{"id":1589,"date":"2025-05-22T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=1589"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:47:43","slug":"becoming-future-ready-through-experiential-learning-carletons-new-nursing-program","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/story\/becoming-future-ready-through-experiential-learning-carletons-new-nursing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Future-Ready through Experiential Learning: Carleton\u2019s new Nursing Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/iStock-Nursing-Photo-Group-Shot-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 51% 0%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.640);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Becoming Future-Ready through Experiential Learning: Carleton\u2019s new Nursing Program  \n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The learning curve for new nurses entering the workforce is steep. The theory-to-practice gap that exists between the classroom and high-pressure hospital or other clinical settings can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate, leaving new nurses feeling less than confident as they transition into their careers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s new nursing program is determined to prepare students differently.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-quote-graphic\">\u201cWhy this program is so groundbreaking is because we\u2019ve been able to take nursing education in a slightly different direction than other universities have been able to do because we\u2019re starting from scratch,\u201d says Maria DeRosa, dean, faculty of science at Carleton University.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with the Queensway Carleton Hospital, the conceptualization of this program and curriculum design reflects the current on-the-job challenges facing nurses today.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will emphasize learning through practice using simulated scenarios and clinical placements. With a core component of experiential learning, students will develop skills through hands-on training in their first year of study \u2014 a model that is unique to Carleton.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By incorporating a core component of experiential learning sooner, students are better equipped with specific skills, which ultimately increases quality of care.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">\u201cWe\u2019re providing this experiential learning to bridge and bring in some of that good stress that providers need to be able to identify, adapt to and work through,\u201d says Danielle Manley, director, School of Nursing at Carleton University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>First-year nursing students at Carleton will work with task trainers, a lifelike model of a part of human anatomy. Task trainers, augmented and virtual reality headsets and simulated environments at a new lab space in Kanata, will facilitate hands-on skills development and are an essential component of preparing practice-ready nurses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMedical simulation is this opportunity where you have manikins [medical models] that are usually to scale. It allows a provider to get in there and engage in a low-stakes environment but in a high-stress scenario,\u201d says Danielle Manley.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-1024x521.png\" alt=\"Photo of a Manikin at the Nursing Tech Showcase In November 2024 \" class=\"wp-image-1596\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-512x260.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-320x163.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01-1536x781.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/05\/Nursing01.png 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the program was announced in November 2024, catalyst donors have generously funded elements of the experiential learning model, including direct support for task trainers and manikins, which carry a significant but necessary cost to experiential learning for medical practitioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">David and Margaret Thomas made a donation to the program in memory of Margaret\u2019s Mother, Edith Foy O\u2019Neill who was a nurse at the Almonte and Arnprior Hospitals during the 1930s and \u201840s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cEdith loved her profession and would be very pleased to know of this program,\u201d says donors David and Margaret Thomas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Support for experiential learning is an incredibly impactful way that individuals and organizations can continue to help prepare nursing students for the future through Carleton. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparing students for the future requires a holistic approach to teaching and learning. There is increasing emphasis and expectation that universities should provide students with experiences that build life skills and foster community connection, while also teaching students how to learn.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton has formalized its commitment to ensuring all programs offer an experiential learning component by 2025 and is delivering on this strategy in innovative ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton Nursing will welcome its first cohort of students in September 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The learning curve for new nurses entering the workforce is steep. The theory-to-practice gap that exists between the classroom and high-pressure hospital or other clinical settings can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate, leaving new nurses feeling less than confident as they transition into their careers. &nbsp; Carleton\u2019s new nursing program is determined to prepare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":1590,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[25,37],"cu_story_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1589","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_story_type-general","cu_story_type-home"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/1589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/1589\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/advancement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}