Nr 536 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Purpose This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to develop an evolving case study that would be useful as part of a small group activity in the clinical setting. It should not be written for a simulation learning activity. Using a concept presented in Weeks 2, 3, and 4, the student incorporates the elements expected of an evolving case study as well as includes pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment. Requirements Description of the Assignment This assignmen...

The following skills have been … as areas that a nurse educator should help learners develop so they can develop clinical decision-making skills. Motivation to learn Attention to details Seekin g aptitude to clarify information with questions Awareness of knowledge gaps Appraisal of the decision and its outcome Select ONE of the above areas and identify specific actions that a nurse educator can implement in order to assist a learner to acquire the selected skill. Show Less

A novice nurse educator is assigned to develop and implement learning activities in the skills laboratory. She expresses her disappointment to her mentor because she was looking forward to presenting in the classroom. The novice educator comments, "What can happen in the skills lab except making beds?" As the mentor to this novice nurse educator, how would you respond? Can learning occur in the skills laboratory? What actions can an educator take to foster the transfer of learning from a la...

Purpose This assignment provides the opportunity for the student to develop an evolving case study that would be useful as part of a small group activity in the clinical setting. It should not be written for a simulation learning activity. Using a concept presented in Weeks 2, 3, and 4, the student incorporates the elements expected of an evolving case study as well as includes pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment. Requirements Description of the Assignment This assignmen...

The clinical environment as part of experiential learning is of major importance to the educator. Select your type of learner (i.e., undergraduate nursing student, new graduate in a mentoring program, a family learning how to provide gastric feedings for a child) and discuss the clinical site. Topic: This discussion focuses on what makes a good clinical site for the selected learner. You will be working with as a nurse educator in the future. Please see the guidelines and grading rubric be...

Select the type of learner you will work with in the future (i.e., academic students, staff nurses, or patients/families); then debate the following question. Be sure to include pros and cons. Many individuals state that “practice is the best teacher.” For these individuals, the application of the same knowledge and the same skill must occur repeatedly and often. In contrast, there are educators who state that a learner does not need to complete 10 bed baths or write 15 care plans. In their ...

This is the second day of an experiential learning event. While you have eight students, one of them has caught your attention. The learner seems to be non-verbally engaged by nodding in agreement to other learners' statements/answers and has good eye contact, but yet does not answer any question. Yesterday, you asked this student a question, but after a few seconds of silence, another student answered the question. You could almost see the disappointment on the first student's face. Today ...

As an educator, you need to be knowledgeable regarding all aspects of professional nursing—from leadership to evidence-based practice, to psychomotor skills, to mental health concepts. For this discussion, let's say that you are not currently comfortable with teaching and role modeling some element of professional nursing. Other than taking a class, how can you, the nurse educator, develop competence in an area that you need to teach but are not currently comfortable with?

Purpose This assignment provides the student with the opportunity to select a concept and then develop questions that will foster critical thinking and clinical decision making in future learners. Each of the questions must demonstrate the Socratic format. By having a question in each of the areas of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment, the student will review content related to the selected concept. Requirements This assignment requires the student to develop a learning ...

Within a physical classroom, different teaching methods can be used to foster interaction and learning: • Classroom lecture • Classroom discussion • Classroom debate • Small group activities and projects • Tests/exams For this week, consider this: How can these methods be used or modified for the eLearning environment?