The Thirty-Second Annual: Texas Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Convention
Clinical Judgment: Teaching Students to Think Like a Nurse
Thursday, 8:00-9:45 am
How Well New Graduates Think
Linda Caputi, Professor Emerita, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Linda Caputi is Professor Emerita at College with over 25 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Caputi is a consultant to nursing programs in the areas of curriculum, student success, NCLEX success, and effective teaching strategies in the classroom, the nursing laboratory, and clinical as well as teaching clinical reasoning. She has developed curriculum for practical nursing, Associate Degree nursing, baccalaureate nursing, RN to BSN, and master’s in nursing education programs and currently does extensive consulting on the concept-based curriculum.
Linda Caputi is certified as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) from the National League for Nursing (NLN). Her most recent publication is the 2018 textbook for nursing students Think Like a Nurse: A Handbook. She also co-authored Mastering Concept-based Teaching: A Guide for Faculty with Drs. Jean Giddens and Beth Rodgers and edited the NLN Certified Nurse Educator Review Book. She has authored over 25 educational multimedia programs, nursing education books, produced and developed videotapes, and published book chapters, journal articles, and board games for nursing education. She is editor of the second edition (2010) of Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science (Volumes 1, 2, & 3), and coauthor of Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science, It’s All About Student Success (Volume 4). She serves on the editorial staff for Nursing Education Perspectives, as the editor of the column Innovation Center, a publication of the NLN.
Dr. Caputi has presented her work nationally for over 25 years on many nursing education topics. The 2nd edition of her book Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science was selected as the winner of the 2010 Top Teaching Tools Award in the print category from the Journal of Nursing Education. Her work has won six awards from Sigma Theta Tau, two from American Journal of Nursing Company, and one from The Association for Educational Communication and Technology. Dr. Caputi was acknowledged for teaching excellence in the 1998, 2002, and 2005 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and the 2008 edition of Who’s Who in Nursing. Dr. Caputi was named Educator of the Year for 2004 by the National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing. She has served on the Board of Governors for the National League for Nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She was an invited member to the NLN’s Think Tank on Transformation of Clinical Instruction and the NLN’s Think Tank of Standardized Testing in Nursing Education. In 2010 she was inducted as a Fellow into the Academy of Nursing Education.
Convention Schedule
Thursday, 9:45-10:15 am
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 10:15-11:45 am
Next Generation NCLEX: Clinical Judgement
Linda Caputi
Thursday, 11:45-12:30 pm
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 12:30-1:30 pm
TOADN Business Meeting with Lunch
Dayna Davidson, Kilgore College, Presiding
Thursday, 1:30-3:00 pm
Teaching Clinical Judgment
Linda Caputi
Thursday, 3:00-3:15 pm
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 3:15-4:15 pm
Making Changes in Clinical Instruction to Encourage Clinical Judgment
Linda Caputi
Clinical Judgment: Teaching Students to Think Like a Nurse
Thursday, 8:00-9:45 am
How Well New Graduates Think
Linda Caputi, Professor Emerita, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Linda Caputi is Professor Emerita at College with over 25 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Caputi is a consultant to nursing programs in the areas of curriculum, student success, NCLEX success, and effective teaching strategies in the classroom, the nursing laboratory, and clinical as well as teaching clinical reasoning. She has developed curriculum for practical nursing, Associate Degree nursing, baccalaureate nursing, RN to BSN, and master’s in nursing education programs and currently does extensive consulting on the concept-based curriculum.
Linda Caputi is certified as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) from the National League for Nursing (NLN). Her most recent publication is the 2018 textbook for nursing students Think Like a Nurse: A Handbook. She also co-authored Mastering Concept-based Teaching: A Guide for Faculty with Drs. Jean Giddens and Beth Rodgers and edited the NLN Certified Nurse Educator Review Book. She has authored over 25 educational multimedia programs, nursing education books, produced and developed videotapes, and published book chapters, journal articles, and board games for nursing education. She is editor of the second edition (2010) of Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science (Volumes 1, 2, & 3), and coauthor of Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science, It’s All About Student Success (Volume 4). She serves on the editorial staff for Nursing Education Perspectives, as the editor of the column Innovation Center, a publication of the NLN.
Dr. Caputi has presented her work nationally for over 25 years on many nursing education topics. The 2nd edition of her book Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science was selected as the winner of the 2010 Top Teaching Tools Award in the print category from the Journal of Nursing Education. Her work has won six awards from Sigma Theta Tau, two from American Journal of Nursing Company, and one from The Association for Educational Communication and Technology. Dr. Caputi was acknowledged for teaching excellence in the 1998, 2002, and 2005 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and the 2008 edition of Who’s Who in Nursing. Dr. Caputi was named Educator of the Year for 2004 by the National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing. She has served on the Board of Governors for the National League for Nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She was an invited member to the NLN’s Think Tank on Transformation of Clinical Instruction and the NLN’s Think Tank of Standardized Testing in Nursing Education. In 2010 she was inducted as a Fellow into the Academy of Nursing Education.
Convention Schedule
Thursday, 9:45-10:15 am
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 10:15-11:45 am
Next Generation NCLEX: Clinical Judgement
Linda Caputi
Thursday, 11:45-12:30 pm
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 12:30-1:30 pm
TOADN Business Meeting with Lunch
Dayna Davidson, Kilgore College, Presiding
Thursday, 1:30-3:00 pm
Teaching Clinical Judgment
Linda Caputi
Thursday, 3:00-3:15 pm
TOADN Exhibit Hall
Thursday, 3:15-4:15 pm
Making Changes in Clinical Instruction to Encourage Clinical Judgment
Linda Caputi