-viewing technique designed to teach critical thinking and aesthetic appreciation. Literature on how VTS might be used in nursing is just emerging. This qualitative descriptive study examined written responses to how 14 doctorate of nursing practice students thought they might use VTS in their practice after engaging in a classroom session. Three themes emerged for how nurses might use VTS: Facilitating Interpersonal Relationships, Changing Thinking in Practice, and As a Teaching Tool. This study contributes to the growing body of literature that suggests that art and VTS and can be used in nursing with practitioners of all levels to promote conversations that involve listening intently and considering other possibilities.Item Innovative Implementation of Social Determinants of Health in a New Concept-Based Curriculum(Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2017-05) Decker, Kim A.; Hensel, Desiree; Kuhn, Thomas M.; Priest, Chad; IU School of NursingItem Outcomes of a Bystander Intervention Community Health Service Learning Project(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016-05) Decker, Kim; Hensel, Desiree; Fasone, Leslie; Department of Nursing, IU School of NursingThe purpose of this article is to describe the integration of a college bystander intervention service-learning project into an entry-level community clinical course in a prelicensure program and its outcomes. Two years of data from 118 students showed that students helped improve campus safety while growing as professionals and gaining leadership and health promotion skills. Approximately one-third of the students described a specific incident in which they intervened in an ambiguous situation.