Welcome and thank you for your interest in joining me and many other nurses and nurse educators in revitalizing and transforming nursing education. We have done an amazing job in getting much needed research and research infrastructure in Nursing over the past 35 years; essential and outstanding accomplishments of many dedicated nurse scholars! Now it …
One of the oldest pedagogies is that of dialogue and questioning to prompt thinking and extending understanding of different sorts; I have the Socratic Dialogues in mind. Dr. Lee Shulman, former President of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching speaks of “The Socratic Monologue” from his research on medical education. He describes a physician …
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There are many pejorative terms to describe the conflicts, arguments and difficulties getting faculty “on the same page” or “going in the same direction.” Many call developing orchestrated activity on the part of diverse, creative, autonomy oriented, critical thinking faculty members like “herding cats.” But that is pejorative, only if you are not a cat …
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This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. by: Patricia Benner Many schools of nursing are embarked upon transforming their nursing curriculum in response to the Carnegie National Study of Nursing Education, the IOM/Robert Woods Johnson Futures Report, the Lancet Report, The Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Education, and …
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We have lost a great nursing leader, and I want to pay tribute to my friend and colleague, Dr. Joyce Clifford. Dr. Clifford has influenced me over the years. I treasure every lively conversation that we have had. Dr. Joyce Clifford is truly one of the great nurse leaders and I hope that we will …
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This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. Multiple frames of reference, like multiple modes/styles of thinking, are essential to effective nursing care. The nurse must consider several frames of reference in most situated thinking in clinical nursing practice: human, psycho-social issues, medical considerations, particular patient/family concerns, …
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Dear NLN Colleagues: Thanks to all of you who stopped by our Educating Nurses booth. I enjoyed all the conversations and I know that many of you enjoyed talking to our Master Teachers, Diane Pestolesi and Lisa Day. Many of you noted that you are or soon will be engaged in curriculum revision. We have …
This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN Learning a practice discipline is ideal for both simulation and direct experiential learning from practice. But the design of the simulations must be practice-domain specific and pedagogically sound for teaching good practice. Teaching nursing practice …
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Dialogue with Dr. Kristin Heggen, Professor of Nursing and Deputy Dean of Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and Consultant on the Norwegian Translation of Educating Nurses, A Call for Radical Transformation. This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. Patricia Benner: We have had some of …
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This full article is only available to our members but please enjoy our preview below. I hope that members will seriously consider the three positions for teachers and students in their stances: 1. Student Focused: A student centered stance, which focuses primarily, on the students’ preferences, choices, and concerns. 2. Teacher Focused: A teacher performance centered …
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