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NR 537 Week 6 Discussion Question; Collaboration Café

A novice educator expresses to the mentor that he is disappointed to … to the Evaluation Committee because the work never leads to any changes. What would be an appropriate conversation between the mentor and novice educator? Show Less

One of your learners asks to speak to you privately about a concern. Upon entering your office and providing for privacy, the learner slowly and then more forcibly begins to speak. She tells you that she is considering filing a formal grievance against you for age discrimination. During the last formative evaluation conference, you identified concerns in the areas of (a) patient safety;and (b) application of knowledge related tomedications. The learner identifies that after several intense co...

One goal of an educational program is to foster cultural humility. As the educator, you presented a required educational program/unit on this topic; however, in the learners' evaluations, therewas significant dissatisfaction with the activity. Identify two quantitative ways that assessment/evaluation could occur to identify what went wrong and how to improve the program. Identify one qualitative way that assessment and evaluation techniques could identify what went wrong and how to improve the ...

You are a member of a 3-person educational team that has developed a competency test that uses 50 multiple choice test questions to determine the knowledge and skill level of learners. After 30 learners have completed the competency test, the team conducted an item analysis. From the results, there are 10 questions that are identified as being problematic. One of the educators wants to consider each of these questions individually to see if one or more of the questions should be removed from the...

A novice educator has completed presenting a new course for the first time. It is now time to review theevaluations submitted by the participants. From the 20 participants, 8 submitted the standardizedevaluation form. Despite 4 of the participants rating the educator highly, there was one individual whowas very critical of the content as well as the presentation. This participant noted that the educatormispronouncedseveralwords,thatamajorconceptwasnotexplainedcorrectly,andthattheeducator'sconst...

You are responsible for the skills laboratory (either for mentoring a small group of new nurses or senior nursing students), and it is time for check-offs. You prepared four different scenarios, each requiring different nursing skills. You provided the learners with a basic overview of each scenario. The day before the check-off, you select the one scenario that will be used for the check-off, and prepare the skills laboratory. During the check-off, you are repeatedly amazed at how well-prepared...

A learner asks for an extension for a written assignment. The learner states that he has just startedchemotherapy for cancer and has not felt well, and that three more days would really make a hugedifference. You grant the extension. It is now two days past the extension deadline and no assignmenthas been submitted. You contact the learner who says that he has missed the extended deadlinebecause of illness, and he asks if he could have just one more day. You grant this, but identify there willbe...

You have worked long hours in the design of creative learning activities for a course. The course has been presented for 3 years without any significant change. You have now been assigned a novice educator who is very excited and is presenting novel thoughts regarding the course. This will require significant change in the course. Discuss your initial reaction. How can a collaborative relationship between you (the course leader for 3 years) and the novice educator be achieved in order to provide...

A novice educator is talking with her mentor. During the conversation, the novice educator expresses great pride in the fact that all learners passed the required course with a perfect score. How would the mentor respond to this information with application of course evaluation techniques? This question can be discussed from either the viewpoint of nurse professional development or an academic setting.