(Answered) NR536 Week 7: Design of an Experiential Learning Activity

Requirements Description of the Assignment This assignment presents a scenario that the student uses as the starting point to design an experiential learning activity for use in the clinical setting with academic nursing students or professional staff development. Learner objectives and other foundational information regarding the learning activity are required as Part 1.  Following the foundational information needed for Part 1, the student completes the following parts. Part 2: Develo...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 5: Development of an Evolving Case Study for Clinical or Classroom Setting

Requirements Description of the Assignment This assignment requires the student to develop an evolving case study that would be useful in either the clinical or classroom setting. It is not written for a simulation learning activity. The evolving case study must focus on a concept assigned from Giddens (2017) required textbook during Weeks 2, 3, and 4. In addition, the student must identify Socratic questions related to the pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment used in the evo...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 3: 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 Rubric Developing Critical Thinking Questions Template (Links to an external site.) Purpose This assignment provides the student with the opportunity to select a concept and then develop questions that will foster critical thinking and clinical decision ...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 1: Education Theory and Learners

Question: Applying your knowledge of educational theory from previous courses, which approach would be best for your learners—repeated practice or quality? How can learner confidence be developed with the method that you selected?   (2 scholarly resources and one must be from a nursing peer review journal). Solution: The type of approach that would be best suitable for academic students is repeated practice. The rationale for repeated practice with the nursing students is because some of the s...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 2 Collaboration Café

When you were a new graduate, how comfortable were you with clinical decision making? Were there techniques used by instructors to help you learn decision making? Did you learn it "on the job"? Focus on the techniques so that the discussion will focus on "how" to help learners think critically and make appropriate clinical decisions. Solution: As a new, graduate I was uncomfortable with clinical decision making and found it challenging. The transition from a student to a nurse in the clinical ...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 2: Skills to Help Learners Develop

The following skills have been identified as areas that a nurse educator should help learners develop so they can develop clinical decision-making skills. Motivation to learn Attention to details Seeking aptitude to clarify information with questions Awareness of knowledge gaps Appraisal of the decision and its outcome Select ONE of the above areas and identify specific actions that a nurse educator can implement in order to assist a learner to acquire the selected skill. So...
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(Answered) NR536 Week 1: 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 knowledge and the same skill must occur repeatedly and often. In contrast, there are educators who state that a learner does not need to complete 10 bed baths or write 15 care plans. In their opi...
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(Answered) NR535 Week 7: Case Study Part II

At the grievance hearing, Susie tells the committee that the faculty member who accused her of plagiarism is much younger and seems to be trying to "make a name for herself." Susie told the faculty member that she has never had another faculty member take points off for any of her APA formatting. The committee's next step is to review the policy for plagiarism at your school. Please identify three key points in the policy. Note: To complete this part of the case study, please search for a...
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(Answered) NR535 Week 7: Case Study Part III

The committee determines that Susie did breach the school policy on plagiarism; however, the committee is not sure if it is intentional plagiarism or ignorance of APA formatting. What do you do now? What is the committee's final decision about this grievance? Solution: In some instances, students engage in unintentional plagiarism by omitting citations of the sources or failure to give credit to another person's idea. Despite being unintentional, such acts amount to plagiarism. On the ot...
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