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The findings from this study allow nurses to better understand the paternal experience of having a premature infant born at less than 28 weeks. However, future research should continue to investigate the paternal experience with other gestational ages as well as the influence of stress of fathers during this experience.

Educators today need innovative teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of the multigenerational population of perioperative nurses. Emerging technologies, such as YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing web site, can be used as a component of an active learning strategy that can appeal to a broad group of nurses along the novice-to-expert proficiency continuum. Using video clips can be a useful method to engage learners and promote critical thinking, decision making, and creativity. YouTube videos can be used to teach skills or as a platform for discussion. Learners also can create and upload their own videos to educate others. Increased engagement and active learning can lead the perioperative nurse to a deeper understanding of the educational material.

Based on the call to transform nursing education, many nursing programs have begun to integrate more active learning strategies into the traditional classroom setting. Many educators have found successful integration requires an improved learning space that allows students to interact and work collaboratively. This article discusses a new innovative trend in higher education called the active learning classroom (ALC), how one college developed an ALC, and the impact of the ALC on the use of active learning strategies and student learning outcomes in the nursing education department.

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