What is the role of a full time nursing educator in higher education? The nurse educator’s role goes beyond impacting knowledge in the classroom and clinical settings. As an expert, the nurse educator combines the passion for teaching into a fruitful and rewarding careers by preparing and mentoring student towards enriching the nursing profession. The role of the nurse educator is crucial in the sense that it ensures the survival and strengthening of the nursing workforce. As a full time educator, the role of the nurse educator is to combine clinical abilities with duties interrelated to designing curricula, developing courses/programs of study, teaching and guiding learners, evaluating learning and documenting the outcomes of the educational process (Billings & Halstead, 2016). As indicated by Billings and Halstead (2016), the nurse educator’s role is vital to students’ success because the nurse educator guide students to identify learning needs, strengths and limitations, and create learning needs that will …show more content…
Using a computer-based platform teaching environment, modules are built with not only weekly lesson plans of reading and assignments, but links that engage the students in the application of the lesson and NCLEX question related to the lesson in that particular module. By so doing, the students are prepared before coming to class, they can actively participate in the learning process. Lesson plans and exams are also reviewed constantly to ensure optimum understanding. According to the National League for Nursing (NLN) excellence model, curriculum should be amendable and based on current consumer needs, health care trends and issues, evidence-based research findings and innovative practices, in addition to local and global viewpoints (National League for Nursing [NLN],
Nursing is constantly evolving and changing, in order to be more efficient in providing care than in the past. The nursing profession includes professionals who are not only caregivers but support systems as well as educators. All these factors help to provide optimal care for patients and to also better serve their families and the community. All nurses are encouraged to break down the simplistic notion society has about the nursing profession because nursing is a multi-faceted profession encompassing many different factors that are beneficial to overall human development and health.
Responsibilities of nurses in patient education are helping patients learn health-related behaviors to achieve the goal of optimal health and independence in self-care. It is also the responsibility of the nurse to assess the patients’ learning needs, readiness to learn, and learning styles. Needs and problems of individual patient and family are very important (Wingard, 2005). Some patients need information to understand more about their health condition and how to overcome or prevent the complication of disease. The others may interest in improving quality of life with current diseases. Patients’ problems include patients’ culture, race, ethnicicy, religious orientation, socioeconomic status, age, gender, educational background, literacy level, and emotional state (Wingard, 2005). Next, nurs...
Increases the responsibility and accountability of professional nurses — an advantage for lifelong learners and knowledge workers, but a disadvantage for those without the proper knowledge and
The career of nurse educator is an all-inclusive term that refers to those nursing occupations that instruct and demonstrate patient care, in both on-the-job clinical environments, as well as lectures, in a classroom setting. A current occupational resource outlines some of the job titles which fall under the category of nurse educator, which include: Nursing Faculty, Nursing Professor, Nursing Instructor, Associate Professor of Nursing, Assistant Professor of Nursing, and Clinical Nursing Instructor (O*NET OnLine, 2011). This report will provide a general overview of the various branches of nursing instructors in the postsecondary educational setting, and will include information regarding the training, job description, demand, legality, and nursing theory associated with the nurse educator career.
Realistically, most students are not privy to the winding journey of a nursing career. Students learn how to bathe, medicate, feed, assess, and some psychosocial concepts. However, there is no class that teaches or can teach students how to stand back and watch your patients struggle to help themselves, how to face your own mortal...
The focus of this paper is to explore the role of the registered nurse as a leader and manager in the healthcare team. The role of management in nursing affects almost every aspect of the registered nurse’s daily work. An effective manager requires a variety of interpersonal skills that are both learned and intuitive. These skills are of great importance in the management of clients, family, and other healthcare professionals. Management skills are both learned and intuitive, although practice and experience may be one of the most essential ingredients to effective management. This paper explores a few of the essential skills required to be an effective manager.
Nursing is a varied career that offers opportunities to many. It offers a range of facilities and options for all. Nursing is an ethical centered profession that requires its members to give of themselves. Each individual must maintain a professional atmosphere while upholding his or her personal integrity. Each nurse brings his or her own unique values and beliefs to their work and care. A strong conviction toward those ideals is essential in the profession. Nurses are faced with differing views, ideas, and expectations every day and must maintain neutrality for the betterment of their patients. They care for those experiencing illness, loss, and health and have to nurture accordingly. Nursing is not about the skill set or knowledge we have but about those we help in the process. Nursing goes beyond a career; it is a
Zimmermann, D. T., Miner, D. C., & Zittel, B. (2010). Advancing the education of nurses: a call for action. Journal of Nursing Administration, 40(12), 529-533.
