Newark, New Brunswick, & Blackwood, NJ
RBHS Lecturer and Center for Clinical Learning Faculty
Division of Entry to Baccalaureate Nursing
Newark
ACK 222
Specialty: Advancing nursing education through active learning and evidence-based strategies such as nursing simulations
Monina Franco-Tantuico, PhD(c), MSN, BSMT, RN, CNE, Alumnus CCRN, is a faculty at the Center for Clinical Learning at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, School of Nursing (RUSON). Her specialty is facilitating simulation-based education (SBE) in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs using low- to high-fidelity manikins and standardized patients (SPs) for formative and summative competency evaluations. She is sensitive to the stressful nature of the simulation activities, particularly formative evaluations. She assists learners in reducing stress by promoting a safe psychological learning environment, encouraging open discussions, and implementing relaxation exercises. She is committed to standardizing simulation experiences using a theoretical framework, such as the National League for Nursing (NLN) Jeffries Simulation Theory, and simulation best practices, such as the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice (SOBP), and the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE SOBP). She also coordinated the Human Simulation Program (HSP) at RUSON, which included the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Teaching OSCE (TOSCE) for the advanced nursing practice (ANP) division. The coordination of the HSP included daily operations, hiring and training SPs, and scheduling simulation activities.
Her passion for simulation education is exemplified by designing and facilitating workshops for faculty, students, and SPs regarding simulation and debriefing SOBPs. She presented at local, national, and international conferences on these topics: the Active Learning Concept in Simulation Education, Implicit and Explicit Biases in Simulation Evaluations, Strategic Planning to Standardize Simulation Practices, Simulation in Nursing Education, Teaching Empathy to Nurse Practitioner Students Using Simulation and Theatre, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Holism and Complementary/Alternative Modalities. Some of her recognitions include the Academic Excellence in Nursing Graduate Studies, Who’s Who among Colleges and Universities, and the New York University Preceptor Award for Nursing Education. She has certificates in evidence-based simulation practices, such as the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) Rater Training from Harvard Center for Medical Simulation and the Simulation Education Certificate from Drexel University. She is a Ph.D. in Nursing Science candidate focusing on structured simulation debriefing in nursing education as a holistic pedagogy to promote active learning.