title: The impact of instituting Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in a fundamental nursing course.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  POGIL, using small groups of students, who assume the roles of leader, manager, recorder, and reflector to complete problem based activities in science courses, has demonstrated significant improvement in students' grades and course satisfaction in science courses and a nursing Fundamentals course. Using POGIL with nursing students in fundamentals nursing courses could help to improve final grades and course satisfaction while promoting active learning, critical thinking, and teamwork.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine differences in final course grades, Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC (ATi) scores and course satisfaction in 2 groups of fundamentals nursing students where one group experienced Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) as a teaching strategy and one group did not. Satisfaction with performing in the varied roles used during POGIL was also examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  This quantitative descriptive study used a comparative design, with one group of students who experienced POGIL while analyzing case scenarios in class and a control group who did not experience POGIL. A t-test was used to compare final grades, ATi scores, and satisfaction survey results.
  
  
  METHODS
  A mid-size, private university in the northeastern United States was the setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students taking Fundamental in Nursing Courses during the junior semester.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experimental group (N=63) had higher final course grades (p=0.046), better understanding of the course material (p=0.005), and greater satisfaction with grades (p=0.008) than the control group (N=75).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study revealed that Fundamental nursing students who experienced POGIL had significantly higher final grades and course satisfaction compared with students who did not experience POGIL. The active learning and teamwork experienced during POGIL, may be beneficial to students as they transition to practicing nurses. Additional research using POGIL with a variety of nursing courses could be beneficial in educating undergraduate nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Adelphi University, College of Nursing and Public Health, 1South Ave, Garden City, 11530, NY, USA. Electronic address: roller@adelphi.edu.
authors.forename: Maureen C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Roller
authors.affiliation: Adelphi University, College of Nursing and Public Health, 1South Ave, Garden City, 11530, NY, USA. Electronic address: szori@adelphi.edu.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Active learning; Critical thinking; Fundamental nursing course; Group case studies; Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning research (POGIL)