How do you think your education as a RN has influenced you as a nurse or as an individual?
Teaching is part of being a nurse (Angelo, 2015). Being a nurse does not only end at providing full care to the patients but also includes proper teaching about the patients’ disease and medications. Patient’s education should happen when opportunities come, especially before discharge. By teaching them prior to discharge and providing them hand-outs, pamphlets or websites to find important information about their disease and medication, they will be ready to administer their own medications and be informed about their disease. Good personality is also vital in nursing practice (Angelo, 2015). It is not only what a nurse has learned in school or the skills and knowledge that he or she acquired from clinical instructors that are important, but also the whole make-up of a nurse’s own self. For example, a knowledgeable nurse is fully equipped with the skills in dressing a wound, but will never be an effective nurse if he or she does not know how to behave while performing the skill. The facial expressions and body language showing that a nurse is uncomfortable seeing the wound makes him or her unsuitable for the job. It is important that a nurse must not only limit his or her learning inside the skills lab or hospital (Angelo, 2015). Joining associations, programs, community services, and volunteering opportunities can expand nurses’ knowledge, skills, and abilities. The tone of voice must
Contemplating on the big responsibility that nurses will have to fulfill in the future, I see myself in a good position. I said that because I love the field and want to do it until I retired God’s willing. It is not impossible to achieve the recommendations on increasing the proportion of nurses with a BSN by 2020. The field of nursing is very fulfilling and anyone who loves people and wants to serve can be a great nurse. I know now I can help a lot to continue their education by being the example of someone who had many obstacles to overcome. Now a month away from receiving her BSN. I had a love in my heart to do more after I became PCA and worked at a nursing home. I took the necessary steps from being a PCA to a BSN. However from the beginning the ride was not easy. I remember like yesterday, when I first got to San Antonio, Texas looking for a better life for my family. I could barely speak English and I had 4 young children. We only had one car so I had to wait for my husband so I could go to school at night to get my GED after I finish taking care of the kids, cleaning and cooking. With this degree I
My long-term goal is to obtain experience and proficiency as a Nurse educator to become a nursing educator instructor. As a Nursing educator instructor I will be able to build new educators in Graduate programs for th...
It prepares a novice to be able to perform basic skills throughout their career. Learning is related in the classroom by simulation labs and clinical instructors. Educators consider nursing education to be serious. Their role in preparing nursing students is to convey safe practice for patients. They focus on educating students to learn the knowledge of essential care for different patients. New graduates who learn the sufficient knowledge and skills will be able to understand aspects to protect and design for the nurse and patient. Students are taught to recognize safety threats and will understand the significance of reporting errors for future prevention.
Initially I thought that nursing was a career that can be taught. I felt nursing was only science and once you had mastered the science of nursing you could become a competent nurse. Since fall my view of the profession has changed drastically, I am starting to realize and appreciate the uniqueness of each quality that develops the art of nursing. For instance, I thought nursing knowledge was limited, once you have graduated nursing school you would have gained all the knowledge necessary. I now realize that knowledge does not only come from books but also from experience. With accountability, it is important for me to be able to admit to my mistakes. When I admit to my mistakes I grow as a nurse and as a person as I am able to learn from my mistakes. When being an advocate for my patients, I must not allow my own biases to interfere. I have to acknowledge my own biases so that I do not neglect care for my patients or make biased assumptions about patients rather than advocating for their needs. I always thought that sympathy is a universal value in nursing but rather empathy is. As a nurse I must understand the patient’s situation in order to be efficient rather than being sensitive to their situation. I also realize that it is very important for nurses to be adaptable as they face different and unique situations every day. I have concluded that a nurse is never done
A nurse has many responsibilities and roles to their patients that they have. A nurse is a caregiver to their patients they are responsible for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the patient, they are to be able to identify, prevent or treat an illness or disability. A nurse could also be an educator, they could teach a class of future nurses, they also educate by helping other workers with things they do not know or need help with. “A Masters degree is usually needed to teach in a school of nursing, however, if you would like to teach in a school of nursing, you must have baccalaureate in nursing. Nurses with a baccalaureate usually teach under the supervision of an experienced teacher with a master's or doctorate. In some states, it is possible to teach with a master's in a related discipline but the majority of nursing schools require a master's in nursing.” (Being a Nurse Educator) Nurses must also be able to speak for their patients when needed. For example If a nurse ...