With this book, the NLN mission and core value of excellence are linked to the work of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as reported in The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, published in 2011. The IOM's publication provides direction for nursing practice, nursing leadership, and nursing education and serves as a point of reference for this collection. This work by the IOM serves as a point of reference for this collection of peer-reviewed articles, accepted originally for publication in the Innovation Center of the NLN research journal, Nursing Education Perspectives . Each article showcases how faculty at all levels of nursing education, nationally and internationally, are implementing the recommendations of the Future of Nursing report. Many, many excellent faculty in schools of nursing are implementing these recommendations on a daily basis in numerous, oftentimes seemingly small ways. Yet these small ways are the building blocks that will lead to a future of excellence in nursing education.
The NLN is proud to present these innovative teaching/learning strategies as we work toward a bright future for nursing. We encourage all readers to consider sharing their day-to-day expressions of excellence with their nursing colleagues. As we all work together, excellence in nursing education becomes not a recommendation but a reality.

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Section I: Quality and Safe Nursing Care
Chapter 1: Applying Safety in Clinical Setting: Teaching Students the Significance of Clinical Alarms
Katherine B. Ardoin, MSN, RN, CNE & Kathleen B. Wilson, MSN, RN, CNE
Chapter 2: Immersion into a Root Cause Analysis
Beth A. Vottero, PhD, RN, CNE
Chapter 3: Health Literacy: Demonstrating Achievement of the QSEN Competencies in a Senior Capstone Project
Lori Rodriquez, PhD, RN, CNE, FNP
Chapter 4: Educating Meaningful Users: Using the EHR in Nurse Practitioner Education
Mary Jane Cook, MSN, RN, FNP, BC, & Katherine J. Dontje, PhD, RN, FNP
Chapter 5: Integration of Informatics Concepts and Applications throughout a BSN to DNP Curriculum
Vicki J Brownrigg, PhD, RN, FNP-C & Mary Enzman-Hines, PhD, APRN, CNS, CPNP, APHN-BC
Chapter 6: Putting it All Together: A Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Clinical Simulation Center
Carolyn B. Yucha, PhD, RN, FAAN, Shirlee J. Snyder, EdD, RN, Miriam E. Bar-on, MD, FAAP, David Frommer, AIA, NCARB, & Lance Baily, BA, EMT
Chapter 7: Establishing the Role of a Quality and Safety Officer in a School of Nursing
Elizabeth Ellen Cooper, DNP, RN, CNE, CNL
Section II: Creating Partnerships
Chapter 8: The Clinical Faculty Role for a Dedicated Education Unit
Kelly M. Bower, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, Sandra M. Swoboda, MS, RN, FCCM & Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, RN,FAAN, ANEF
Chapter 9: Implementing Cultural Learning Activities through Community and Academic Partnerships: Introduction and Background
Joanne Noone, PhD, RN, CNE, Toni Bromley, MS, RN, Glenise McKenzie, PhD, RN, Sue Naumes, MSN, RN, Stephanie Sideras, PhD, RN, & Heather Voss, MSN, RN
Chapter 10: The Impact of International Leadership Development: A Shared Nursing Educational Service-Learning Partnership
Sharon Elizabeth Metcalfe, EdD, RN
Section III: Teaching Thinking
Chapter 11: Deepening Learning in Foundational Skills: Visual Thinking Network Strategy
Kristen A. Sethares. PhD, RN, CNE & Kathryn L. Gramling, PhD, RN
Chapter 12: The Clinical Portfolio: A Success Story in Clinical Thinking
Amy M. Barrett, MSN, MEd, RN, Cheryl B. Krieg, MSN, RNC-OB, Sharon J. Kinney, MSN, RN, CNE, Elsie Maurer, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, & Patricia McKnight, MSN, RN
Chapter 13: Helping Students with Critical Thinking through Scholarly Writing
Richard L. Pullen, Jr., EdD, RN, CMSRN
Chapter 14: Out of the SImLab and into the Classroom: Using High-Fidelity Simulation as an Active Classroom Teaching Strategy
Heidi M. Meyer, MSN, RN, PHN
Chapter 15: Mid-Scenario Reflection: A Teaching Strategy for Simulation in Nursing Education
Kimberly H. Raines
Chapter 16: “We’re There to Care for Them as a While”: Art and Reflection in Clinical Nursing Education
Carrie A. Bailey, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, & C. Amelia Davis, PhD
Chapter 17: Teaching Thinking in Nursing Using Art
Priscilla K. Gazarian, PhD, RN
Chapter 18: Blogging: A Tool for Reflective Learning in Nursing Education
Phyllis Ann Solari-Twadell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Monique Ridosh, MSN, RN, Sarah Brittain Dysart, MA, & Gail Hanson, MSN, RN
Chapter 19: Learning through Reflective Practice: Student-Led Panel Presentation on Individualized Aging
Deborah P. Copeland, PhD, RN
Section IV: Advancing Education
Chapter 20: A BSN Action Guide for Responding to the 2011 Institute of Medicine Recommendations
Patty M. Orr, EdD, RN, & Lisa M. Ciampini, MS
Chapter 21: A Hospital-Based, Unviersity-Run, Cohort Hybrid Model: RN-to-BSN Degree
Kerry A Milner, DNSc, RN
Chapter 22: Preparing MSN Students for Entry into a DNP Program
Karen J. Polvado, DNP, RN, CMSRN, & Lyndi C. Shadbolt, MS, RN
Chapter 23: Mentoring Faculty to Write for Publication
Richard L. Pullen, Jr,m EdD, RN, CMSRN, & Lyndi C. Shadbolt, MS, RN
Chapter 24: Promoting Faculty Development through Writing Groups in Online Universities
Deborah S. Adelman, PhD, RN, NE-BC, Alice Raymond, PhD, RN-BC, & Timothy L. Legg, PhD, RN-BC, CRNP, GNP-BC, CNE