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17 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Desired Characteristics of Effective Nurse Educators - “My Ideal Nursing Instructor” from VickyRN - As nurse faculty, we constantly strive to be the most effective instructors that we can be. The effective nurse educator, whether operating in the clinical setting or classroom, must demonstrate astute interpersonal skills, clinical competency, professionalism, and an understanding of the principles of adult learning. Consumer satisfaction is... Last Reply by VickyRN Jul 11 09:11 AM 33 comments 4,423 views
6 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Tips for Effective Public Speaking from VickyRN - Public speaking involves addressing an audience to motivate, influence, persuade, inform, or simply entertain the listeners. It is a structured and deliberate process. It is composed of five basic elements: speaker, message, audience, occasion, and effects. These are otherwise known as who, what, to whom, what medium, and what results? ... Last Reply by VickyRN Jul 07 08:14 AM 4 comments 447 views
8 Push It!	Mother-Baby Musings Some quick tips for a good latch from Elvish - For moms who are breastfeeding, a good latch is supremely important. If not, nipple pain will soon ensue - even if the improper latch is held for just a few minutes, those few minutes can have a long-lasting effect. Additionally, if the baby's mouth is not wide open with enough breast tissue in the mouth, he will not get the full amount of milk... Last Reply by CityKat Jun 30 03:25 AM 1 comment 706 views
11 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Poll: Nurse Educator Role - A Fifth Advanced Practice Nursing Speciality? from VickyRN - Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are defined as registered nurses "possessing advanced specialized clinical knowledge and skills through master's or doctoral education that prepares them for specialization, expansion, and advancement of practice" (Mirr Jansen & Zwygart-Stauffacher, 2005, p. 5). Presently within the nursing profession, there are... Last Reply by llg Jun 25 10:22 AM 16 comments 3,784 views
31 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Tips for Making Your Clinical Day Better from VickyRN - The clinical practice environment is the place where classroom theory becomes “real.” This is the place where the “rubber meets the road,” so to speak, and students begin to build their personal foundation for safe, effective nursing practice and develop essential critical thinking skills. What can nursing instructors do to enhance this very... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 17 04:41 PM 14 comments 5,038 views
18 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Active Learning Strategy: The One-Minute Paper from VickyRN - As teachers, gauging our students' comprehension of class content can be challenging. Sadly, low scores on the first exam often serve as the wake-up call that class understanding is not where it should be. It would be much less stressful to be aware of class knowledge deficits from day one by an on-going (formative) assessment of student learning.... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 17 03:52 PM 4 comments 2,066 views
14 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Active Learning Strategy: Concept Mapping from VickyRN - A concept map is a flowchart or diagram that shows the inter-relationships among concepts (ideas, images, or words). It is a graphical tool for representing and organizing knowledge. Concept mapping assists learners in understanding the relationships as they construct a visual map to illustrate the connections. Concepts are usually enclosed... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 17 03:36 PM 5 comments 1,745 view
3 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner The Psychomotor Domain from VickyRN - Psychomotor learning is one of the three domains, or broad categories, of educational behaviors. It is based on manual or physical skills, and includes fine and gross motor dexterity, coordination, and movement. The focus is on physical and kinesthetic forms of learning. This domain can also involve communication skills, such as public speaking or... Last Reply by Chad Estes Jun 10 01:13 PM 1 comment 1,164 view
9 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Performance Based Development System (PBDS) from VickyRN - Few subjects have stirred up as much controversy within the nursing community as the Performance Based Development System (PBDS) nursing "competency" assessment. What exactly is this test and why is it so controversial? Performance-Based Development System (PBDS) is the creation of Dorothy del Bueno, the founder of Performance Management... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 09 03:08 PM 13 comments 1,881 view
6 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Teaching and Learning in the Affective Domain (Part Two) from VickyRN - Adult learners need to be motivated in order to learn. They need to know, “How will learning this content benefit me? What do I stand to gain? How will knowing this information further my career goals?” Motivation, then, is crucial to adult learning. Volition is accessed through processes in the affective domain. The most powerful type of... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 04 09:22 AM 3 comments 1,213 view
14 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner “Clickers” in The Classroom from VickyRN - Many students are passive in class, yawning frequently with eyes glazed over, mindlessly recording notes, and not really processing the content. Instructors may insert questions throughout the lecture, but most students won’t raise their hand to attempt an answer. Valuable in-class active learning opportunities are being lost. What can the nurse... Last Reply by VickyRN Jun 04 08:51 AM 13 comments 1,656 view
3 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Teaching and Learning in the Affective Domain from VickyRN - The affective domain describes a person’s emotional attributes. As educators, why should we be concerned with the affective domain and how can these factors impact teaching and learning? Bloom divided the process of learning into three broad hierarchical domains, or taxonomies. The three parts are not clear-cut, but overlap and interrelate. ... Last Reply by VickyRN May 29 12:11 PM 3 comments 773 views
7 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner Novice: The First Stage on Your Journey from VickyRN - The novice stage - we've all experienced it. It's a time of stretching and rapid personal and professional growth. The stretching can be humbling and painful, as shortcomings in our performance are inevitable. If we learn from our mistakes, however, we will eventually grow to proficiency in our newly chosen role. This brings to mind a saying,... Last Reply by Akeeka May 29 01:44 AM 6 comments 1,597 view
11 Push It!	From Uniform to Scrubs Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse Part 2 from madwife2002 - Update on Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse It has been a couple of weeks since we reviewed the ongoing poll about foreign trained nurses in the USA and the trend towards blaming immigrant nurses for taking the jobs which should or should not belong to American Nurses. The opinion is almost equally divided between... Last Reply by K.P.A. May 27 07:15 PM 67 comments 6,230 views
9 Push It!	The Teacher's Corner The Clinical Reflection from VickyRN - A clinical reflection is a descriptive “story” that nursing students write about their clinical day. As simple as this journaling exercise seems, it is a powerful tool for development of novice critical thinking skills. It facilitates active learning, as well as professional growth, in a non-threatening manner. Writing about their experiences... Last Reply by VickyRN May 16 09:13 AM 2 comments 1,357 view

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