Nurse educator

in which to work (Franklin, 2015; Tzeng, 2004). To navigate through these complexities, while ensuring the delivery of high quality patient care, nurses are encouraged to increase their skills and knowledge base (Franklin, 2015). Continued competency in nursing is a topic of interest to regulatory bodies, health care administrators, educators, and nurses (Wilkinson, 2013). Despite the importance of this topic, there is a lack of consensus establishing the measurement and the maintenance of…

began in the external, higher education, and internal environment. Nursing educators must focus on sociopolitical and economic tendencies and initiate strategies to create curriculum to achieve similar global qualities. It is essential to comprehend the external issues such as; healthcare reform, global disasters and globalization, changing demographics, technology and the environment to globally promote the framework for nurses to acquire knowledge and practice. Together, these issues pose…

Original Mission Statement: The mission of Hammer College Associate Degree School of Nursing is to provide the journey of a lifetime in becoming a Registered Nurse. Revamped Mission Statement: The Hammer College Associate Degree Nursing program challenges students by using critical thinking, evidenced-based practice simulations, and professionalism to promote quality healthcare for the multicultural diverse patient population. Philosophy Statement: The Hammer College core values include…

training of nurse educators for their role in clinical teaching. Also, the use of the laboratory full body mannequin simulators serves as a teaching technique as it provides safety for students and patients (Shellenbarger & Edwards, 2012). Both undergraduate and graduates can benefit as the use of simulation continues to expand in the field of nursing education. Therefore, it is beneficial for faculty to consider the use of simulation to help graduate nursing students in the clinical nurse…

for nurses, standards for professional nursing practice, state regulatory boards’ protocols, and institutional policies. Currently I am not a member of any professional organization. I acknowledge that the nursing profession is continuously changing and requires lifelong learning. It is imperative to keep up to date with new innovations, skills and technology in nursing in order to deliver safe, professional, and quality health care. Once I get acquainted with my new job as an IV therapy nurse,…

My personal philosophy of nursing is that nurses are meant to be caring for the client. Client is defined as individual, family and community. Nurses are responsible for providing a holistic and professional nursing care to patients in different settings. Moreover, the nurses are responsible for the quality and safety of patients care. The theory that best relates to my philosophy is Watson’s Theory of Human Caring. This theory provides valuable concepts that help to promote nursing practice.…

Becoming a nurse is a challenging task. However male nurses face other obstacles which make pursuing a nursing degree even more challenging. Men in nursing are often classified as “Murses” meaning male nurses and sometimes distinctively mentioned as the “male nurse” instead of a nurse. The idea that nurses are supposed to be women has established a significant gender gap and subsequently has extended the expected shortage of nurses that are expected by 2020. Several research findings support…

One value nurses have is being are flexible they have to think quickly and adapt to changing needs of patients. This will help me reach my personal goal because of being able to adapt to new environments I am forced to take responsibility and take the pressure and make smart choices, for a person’s lives are in my hands. Another value nurses have is that they are educators. They help people learn to care for themselves such as, telling them…

Working as a Registered Nurse on the General Surgery unit of St Pauls’ hospital has given me a deeper understanding that our healthcare system, no matter how easily accessible and efficient, will always be room for improvement. Therefore, the primary reasons for my application to the Master of Nursing: Generalist is two fold. First, I wish to raise more awareness around the social determinants of health to improve our health care system. Second, I wish to contribute and improve new health…

believe working collectively as a team we can overcome the nursing shortage. I believe dealing with this issue starts off by encouraging nurses to further their educations. There are so many students being turned away from nursing programs because there is a lack of educators to teach them. Because, there is a shortage in nursing instructors encouraging nurses to pursue careers in teaching could help with this shortage. This would allow more students to get accepted into nursing school. Due to…