“Keith’s interactive, engaging manner invoked a response in the room with energy so high it seemed electric. Our faculty are eager to implement his clinical reasoning strategies to strengthen student learning.”
Nan WaltersAustin Community College, Austin, Texas
Empower. Inspire. Educate.
Driven by a shared passion for empowering, inspiring, and educating the next generation of nurses, Keith Rischer is your partner in transforming nurse education. An author, nurse educator, and staff nurse with over 35 years’ experience, he’s recognized as a thought leader on clinical judgment and its relevance to modern nursing practice. He speaks widely on critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and addressing the crisis in competency among new graduates.
Keith’s Most Requested Workshop & Conference Topics
Keynote
Transforming the Nursing Profession for the 21st Century and Beyond
Motivate and inspire nurse educators and the next generation of nurses that they train to face the current struggles in the profession head on to be the needed change to restore the value and dignity of what nurses do to make a difference by caring for patients when they are most vulnerable.
5-6 hours
Teach Students to THINK Like a Nurse:
Transformational Strategies that will Prepare Students for Practice
This is my most requested full-day workshop topic for nursing faculty. Topics include what content is most important and how to decrease TMI. I share practical tools and strategies to implement a “clinical reasoning based curriculum” in your program by helping faculty simply change the way they teach in the classroom and clinical settings.
1+ hour
How to Bring Clinical to Class and Teach Students to Think Like a Nurse
Don’t just “flip” your classroom, TRANSFORM it! How? By bringing salient clinical realities to your classroom. I have created numerous active learning tools that emphasize the APPLICATION of content and PRACTICE the nurse thinking skill of clinical reasoning!
1+ hour
How to Teach Students to THINK Like a Nurse in the Clinical Setting
Clinical must emphasize how to use clinical reasoning so students are prepared to think like a nurse and transition successfully to clinical practice. I share my unique tools and effective strategies to maximize student learning.