MSN 6103 Assessment An MSN-prepared Nurse
MSN 6103 Assessment An MSN-prepared Nurse
Write a 6–8-page professional development plan for your career as an MSN-prepared nurse. The professional development plan should include the following:
Introduction: A brief introductory paragraph that clearly states the purpose of the paper.
Area of focus: A description of your specific area of focus in nursing education, the position that you wish to obtain, and the educator competencies that you will need as an MSN-prepared nurse.
Professional goals: A statement of your specific professional goals (a minimum of three) and discussion of their relationship to your nurse educator philosophy.
Influences: A brief description of any additional forces (social, economic, political, or institutional) that may influence your nursing education role.
Analysis: An analysis of how you will carry out scholarship activities as an MSN-prepared nurse and a specific plan for scholarship based on a model.
Leadership role: A discussion of specific ways (a minimum of two) that you will develop a leadership role in your chosen area of focus.
Development plan: Specific plans for professional growth and any additional education, certifications, or training to be acquired.
Reflection: A reflection in a concluding paragraph on your abilities to meet goals and achieve your professional development plan and ethical practice.
Scholarship of Teaching for Certified Nurse Educators
The Hand-in-Hand Walk Between Scholar and Educator
Many of us who are nurse educators don’t usually think of ourselves as scholars. However, surprisingly to some, the two titles are interwoven and linked together. We can’t be true educators without being scholars as well. This lesson will describe what scholarship involves, and how nurse educators must be involved in the scholarship of nursing and teaching in order to serve at our full potential
Continually Learning and Inquiring
Bob is a nurse educator who has developed an understanding of what it means to engage in the scholarship of nursing and teaching. Bob has an inquiring mind. He is always searching for the best way to help his students learn. One way he does this is to make it his duty to understand the principles of adult learning. Since Bob’s students are adults, he has a responsibility to teach them in ways that adult brains can receive and process. He prepares his teaching strategies by reading the latest literature related to the neuroscience of adult learning, and finding out what helps adults retain information to use in their jobs. By reading this information, Bob knows that his nursing students will only remember the information that they find meaningful and necessary to practice as nurses. Therefore, Bob plans his teaching by using strategies that involve input from his students and engage them in their learning.
Student Development and Figuring Out if You’ve Done It
Part of the scholarship of teaching includes taking an interest in helping the student develop as a professional and determining how effective you have been at meeting that goal. Bob understands how adult students learn. He has put teaching strategies into place that will foster learning. Now, he has to figure out if that learning will have an impact on the professionalism and dedication of his students. To do this, Bob needs to know how to evaluate his goals. Bob learned about goal setting by reading articles written by experts on the subject. He studied Bloom’s Taxonomy of learning objectives to figure out how to articulate his goals into objectives. His next step will be to determine how to measure his goals