Characteristics of Excellent Teachers of Nursing

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

From the Carnegie Foundation's Study of Nursing Education:

Excellent teachers:

• have a clear vision of what kind of nurse they would like to graduate
  
• place their students in a collaborative nursing role
  
• ask students to answer questions about what is at stake for the patient, what the patient is experiencing, and what the next step is for the patient
  
• highlight what is salient about a case or a situation and what is an appropriate response
  
• seamlessly integrate the three apprenticeships to teach how to be a nurse in terms of ethical comportment, knowledge of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and practice skills
  
• engage in dialogue with students to explore the student's thinking

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