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NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

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 competencies should you meet to be successful in each of those roles?

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.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Select one learning theory and one nursing theory 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.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

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.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

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 How could you implement teaching strategies with learning theories to engage students or patients about a clinical experience in a didactic or online classroom? Include an experience from your current clinical practicum, if applicable.

 

 

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

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.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Choose three teaching strategies that you feel the most comfortable using. Explain why you think you are most comfortable with these strategies? 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 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.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 How can nurse educators encourage critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment 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 nurse educators use to better promote critical thinking skills in students?

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 8 Discussion

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

DQ2 How can educators best align student learning styles with innovative teaching technologies? Discuss the role of evaluating evidence-based practices when selecting new technologies to integrate into the learning environment.  

 

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 1 Assignment  

Practicum Goals

Assessment Description

This assignment requires your collaboration with the course faculty and practicum preceptor early on to establish goals for successful completion of your practicum requirements.

Develop a 250-500-word narrative for completing your practice hours and how objectives will be met. Include the following in your narrative:

Five practicum goals that relate to course objectives, course deliverables, and your personal and professional development needs in your practicum setting.

A proposed schedule to meet your goals and the 50 required practicum hours you must accumulate during this course.

A description of any challenges you expect to encounter and strategies to help you overcome these challenges.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 1 Assignment  

Preconference Acknowledgment Form

Assessment Description

Completion of this assignment requires the "Preconference Acknowledgement Form," located on the located on the Student Success Center page under the MSN Nursing Education tab.

A preconference will occur prior to the start of the clinical/practicum experience. This conference is intended for the learner and preceptor/mentor to review course and learner-specific learning objectives: the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the learner and preceptor/mentor during the clinical/practicum experience. All faculty and preceptor/mentor contact information will be given to each party by the learner. The learner will provide any course or program information that the preceptor/mentor requests. During this conference, the learner and preceptor/mentor will discuss clinical/practicum goals, including the project(s) that are to take place. Faculty will review submitted documents and approve proposed projects at this time. Faculty will also send an introductory email to the preceptor/mentor.

In order to receive a passing grade in the course, all course evaluations must be completed by preceptors/mentors and submitted by learners. All learners must submit a completed midterm and final evaluation of individual performance by the preceptor/mentor, with ratings sufficient for a passing grade. Additionally, all clinical/practicum hours must be approved by the preceptor/mentor prior to the last day of class in order to pass the course.

Learners and preceptors/mentors will attest to the meeting by signing the "Preconference Acknowledgment Form" and submitting it to the instructor using the assignment dropbox in the first week of class for approval of the proposed experiences.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 2 Assignment  

Teaching Philosophy Statement

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to develop your personal teaching philosophy statement.

Begin by researching a developed teaching philosophy and use the information to shape your own philosophy.

In 250-500 words, develop a personal teaching philosophy statement that includes:

Your beliefs on the purpose of education.

Beliefs on different learning styles in various settings.

How student learning is facilitated.

The role of the nurse educator and how you plan to implement this philosophy to grow as an educator as you seek to integrate the nurse educator competencies into your professional practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 3 Assignment  

SBAR Clinical Log

Assessment Description

Complete the "SBAR Clinical Log" to document your total clinical/practicum hours completed to date, a description of observations and tasking completed, and additional comments regarding your clinical/practicum experience. You will also complete the "SBAR," section of the form related to a patient you have assessed during your clinical/practicum experience thus far.

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 4 Assignment  

Midterm Clinical/Practicum Evaluation of Learner by Preceptor/Mentor

Assessment Description

The preceptor/mentor will perform a midterm evaluation of the learner with the faculty. The preceptor/mentor will input the evaluation content into ThunderTime. The learner will access the evaluation in Lopes Activity Tracker and upload the evaluation to the assignment dropbox after meeting with the preceptor/mentor to discuss the midterm evaluation. Any learner who scores "Below Expectations" or "Unacceptable" at midterm will meet with the faculty and preceptor/mentor to complete a remediation success plan.

Submission of this assignment with sufficient ratings for a passing grade is required to receive a final grade in the course.

Failure to submit the required midterm evaluation in a timely manner can result in a nonpassing grade, regardless of the letter grade received on other assignments submitted in the course

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 5 Assignment  

Learning Environment Observation

Assessment Description

During your professional career as a nurse educator, you will be asked to teach in various learning environments, including traditional classroom, online, and clinical.

The purpose of this assignment is to provide knowledge of establishing an environment that promotes student participation, engagement, and optimal student outcomes.

The classroom can be a traditional or clinical setting and directed at students, nurses, or patients.

Using the "ELEOT Reference Guide," complete the "Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (ELEOT)," both of which are located in the topic Resources.

Write a 500-750-word summary of the observation. Include the following in your summary.

Discuss the results of the ELEOT and include the form as an appendix in your paper.

Discuss how the instructor maintained and managed the learning environment.

Discuss the various engagement and learning strategies that were used and how they could be implemented in different learning environments, including traditional and nontraditional environments.

Discuss how you could implement some these strategies into your own classroom.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 6 Assignment  

SBAR Clinical Log

Assessment Description

Complete the "SBAR Clinical Log" to document your total clinical/practicum hours completed to date, a description of observations and tasking completed, and additional comments regarding your clinical/practicum experience. You will also complete the "SBAR," section of the form related to a patient you have assessed during your clinical/practicum experience thus far.

 

NUR646E / NUR646

NUR646 Nursing Education Seminar I

Week 7 Assignment  

Benchmark - Nurse Educator Lesson Plan

Assessment Description

As a nurse educator, you will be responsible for creating effective lessons for various settings. Choose a teaching and learning experience from your clinical setting. You may use the clinical experience from your Topic 4 discussion response.

Based on the experience you chose, use the engagement, student learning, and creating effective learning environment strategies that you have learned in this course to develop a lesson plan on similar content for two additional settings (such as an asynchronous online session and teaching a nursing student in the clinical setting, etc.). Use the lesson plan examples found in the topic Resources to assist you in creating your lesson outlines.

Include the following in your outline:

Lesson objectives.

Timeframe and target environment.

Three or four teaching strategies based on evidence-based practice.

Activities.

Summary of the types of assessments you would use in your lesson and why?

Rationale for the teaching strategies you implemented into each lesson and why they differ.

Explanation of how the teaching strategies planned for the lesson plan meet the needs of diverse learners in the environment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

MSN - Nursing Education

6.1: Apply instructional strategies grounded in evidence-based practice and learning theory that meet the unique needs of learners in diverse environments.