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Teaching in Nursing: The Faculty Role
Prior to the opening chapter of their comprehensive academic textbook Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty, experienced nursing educators Diane M. Billings and Judith A. Halstead set forth a clearly stated purpose for the chapter, stating that it "provides a brief historical perspective of the faculty role, identifies faculty rights and responsibilities, and describes the process of faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure within the current context" (2005). The information contained within Chapter 1 -- titled "The Faculty Role" and authored by Linda M. Finke, Ph.D, RN, covers a wide range of pertinent topics, including the historical role of faculty in higher education and the contentious issues of faculty appointment, promotion and tenure.
Chapter 3 -- Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators: Motivation and Behavior Change
The third chapter of Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators was written by Joanna...
Hayden examines the role of learner characteristics, such as age, gender and socioeconomic status, in the eventual absorption of clinical lessons by nursing students, before eventually observing that "approaching the educational process from a theoretical basis enables the nurse educator to identify methods most likely to produce the best results" (2005). According to Hayden, a nurse educator must remain willing to apply their own knowledge and experience through multiple theoretical lenses, in order to positively influence students despite their unique set of learner characteristics.
Chapter 4 -- Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators: Literacy
This chapter is intended to provide a broad overview of literacy as an educational skill, while also showing how this term has evolved throughout the years to cover more aspects of learning than the basic ability…
References
Billings, D.M., & Halstead, J.A. (2009). Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty. Saunders.
Finke, L.M. (2009). Chapter 1: The faculty role. In D. Billings & J. Halstead (Eds.), Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Saunders.
Chapter 4: Literacy. (2009). In DeYoung, S. (Ed.), Teaching strategies for nurse educators.
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Nursing Education Does nursing have a unique body of knowledge or is it the application of various other fields of knowledge in a practice setting? Nursing does have a unique body of knowledge as Moyer and Whittmann-Price (2008) state "it is nursing's unique knowledge base that warrants a unique service or practice called professional nursing" (6). This means that like the other help-specific sciences nursing was founded on the basis of research
(2007)103.6; 18-23 http://proquest.umi.com.libdb.fairfield.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1299472971&SrchMode=1&sid=6&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1185408789&clientId=48293 Michigan Center for Nursing. Survey of Nursing Education Programs: 2005-2006 School Year. 24, July 2007. http://www.mhc.org/mhc_images/edprogramsurvey06.pdf Mancuso-Murphy, Josephine.Distance Education in Nursing: An Integrated Review of Online Nursing Students' Experiences with Technology-Delivered Instruction Journal of Nursing Education. (2007) 46.6); 252-261 http://proquest.umi.com.libdb.fairfield.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1276790001&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1185407596&clientId=48293 Northwest Michigan College. 8/15/06. Online Nursing Frequently Asked Questions. 24, July 2007. http://www.nmc.edu/healthoccupations/nursing/online-nursing-faq.html Segal-Isaacson, Adam Ezra. Distance learning: Technology puts continuing education within reach.. Nursing. (2002) 32.1 14-17 http://proquest.umi.com.libdb.fairfield.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=98202634&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=4&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1185406422&clientId=48293 Washington State Department of Health. Nursing Care Quality Assurance
1%." (AACN, 2008) VII. Negative Affects of Nursing Shortage on Patient Care Study findings indicate that a connection exists between adequate nursing staffing and patient care and specifically state in the findings of the latest studies published in the journals of Health Services Research (August 2008) and the Journal of Nursing Administration (May 2008) are findings that confirm previous study findings linking education level and patient outcomes. This indicates that "…efforts to
Nursing Sills Grayce Sills and Nursing Leadership Brief Biography: Grayce Sills dedicated her life's work to improving conditions for psychiatric health patients, both through reforms in the area of psychiatric nursing and through education of future generations of nurses. During the era succeeding World War II, the psychiatric nursing profession was making its first forays into mainstream treatment orientation. Grayce Sills would emerge into the profession during this time and, in the late
1997, the average pass rate for first time test takers on the NCLEX-RN was 93%. Since 1997, the national average pass rate on the NCLEX-RN has declined to 83.8% (National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, 2002). The pass rate for the state of North Carolina and many other states has also declined in recent years. Community colleges are the prime educators of new registered nurses in the United States. In
Nursing Mentor Scenario Introduction- Just as the theoretical and practical backgrounds of nursing have changed over the past several decades, so has the nursing education environment itself. . Students now entering the field are diverse in culture, educational background, and most especially age and experience. Traditional undergraduates coming directly from High School or Junior College often interact with more mature and experienced students. In addition, nursing instructors remain challenged to recognize