Name:

Patricia Ravert, RN, PhD, CNE, ANEF

Education:

2004 PhD, University of Utah, Nursing Education & Research

1994 MS, Brigham Young University, Nursing Administration

1975 BS, Brigham Young University, Nursing (major), Psychology (minor)

1974 AS, Brigham Young University, Nursing

Provo, Uta

Current Employer/Affiliation:

College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, 500 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602

Contact Information:

(801) 422-1167; Fax: (801) 422-0536; patricia-ravert@byu.edu

Published Research:

Aragon, S., Kotter, A., Ravert, P. & Kardong-Edgren, S. (in press). Nursing students: Untapped resource for running computerized patient simulators. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. (Accepted January 15, 2010).

Duncan, K. & Ravert, P. (2010, January). Glimpse into simulation and critical thinking: A pilot study comparing Utah and Ecuador. Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. 9 (2010). Retrieved from http://www.kon.org/urc/urc_research_journal9.html or http://www.kon.org/urc/v9/duncan.html

Holt, A. & Ravert, P. (2010, January). Apgar scores and oxygenation levels: A comparison of vaginal and cesarean section modes of delivery. Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. 9 (2010). Retrieved from http://www.kon.org/urc/urc_research_journal9.html or http://www.kon.org/urc/v9/holt.html

Ravert, P., Cato, M. & Kelly, M. Developing faculty. Online Course - Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC), National League for Nursing. Available at http://sirc.ev.net/mod/resource/view.php?id=637

Ravert, P. Developing and implementing a simulation program: Baccalaureate nursing education. In W. M. Nehring & F. R. Lashley (Eds.) High-Fidelity Patient Simulation in Nursing Education (pp. 59-74). Boston: Jones & Bartlett.

Ravert, P. Patient simulator sessions and critical thinking. Journal of Nursing Education. 47(12), 557-562.

Ravert, P. Curriculum integration. Online Course - Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC), National League for Nursing. Available at http://sirc.ev.net/mod/resource/view.php?id=98

Ravert, P. & Merrill, K. C. (2008). Hospital nursing research program: Partnership of service and academia. Journal of Professional Nursing. 24(1), 54-58.

Abdo, A. & Ravert, P. (2006). Student satisfaction with simulation experiences [Electronic version]. Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education: The Official Journal of the International Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning. 2(1).

Ravert, P., Boyer, B., Harmon, K., & Scoffield, H. (2004). Learning Nursing Research through Faculty Mentored Projects. Nurse Educator. 29(4), 170-174.

Ravert, P. (2002) Computer-based simulation in the education process: An integrative review. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 20(5), 203-208.

Ravert, P. K. M. (2004). Use of a human patient simulator with undergraduate nursing students: a prototype evaluation of critical thinking and self-efficacy (Doctoral dissertation, University of Utah, 2004). Dissertation Abstracts International-B, 65/05, 2346.

Current Research Interests:

Simulation as an education pedagogy including:

critical thinking and clinical judgment,

students’ perceptions of and satisfaction with simulation,

use of student workers to assist in running simulation,

development of professional behaviors through simulation.

Type of Simulation:

Patient Simulators

Teacher Centered:

Student Centered:

Educational Practices:

Design Characteristics:

Outcomes:

Critical Thinking
Clinical Judgment
Self Confidence