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Learning Activities for Entering the Practice of Nursing Education

by Patricia Benner, copyright 2015 Download PDF   A Practice of Teaching Nursing that Brings Clinical Classroom Together. Unfolding Cases for Active Learning. For new teachers and those interested in developing more interactive classes. ________________________________________________________________________ Maxims for Excellence in Teaching Focus on learning and learning outcomes. Create curiosity, openness and passion for knowledge use in …

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For New Nursing Educators & Educators Who Want Their Classes to be More Interactive & Case-Oriented

The following Six Essential Lessons for entering the world of more interactive and learning focused teaching, demonstrates how to teach for situated thinking and active problem solving. These learning modules reflect the current focus on learning outcomes in teaching and learning, as well as the productive thinking required for situated knowledge use. Using knowledge productively …

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Glenis McKenzie Interviews with Dr. Benner
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Creating a Climate for Curiosity, Engagement, and Developing Therapeutic Communication Skills

Video LibraryOur comprehensive Educating Nurses video library is available to subscribers only. To become a subscriber click the button below. Join now for full access Dr. Glenise McKenzie describes how she structures her classroom teaching for knowledge use, and extensive preparation for a classroom that integrates practice and theory. Situated thinking and coaching are emphasized. …

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Situated Coaching and Knowledge Use in a “Flipped” Classroom

Video LibraryOur comprehensive Educating Nurses video library is available to subscribers only. To become a subscriber click the button below. Join now for full access Dr. Glenise McKenzie demonstrates how to use classroom preparation in order to set up class for engaged dialogue, knowledge use, the development of clinical reasoning across time, and clinical forethought …

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Background Knowledge For Assessing Depression and Suicidal Risk

Camtasia Podcast By Dr. Glenise McKenzie This podcast prepares students for an Assessment of Depression and Suicide risk on an “adolescent” in the classroom. Dr. McKenzie presents the epidemiology of depression across the lifespan, as well as presenting the assessment tools, genetic, biochemical, and environmental risk factors for depression and suicide across the lifespan. This …

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Student Engagement in Learning Requires More than Getting the Student’s Attention

Pictured: Theresa Granger   Written By: Patricia Benner   Copyright May 2014 I have been learning from the Oregon Health Sciences Consortium (OCNE) Faculty about engaging students in the Big Ideas of the Profession, Authentic Clinical Learning from Unfolding Case Studies, and Problem- and Relationship-Oriented Engagement.  An upcoming interview with Dr. Christine Tanner on EducatingNurses.com gives …

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Upgrading the Knowledge of Pharmacology for Effective Nursing Care

Video LibraryOur comprehensive Educating Nurses video library is available to subscribers only. To become a subscriber click the button below. Join now for full access Dr. Patrick Murphy describes his metaphor for teaching pharmacology along with his goals for students to deeply understand the mechanisms for drug actions, efficacy, and possible interactions and contraindications.  He …

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Using Narrative Pedagogies to Bring Clinical into the Classroom and Integrate Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Use

Copyright 2014 by Patricia Benner Any practice discipline requires strategies for teaching situated thinking-in-action and practice wisdom.  Formal theoretical models are the “go to” method for simplifying and rendering complex practical knowledge and action in practice situations easier to explain and manage.   Formal theories are useful, especially for the first year nursing student who does …

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