Fundamentals Fluid and Electrolyte Escape Room
A low-tech, collaborative review of prioritization, electrolyte imbalances, IV fluids, and ABGs.
Fundamentals
Med-Surg
Escape Room
Where Nurse Educators Go For Ideas
Each episode of the Learning Lab RN Podcast is a conversation with a nurse educator about one active learning strategy they actually use, what it looks like, how it goes, and how to run it yourself.
There is no pressure to flip your whole course. In fact, the motto here is to work on just one activity at a time.
Listen on your commute, get inspired by something that's working in a real classroom, and then grab the matching tool here when you're ready to teach it.
Access to all the learning tools below. 👇
🔬 The approach
How It Works
All tools are $5.
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Real Educators, Real Ideas
I interviewed innovative nurse educators who are using active learning tools in real classrooms, and we talked about exactly what they do. They are sharing practical strategies that are working right now.
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Ready-to-Use Teaching Tools
Each teaching tool comes with a downloadable template, slide deck, activity worksheet, or printable cards that you can grab and use right away. No extra prep required.
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Designed to Repeat
These tools are flexible, reusable strategies you can bring into your course each semester to spark engagement and build clinical judgment. You can add a little bit each term, without rewriting your entire lesson plan.
The tool library
Pick the teaching tool you need this week
Every tool stands on its own. You can buy just the one that fits your next lesson, or purchase the whole library.
14 tools · $5 each
Clinical BINGO Card
Counteract student downtime with valuable, student-led clinical activities.
Fundamentals
Professional Practice
Cards
Toolkit
Creative Ice-Breakers
Fresh ideas to build community in your classroom or clinical.
Professional Practice
Toolkit
ACLS Unfolding Case Study
An advanced medical-surgical activity built on collaborative Google documents.
Med-Surg
Cardiac
Case Study
Sherlock Holmes Cardiovascular Mystery
A review game of the heart with a Sherlock Holmes mystery theme.
Cardiac
Med-Surg
Game
Amazing Race Endocrine Activity
Get students moving with a fast-paced, collaborative review of endocrine disorders.
Endocrine
Med-Surg
Game
Station Activity
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Filter by course topic or activity format to find your fit fast.
Meet Martha
👋 Hello and welcome! I'm a nurse educator and the founder of BreakoutRN. When I moved from the bedside to teaching, I felt the sting of isolation so many of us know. I felt like I was teaching alone, searching for better ways to engage students, and wishing I had someone to bounce ideas off of.
These tools (and the community that is building up around them!) exist because I want every nurse educator to have a clear path toward active learning without feeling overwhelmed by flipping an entire class. Thanks for being here!
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