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American Association of Nurse Practitioner : Family Nurse Practitioner

Building a Handoff Communication Virtual Experience for Nursing Students Using Virtual Humans.

A Key to Transforming a Nursing Curriculum: Integrating a Continuous Improvement Simulation Expansion Strategy

Gender differences in nurse practitioners: job satisfaction and patterns of care

The Use of Simulation to Teach Nursing Students and Clinicians Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication: A Systematic Review

The impact of nurse practitioner regulations on population access to care

Michael Bumbach is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with 15 years of clinical practice experience. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate nursing courses, concentrating in the DNP program as the Family Nurse Practitioner track coordinator. Michael's research focus includes the use of advanced technology related to nursing education and patient education/health literacy. Specifically, his focus is on the use of virtual experiences, including augmented reality and virtual reality. The use of virtual experience methodologies is increasing in nursing education, patient care and patient health education/literacy. Evidence-based research aimed at evaluating the utility and benefit of these virtual experiences is essential as the sophistication and use of innovative virtual experiences increases.

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