Nr536 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

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?

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?

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 • Seeking 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.

• Describe a scenario involving an individual with complex health concerns. Include the physical, psychosocial, cultural, economic, educational, and environmental factors that influence the health status of the individual in the scenario. • Where is the individual on the health continuum, and why?

NR536 Week 4 Discussion Question 1; Teaching Methods

NR536 Week 8 Discussion Question; Collaboration Café

NR536 Week 7 Assignment; Designing an Experiential Learning Activity

NR536 Week 2 Discussion Question 2; Collaboration Cafe

NR536 Week 5 Discussion Question; Collaboration Cafe