Learning Lab RN
Learning Lab RN
Podcast Description
Learning Lab RN is the podcast where nurse educators explore innovative, practical teaching strategies to engage and inspire their students. Hosted by dedicated nurse educator and creator Martha Johnson of BreakoutRN, each episode reviews a specific active learning technique, featuring a guest expert. Whether you’re looking for fresh ideas to liven up your lectures or practical solutions to enhance critical thinking, Learning Lab RN delivers the insights, tools, and inspiration you need, one conversation at a time. Join us and discover new possibilities for your classroom!
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes active learning methodologies, particularly in nursing education, showcasing topics such as student engagement, critical thinking enhancement, and classroom innovation. An example episode explores the use of clinical loitering tickets to encourage student involvement during clinical shifts, detailing how the tickets promote engagement and accountability.
Learning Lab RN is the podcast where nurse educators explore innovative, practical teaching strategies to engage and inspire their students. Hosted by dedicated nurse educator and creator Martha Johnson of BreakoutRN, each episode reviews a specific active learning technique, featuring a guest expert. Whether you’re looking for fresh ideas to liven up your lectures or practical solutions to enhance critical thinking, Learning Lab RN delivers the insights, tools, and inspiration you need, one conversation at a time. Join us and discover new possibilities for your classroom!
🎙️Cracking the Code: A Fundamentals Fluid & Electrolyte Escape Room
In this episode of the Learning Lab RN podcast, Martha chats with Hannah Pope, a fundamentals nursing educator, to talk about the realities of active learning and the creative journey that led her to build a highly engaging fluid and electrolyte escape room for her classroom.
They discuss the trial-and-error process of designing effective activities, why it’s okay for things to flop, and how embracing incremental improvements is often the best path forward. Hannah walks us through her class’s transition to a competency-based curriculum, and how deliberate practice and repetition are shaping student skill development.
The highlight of our conversation is Hannah’s detailed breakdown of her escape room activity, where students solve case-based puzzles to apply their knowledge of electrolytes, IV fluids, and ABGs, all while working collaboratively under a tiny bit of time pressure. Escape room activities continue to be a fun way to reinforce complex content.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
Active learning doesn’t always go as planned.
- Not every activity will land perfectly the first time, and that’s part of the process. Each attempt gives you valuable insight you can refine semester after semester without starting from scratch.
Canva is a powerful tool for designing visually engaging and organized materials.
- Hannah frequently Canva to create student activities and worksheets. With simple templates and drag‑and‑drop design, Canva makes it easier to create polished, student‑friendly activities that support learning without adding hours of prep time.
Escape room-style activities drive teamwork, engagement, and critical thinking.
- Thoughtful, paper-based activities allow students to connect more deeply with content without relying on tech.
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