A Nuts And Bolts Approach To Teaching Nursing

This small book is written in a very clear and succinct manner - allowing for a great deal of content to be presented in a rather small space. It's a good resource of information for those trying to figure out (and survive) the academic work setting. - on the 1st edition, Nursing and Health Care. Here is the revised and updated edition of this down-to-earth survival manual for those who are teaching for a brief time, for those who are new to teaching, and for those who need a quick refresher course. Brimming with practical pointers and dozens of timesaving tables and checklists, this precise volume delineates strategies you will need to make clinical assignments, select the right textbook, construct and analyze student tests, facilitate student learning of technology, prepare and present lectures and much more.

This revised and updated edition of this down-to-earth survival manual is for those who are new to teaching, and for those who need a quick refresher course. Brimming with practical pointers and dozens of timesaving tables and checklists, this volume includes strategies you will need to make clinical assignments, select the right textbooks, construct and analyze student tests, facilitate student learning of technology, prepare and present lectures, and much more. - Publisher.

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2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in Nursing Education! Updated, revised, and expanded, this fourth edition of a "survival manual" for new teachers offers the most current thinking in nursing education, from practical nursing, to baccalaureate and master's programs. It also serves as a comprehensive guide for novice educators in classroom and clinical teaching settings. Chapters offer helpful strategies for making clinical assignments, preparing lectures and seminars, all aspects of testing and grading, supervision, facilitating group study, selecting textbooks, guiding independent study, and helping students improve their writing skills. This fourth edition also features best practices and lessons learned from partnerships between university and clinical settings, and contains new strategies for conducting online teaching, including the use of technology. Specific indicators help educators identify appropriate lessons for different course levels. The guide additionally provides links to online resources in each chapter, including some with revised templates for checklists and rubrics. Key Features Distills best practices and lessons learned from academic and clinical world partnerships Serves as a quick refresher for the experienced educator reentering a classroom or clinical teaching assignment Addresses new cross-disciplinary "team" approach to assessment and intervention Features links to online resources in each chapter, including revised templates for checklist and rubrics along with a digital adjunct for educator use Authored by noted national and international experts in nursing education

This text provides innovative strategies for teaching whole person care of chronic illness in both classroom and clinical settings. Taking a narrative approach, the authors show how medical-surgical and psychiatric-mental health nursing can be creatively integrated to promote student understanding of the complexity of working with clients and families experiencing long-term health challenges. The text is filled with ìhow toî information along with discussion of pedagogical concerns related to chronic illness management. Valuable features include: case examples, an extensive listing of films and videos depicting the lives of those living with chronic illness for use in the classroom, and sample forms for student and teacher use.

This practical "how to" book for teaching nursing in an associate degree program is for new and not-so-new faculty. Advice gleaned from the author's many years of teaching is presented in a friendly and easy-to-read format, designed to quickly help new faculty get a positive sense of direction. The special issues of AD nursing students -- many have full-time jobs, families, and are more mature than the "traditional" college student -- are given full consideration. Strategies discussed include: What to do during the first class Motivating students Helping the student in crisis Helping students with poor reading, study, and academic skills Helping students with time management

This book takes educators through the necessary steps to transform a traditional course into an online or partially online course -- which may be part of a traditional nursing education program, a continuing education course, or a certification program. The authors address questions such as: How can learning theories be applied online? What does class participation mean online? What are options for clinical lab experiences? What sort of technical support will I need? Readers will fin

Teaching in clinical settings presents nurse educators with challenges that are different from those encountered in the classroom. The purposes of this book are to examine concepts of clinical teaching and to provide a comprehensive framework for planning, guiding, and evaluating learning activities for undergraduate and graduate nursing students and health care providers in clinical setting. It describes clinical teaching strategies that are effective and practical in a rapidly changing health care environment, and it examines innovative uses of nontraditional sites for clinical teaching.