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VickyRN How have you incorporated affective learning into your classroom? I think this is one domain of learning that is often neglected or difficult to achieve. I know I have been working hard at bringing this area of learning into the classroom setting..

VickyRN, have you tried group work. For example: Think, Pair ,Share. This requires a topic to be assigned ahead of time. Groups are made and all work is done outside of the classroom. Then on the day of class, time can be allotted for the group to confer on their answers and supplement each others work. One person from each group gets to report on the topic as a whole or a part of the topic. Faculty decision. In this way students have to be prepared to answer any question. After the student responds it is open to the other group to question or add additional information. Something like this might work with such a large group. It would depend on what is being taught that day.

Vicky, A good review between passive and active learning. I think it more important to dialogue with the students than relying only on technology. Sim Man has a place, but that should not be the only answer. I try to vary my teaching styles in the classroom (pediatrics, ADN program). Students have responded favorably indicating it keeps them on their toes never knowing if it will be a Power Point day, lecture/ discussion or lecture and group work. Students have actually told me that they do not like having all Power Points. They zone out. Lose their focus and rely on the written words missing other dialogue because of it. I have to admit that the class size is usually between 20 and 40 so that it is easier for me to accommodate student's differing learning styles as well as have an opportunity to get to know the students individually.

Are you sure they weren't just doing a good "Got ya". Especially knowing that you were listening in. If they were for real, I bet they don't have very good rapport with the nursing staff. I pity them and their patients. Their attitude will affect both.

Hi, I create a grid at the start of a rotation.I teach peds. so I need to keep track of age groups that students work with. The same could be for any focus that you have. Columns include: Name of student & absences if any; written work & pull out experiences; one col for each age group (I include date, pt. age & diagnosis); IV/IM/SC meds;PO; Nebs. with info on O2 sat, MDI's etc; Topicals;Disch teach & forms; & the last col. is for anything else e.g. # of pts.for the day, other treatment modalities, good & bad actions for the day, comments from staff, other documentation for the unit, referrals, etc. This really keeps me organized as I have a quick visual for making the assignment as well as keeping track of what each student has done. I hope this helps. ZS

In addition to the traditional NCP, our school incorporates a "correlation map"". Basically this means, identifying the nursing diagnoses that apply to the patient and then drawing arrows (one directional or two) to indicate how one nursing diagnosis can impact another. This also helps to identify the priorities.