Practice-based professional learning

Mission The mission of AICN is to provide an innovative, student-centered, learning environment that enables the nursing graduate to deliver safe, quality, evidence-based health care in today’s diverse society at an individual, community and global level. The nursing program here at Aleutian Island College of Nursing, in conjunction with the University of Anchorage Alaska, is to provide the student with core values, ethics and research information. This will be under the guidelines of the…

continues to increase as well. At the same time, there have been nursing shortages internationally and nationally in Australia in recent years (Schluter, Seaton & Chaboyer, 2011). And every year, there is only a small percentage of all nurses choose to practice in the peri-operative arena. The global nurse shortage results in the peri-operative nurse shortage. Furthermore, peri-operative nurses are aging. In 2007, over half of the peri-operative nurses were 50 to 59 years old (Foran, 2015). As a…

Learner and Learning Standard #1: Learner Development This standard means that as a teacher you understand that not every student learns the same. Each student learns differently and as a teacher you cannot accept all students to get and understand the material using only one form of learning. Standard #2: Learning Differences This standard means that as a teacher you must know that all students are different. If you include some cultures you must include all. Standard #3: Learning…

Part 2: Professional Development Reflection The professional development plan that I have made meets the learner-centered principles because it addresses the needs of new teachers based on the survey taken. The new teachers on my campus expressed that they need more help with classroom management skills to keep their classroom flowing smoothly and increase student achievement. My plan allows them to practice existing classroom management techniques, and develop news management ideas with…

longitudinal continuity between learners and supervisors for making competency judgments. The authors consider the challenges that primary care residency programs face in the wake of practice transformation to patient-centered medical home models and make recommendations to maximize the opportunity that these practice models provide. First, educators, researchers, and policy makers must be more precise with terms describing various dimensions of continuity. Second, research should prioritize…

direction of the student affairs profession. Reports such as the Student Learning Imperative (SLI) (ACPA, 1996) and Principles of Good Practice (ACPA/ NASPA, 1997) have been welcomed for introducing a new student affairs philosophy focused on student learning and encouraging collaboration between student and academic affairs professionals. Certainly these reports have had the effect of energizing student affairs professionals and providing a call for the field. In 1993, ACPA President Charles…

In my journey of nursing career; first as a nursing student and then a professional working as an RN, I learned a lot of new things. It was a matter of time when some of the professional characteristics started becoming second nature to me. As a nursing student, I studied hard and always desired to earn higher grades in my studies. I was successful in keeping my GPA above 3.5 by managing my time effectively in study and turning my assignments and exams on time. I developed my communication…

assignment I will be looking at a reflective, critised evaluation of the four key requirements for mentorship practice. Which will include the theories and methods, the different learning styles the environment where a student is placed and the failing student. A mentor is “ A registrant who has met the standards for mentors and who facilitates learning, and supervises and assesses students in practice settings” (NMC, 2008,page44). Even though this is the definition used by the nursing…

theory on Play-Based Learning in Early childhood classroom. The challenges face by early childhood teachers is that the play-based the teachers do not have defined outcomes. Researcher Fisher (2002, 2008) state that the teachers from United Kingdom have identified the skills, the concept and knowledge that children should acquire by the age of five. Hence it is the responsibility of teachers to plan and cover the curriculum in a structured manner in order to achieve their Early learning goals.…

and evaluation, a critical review of the literature allows me to appraise evidence-base practice; furthermore, I will synthesize current research to determine the best anesthesia care practices for this patient population. At the current hospital facility, a proposed retrospective study evaluates current anesthesia practices for the designated patient population. A best evidence-based practice and current practice comparison disseminate findings to improving this patient population in outcomes…