GCU NUR646 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 December

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Compare the difference between a traditional faculty role versus the online faculty role. How are the expectations different for each role? What steps will you need to prepare to be successful in each?

DQ2 Referring to the National League of Nursing's (NLN) Nurse Educator Competencies, choose one competency and describe how you will achieve this competency in your nurse educator role.

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Select two nursing theories and explain how they can be applied in nursing education. How can the theories aid in your teaching practices including clinical or patient specific experiences?

DQ2 Search the literature and find an example of a research study that uses an educational theory in a nursing education study. Does the study appear to use the theory appropriately? How does the research contribute to understanding of the theory? Be sure to cite the article.

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Discuss an experience working with a diverse patient or student population or students with diverse learning needs. Using evidence-based literature, develop a strategy to increase the success of these students in a classroom setting.

DQ2 Do you think it is practical and relevant to use a learning style inventory with patients or students in your selected area of education? Support your response with literature.

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 What culture and diversity issues have you experienced when working with current student or patient populations? What strategies do nurse educators use to bridge culture and diversity barriers? How do these strategies aim to create a positive learning environment

DQ2 Choose an experience from your clinical practicum that demonstrates engagement and teaching strategies utilized to teach clinical experience in other education setting. How could you implement engagement or teaching strategies with learning theories to teach students or patients about the experience in a didactic or online classroom?

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Consider a time as a student, in which you experienced a positive learning environment. What made the experience a quality learning environment? Why? Support your choice with current literature.

DQ2 In nursing, there are several diverse "physical learning environments.” Describe three strategies a nursing faculty utilizes to ensure a positive student learning experience within a variety of settings.

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Choose three teaching strategies that you feel the most comfortable using. Explain why you think you are most comfortable with this strategy? Discuss how you think these teaching strategies are classified according to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

DQ2 Choose an experience from your clinical practicum that you feel comfortable teaching. Using Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, "insert objective writing resource,” and the teaching strategies learned in this topic, create three learning objectives for the topic you chose. Provide feedback on your classmates’ objectives as your discussion response.

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 How can nurse educators encourage critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgement in clinical education and the traditional classroom or clinical setting? How can you differentiate these instruction pieces for various educational or clinical settings?

DQ2 What are common barriers when teaching critical thinking skills? What strategies can nursing educators use to better promote critical thinking skills in students?

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar 1

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Identify two to three new learning technologies in nursing education. As a nurse educator, discuss how you would incorporate these technologies into the curriculum?

DQ2 How can educator's best assess student's learning needs and match those needs with innovative teaching technologies? Discuss the role of evaluating evidence and best practices when selecting new technologies to integrate into the learning environment.