Beyond Lecture

[ceecel.dee, MSN, RN]

Hi all! I am rather new to the nursing instructor gig. I really enjoy it, and feel I finally have a grasp of what is required of me. Now, I want to have a bit more fun, and get the students more involved, rather than me just lecturing and them taking notes. There is just so much information to relay! How do you-all incorporate students in the the "group teach" idea, ensuring they still get all the important stuff?

[BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN]

One thing that does work (provided the students come prepared for lecture) is breaking them up into groups and giving them case studies or scenarios. Give them a situation and they come up with the answers, and what they would do (priorities, labs to be drawn, symptoms, management, etc). Again, they need to be prepared. I have to say this would never work with my students at this point, but maybe next year I will start off with this approach, and set the precedent that the need to be prepared for class, because they will be more involved.