vickynurse replied to abooker's topic in Educators
Mark Twain said "There are lies, there are d**n lies, and there are statistics." It is important for nurses to know how stats can be massaged. It is also important to be able to evaluate the statistical methods when reading the professional literat...
vickynurse replied to vickynurse's topic in Educators
Jan, Thanks for your reply. I am thinking about doing this on a part time basis initially, with the goal of becoming almost full time down the road. How did you get started? Beyond familiarizing oneself with the materials, what sort of prep is in...
vickynurse replied to vickynurse's topic in Educators
No, I'm thinking of 'authentic assessment' in terms of assessing / evaluating student performance in the clinical and theory settings. The Higher Learning Commission is encouraging that we get away from multiple choice types of evaluating student le...
My colleagues and I discussing the concept ofauthentic assessment and how it may or may not apply to nursing education. Is anyone using authentic assessment in the education process?
vickynurse replied to Sunflower3's topic in Educators
When I was doing my NP practicum, I also worked as a clinical instructor. Comparing the two roles side by side, it was an easy choice for me to see that my talents were best applied to education. You might try to do something similar. I do feel tha...