NUR 655E: Nursing Education Practicum (NUR655E)

An effective nurse educator has current, researched knowledge of teaching strategies to use in the educational setting. Effective teaching strategies allow students to collaborate with peers and participate in higher-order thinking. The purpose of this assignment is to compile an annotated bibliography of teaching strategies within your practicum setting. Provide a 10-entry annotated bibliography of peer-reviewed/scholarly literature related to your chosen practicum topic and appropriate teach...

What is the impact of the nurse educator's role on organizational effectiveness? Identify one area in your practicum setting/organization that needs improvement. Choose a theory or change model you have experience with. Applying the identified theory/model, propose a change and describe the organizational impact in your practicum setting.

Consider a nurse leadership role you are familiar with and describe how the nurse educator role collaborates with leadership in an institution (choose a setting you are familiar with). Considering NLN’s competency 8, how do you see leadership skills integrated into your future nurse educator role?

Define how Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) enable the faculty to evaluate the student’s learning?

The purpose of this assignment is to create a lesson plan to be delivered in the practicum setting. Refer to your student learning needs assessment data and annotated bibliography to complete this assignment. Write a detailed lesson plan that includes the following information. 1. Description of practicum setting and population. 2. Lesson outcomes with rationale and alignment to student learning needs that were identified in your learning needs assessment. 3. Teaching strategies with researc...

The effective nurse educator is able to use student learning needs to create specific and measurable learning outcomes for a lesson or curriculum. The purpose of this assignment is to create a learning needs assessment in order to determine learning outcomes for the topic identified for the student’s education focus. Part 1: Develop a short needs assessment of 10-20 open-ended or closed-ended questions for a learning needs assessment related to your education focus to administer to your prac...

Being an effective educator requires staying abreast of the scholarship of teaching and learning in your field. What aspects of teaching and learning in your field interest you most? What plans do you have for participating in scholarly activities to enhance your nurse educator role based on Boyer's Model of Scholarship?

In your first entry for your Nursing Education Practicum Documentation (NEPD) Form you will write the overall goals for your practicum. Only these overall goals are due Week 1 on your NEPD form. Use the S.M.A.R.T. goal format to write goals you have for your overall practicum experience. What do you want to accomplish during this practicum course? Keep this statement broad enough to cover everything that you would like to do during your practicum course. You may choose to focus in on a specific...

Using the "Nursing Education Practicum Documentation (NEPD) Form," write objectives for what you will accomplish in this topic and how you will evaluate your accomplishment. Be sure to read the instructions (in the blue font at the top of the columns on the first page) on how to use the form before you begin. The NEPD form uses the nursing process and follows the format of a nursing care plan, so this should be familiar to you. Under the learner weekly reflection addressing the identified com...

The effective nurse educator collaborates with partners and the community during the curriculum design process. The purpose of this assignment is to collaborate with your preceptor/mentor to refine and enhance your lesson plan. Meet with your preceptor/mentor to review your lesson plan. Discuss your lesson plan and possible barriers to successful implementation. Using the comments for refinement from your preceptor/mentor, reflect on your collaboration. In 200-350 words, provide a short answer ...