Nursing Degree Program during a pandemic

[londonflo]

Obviously, no one  in nursing education knew the pandemic was coming....I am interested in a discussion about the BEST ways  nursing major curriculums should have handled it in realistic terms. 

Last March 2020 my first, second, third thoughts were we can't freeze the curriculum implementation because we have students in the pipeline to graduate. What about  those continuing their studies, or starting in Summer/Fall. What do you think? Should we have frozen the programs? Should programs have continued or "go on hold"?

But how to accomplish clinical ? What alternate learning activities should be designed and implemented (and the time frame to create something good?) What to have students do in the meantime. Readings, case studies. nothing?  For those not teaching...what do you suggest?

Classroom instruction: The schools that already had an online instruction program may have not had so many problems. But what about in-person instruction? What to do until a platform for lecture/testing was developed? If the school did not have the technology to offer "lectures on line" what might be done?

[FiremedicMike, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

This thread would be better in the general students section.

I'd love to share my overall thoughts, but I think I'll wait until after I graduate to fully unload.

Big picture, I feel the biggest issue is that programs feel they must use the same hardline, black and white pass/fail, no points for second place metrics that they used pre-pandemic.  

I obviously can't speak for nursing education 30 years ago, but from my perspective, the approach to nursing education is not current given what we know about productive learning techniques in 2021.  This is further compounded by live students who are now online, clinicals which have turned into half-assed zoom call "case studies", and hands on clinical skills testing which is now taught by Youtube video.