Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies   The Self-Assessment of Core Competencies is due on Sunday of Week 1 at 11:59 p.m. MT. The guidelines and rubric are listed below, as well as in the downloadable document.   Self-Assessment Guidelines and Rubric (Links to an external site.)   Self-Assessment Worksheet (Links to an external […]

Developing Critical Thinking Questions   The Developing Critical Thinking Questions assignment is due on Sunday of Week 3 at 11:59 p.m. MT. The guidelines and rubric are listed below, as well as in the downloadable document.   Developing Critical Thinking Questions Guidelines and RubricPreview the document   Developing Critical Thinking Questions Template (Links to an […]

DQ1 Education Theory and Learners   Select the type of learner you will work with in the future (i.e., academic students, staff nurses, or patients/families); then debate the following question. Be sure to include pros and cons.   Many individuals state that “practice is the best teacher.” For these individuals, the application of the same […]

Within a physical classroom, different teaching methods can be used to foster interaction and learning:   Classroom lecture   Classroom discussion   Classroom debate   Small group activities and projects   Tests/exams   For this week, consider this: How can these methods be used or modified for the eLearning environment?

DQ1 Learning Activities in the Skills Laboratory   A novice nurse educator is assigned to develop and implement learning activities in the skills laboratory. She expresses her disappointment to her mentor because she was looking forward to presenting in the classroom. The novice educator comments, “What can happen in the skills lab except making beds?” […]

This assignment is designed to provide the MSN student the opportunity to apply Bloom’s revised taxonomy in the development of a test blueprint as well as the construction of test questions. Using the provided information about a course, the MSN student will develop a test blueprint that reflects Bloom’s revised taxonomy at a minimum of […]

With any topic in nursing education, it is important to understand both the pros and cons for any topic in nursing education. This week, our conversation focuses on the rebuttal of several commonly occurring cons of the use of serious gaming and virtual reality within any type of nursing educational setting (i.e., academic, professional development, […]

One goal of an educational program is to foster cultural humility. As the educator, you presented a required educational program/unit on this topic; however, in the learners’ evaluations, there was significant dissatisfaction with the activity. Identify two quantitative ways that assessment/evaluation could occur to identify what went wrong and how to improve the program. Identify […]

Self-Assessment of NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies   Purpose   The purpose of this assignment is to complete a self-assessment of the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies and develop a goal to help meet this competency.   National League for Nursing. (2017). Nurse educator core competency. Retrieved from http://www.nln.org/professional-development-programs/competencies-for-nursing-education/nurse-educator-core-competency   Requirements   Completed at Weeks […]

A novice educator has completed presenting a new course for the first time. It is now time to review the evaluations submitted by the participants. From the 20 participants, 8 submitted the standardized evaluation form. Despite 4 of the participants rating the educator highly, there was one individual who was very critical of the content […]