Course Number and Title: NR570 – Learning Strategies

School of Learning: School of Nursing

Instructor: Deanna Miller – RN, MSN/ED, HCE

Contact: Contact

Credits: 3 Semester Credits

Prerequisites: None

 

Course Description

 

This course will provide the student with specific strategies to use to engage the nursing student in active learning in both the traditional classroom setting and the clinical setting.

 

Course Objectives

 

At the end of this course the student should be able to:

·      Identify several learning strategies for teaching in a structured setting.

·      Discuss the appropriate use of creativity and humor in the classroom.

·      Identify several strategies for teaching value sensitive subjects.

·      Present ideas for the development of an effective skill laboratory.

·      Discuss the role of the preceptor in the clinical experience.

·      Describe tools to evaluate clinical learning.

·      Identify how to evaluate learning outcomes.

 

Required Text            Online Bookstore      

 

Bradshaw, M.J. & Lowenstein, A.J. (2006/2007). Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing (4th ed.) Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
ISBN: 0763738565 ISBN-13: 9780763738563

 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Fifth Edition.
American Psychological Association, 2001. (A.k.a.: The APA Style).
Spiral Bound: ISBN: 1557988102  ISBN-13: 9781557988102
Softcover:  ISBN: 1557987912  ISBN-13: 9781557987914
Hardcover:  ISBN: 1557987904  ISBN-13: 9781557987907

 

Course Outline

 

WEEK ONE

·      Written:

o     Submit a brief biography including your background, education, job experience, and professional interests and tell me why you are interested in Nursing Education (1-2 pages).
(3 points)

o     Think about your past nursing professors or clinical instructors that you had in nursing school. Choose 3 instructors/professors that are memorable to you in some way, positive or negative. Describe each one in terms of their creativity, their humor, and their ability to discuss value-sensitive subjects. With what you know now, what would you have done differently, if anything, and why? Write a 3-4 page paper about why these instructors/professors were memorable. Please utilize APA format for this assignment.
(7 points)

WEEK TWO

·      Reading:
Bradshaw & Lowenstein Chapters 8 & 9

• Write a review of what you have read (250-300 words 5 points)

o     Take the NR570 Week Two quiz in the classroom (5 points)

WEEK THREE

·      Reading:
Bradshaw & Lowenstein Chapters 11, 12, 13

• Write a review of what you have read (250-300 words 5 points)

o     Take the NR570 Week Three quiz in the classroom (5 points)

WEEK FOUR

·      Reading:
Bradshaw & Lowenstein Chapters 22, 24, 26

• Write a review of what you have read (250-300 words 5 points)
• Take the NR570 Week Four quiz in the classroom (5 points)

WEEK FIVE

·      Reading:
Bradshaw & Lowenstein Chapters 28 & 29

• Write a review of what you have read (250-300 words 5 points)
  
  

WEEK SIX

·        Reading

o       Read the article “Why Teach Nursing?” and answer the following questions (15 points

§         Name two challenges of an academic career and describe how the challenges can be overcome. (100 words or less)

§         Other than completing your MSN, how can you prepare yourself to be a nurse educator? (100 words or less)

WEEK SEVEN

·        Power Point Presentation

o       Prepare a 5-10 slide presentation that could be utilized as a tool for teaching one of the following topics (15 points)

§         How to assess breath sounds

§         Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia

§         How to start a peripheral IV

WEEK EIGHT

·      Final paper
Your final paper is worth 25 points and should be 5-8 pages long in APA format

 

Grading

 

A  90 - 100%

B  80 - 89%

C  70 - 79%

D  60 - 69%

F    0 - 59%

 

Additional Information

 

Written Assignments

A cover page should include a title, your name and email address, course name, instructor name, date, and week #. All margins are 1", Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced. All borrowed work must include appropriate citations and reference.

Refer to the APA manual for proper format. There are numerous websites available to help you with APA format if you do not have the APA manual. Here are just a few:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

 

Technology Issues

Assignments are to be submitted via e-mail. If e-mail is selected, assignments should be sent as an attachment in MS Word format. If you use another word processing program, please use the "Save As" option to save the document in MS Word format. If for some reason you cannot save as a Word document, you may save it as "Rich Text Format" (RTF).

Power Point 97-2003 or Power Point 2007 may be utilized to complete your Power Point assignment. This assignment should be submitted as an attachment via an email to me.

Instructor Availability:

Best way to reach me is by e-mail – Contact. Please note that I will be checking my email each day and will reply to any emails by the end of each day. You may also contact me via my cell phone at 440-344-6506.

 

About the Instructor:

I have an MSN from the University of Phoenix with a certification in Health Care Education. I am currently a Nurse Manager for a Critical Care unit at a University Hospital in northeast Ohio. I also manage the Nursing Education Department for the same facility.  I have an extensive background in Clinical Nursing that includes: Critical Care, Medical/Surgical and Geriatrics. I have also been involved in development of writing and developing online educational modules for all levels of nursing. I am a published author and currently write for Cengage Learning and HCPro.

 

Plagiarism

The following information was obtained directly from:
http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/what_is_plagiarism.html

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means

·      to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own

·      to use (another individual's production) without crediting the source

·      to commit literary theft

·      to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

·      turning in someone else's work as your own

·      copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit

·      failing to put a quotation in quotation marks

·      giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation

·      changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

·      copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided, however, by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.

Plagiarism will result in a failing grade for the course.

You are encouraged to use the internet for research or other professional/academic sources of information to supplement your assignments. You will need access to professional journals either on the WWW or local medical libraries. Be sure to credit all material.

The course quizzes are located in the classroom. You access them online and once you hit submit they are sent directly to me to grade. You have 90 minutes to complete each test. I am notified when a student enters and exits a test.

 

Development of a classroom teaching strategy

Consider a specific topic in an area of nursing that you feel is important for nursing students to learn- this can be in your area of expertise or not. It can be an idea that is very specific, such as a particular skill in a clinical setting, or a broader topic such as the attributes that good nurses have that you would like to teach. Be creative!

Now picture yourself in a classroom or a clinical setting with a group of students. You have 2 hours to teach them whatever it is you have selected.

·      Develop your classroom or clinical teaching strategy based on what you have read as well as any specific research you have done on the topic.

o     Be specific and describe what you will do and why.

o     Describe at least one type of disruptive student and how you will handle it.

o     Finish it up with how you will evaluate the learning outcomes.

Be sure to cite all borrowed work and use appropriate references when necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

Version #1 – 7 July 2009