Nr537 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR 537 Week 5 Assignment; Rubric Development (Assessment and Evaluation in Education) In this learning activity the newly hired nurse will develop a concept map for heart failure (HF) and utilize the concept map to develop a general care plan for a client with HF that can be utilized in a subacute rehabilitation setting. The purpose of this activity is to provide the nurse with an understanding of how different concepts or key problems can relate to each other and assist with critical thinki...

NR 537 Week 7 Assignment; Performance Evaluation - Designing an Experiential Learning Activity

You are part of an educational unit of four educators. The item analysis of the recent examination is being reviewed. During this process, one test question in particular upsets you. From the item analysis, you can see that the question has a discrimination index of .15 and several of the upper- level learners selected the same incorrect distractor. You believe that the distractor is worded poorly and is confusing to these students. You want to remove the item and give the students who missed it...

NR 537 Week 7 Assignment; Performance Evaluation - Summative Performance Evaluation of New Hire RN

NR 537 Week 5 Assignment; Rubric Development - Develop an Evolving Case Study

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...

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...

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 ...

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...