Nurse Educator Manual:
Essential Skills and Guidelines for Effective Practice Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN
Loose Leaf Manual + Nursing
Contact Hours + bonus CD-ROM Size: 10" x 11.5"
ISBN 1578396239
978-1578396238
HCPro / Opus
July 2005 Includes 10 contact hours! (click button below for the very best currently available
price for this important resource)
As a nurse educator, nursing leader,
or human resources manager, you do the job of 10 people. Here is a
resource to make your job easier.
This incredible resource is designed
to equip nurse educators with the core competencies they need to
plan, lead, and evaluate nursing education programs effectively.
This one-of-a-kind manual contains absolutely everything a nurse
educator could dream of. It has comprehensive, ready-to-use tools
to:
Assess staffs' learning needs
Plan curricula
Create dynamic education
programs
Lead staff training sessions
Evaluate education program
techniques and effectiveness
Everything is customizable
because you also receive a companion CD-ROM. On the CD-ROM, you will
find practical tools and templates that you can incorporate into
your daily practices instantly. Nurse Educator Manual helps
new educators hit the ground running with fresh, innovative,
ready-to-use training programs.
Use this manual to revitalize your
existing programs and stay on top of all the new technologies in
healthcare. Discover the advantages of computer-based training and
distance learning. It is all covered here and helps to make your
nursing education and in-service programs so flexible and
convenient.
You'll also receive 10 nursing
contact hours. With the Nurse Educator Manual, you will
be able to:
Revitalize your existing
training programs - Meet new challenges, incorporate new
technology, and utilize evidence-based teaching strategies
Design exciting new training
programs - Incorporate computer-based activities, evidence-based
teaching techniques, and effective ways to educate
multi-generational and culturally diverse learners.
Build a foundation of skills and
concepts to help you become a master instructor - Apply
adult-learning principles and receive tips for planning
orientations, inservices, continuing education, and more!
This up-to-date and innovative manual
is designed for use by:
Directors of Education
Staff Development Specialists
Nurse Managers
Directors of Nursing
Directors of Human Resources
Vice Presidents of Nursing
Chief Nursing Officers
The Nurse Educator Manual is
divided into 14 specialized tabbed sections:
Correlating values, vision, and
mission statements with educational programming
Qualifications and job
descriptions
Applying the principles of adult
learning
Collecting and analyzing
education needs assessments data
Planning and Implementation of
Education
Recordkeeping
Learning styles
Planning education for
multi-cultural and multi-generational
Strategies for dealing with the
resistant learner
Tips for planning orientation,
inservice, and continuing education
Quality improvement and
evaluation of education effectiveness
Writing test items
Overview of a staff development
business plan
Ethical scenarios in staff
development
This manual will meet all of your
needs, some of which may be to:
Analyze historical trends and
use data to plan education programs Define mission, vision, and
values
Describe the components of staff
development mission, vision, and values statements
Plan educational activities that
support the mission, vision, and values of the organization and
the staff development department
Describe qualifications for the
staff development specialists
Write competency-based job
descriptions for the staff development specialists
Identify the principles of adult
learning
Apply the principles of adult
learning to your staff development practice
Identify sources for the
identification of learning needs
Gather data for the
identification of learning needs
Analyze data to prioritize
learning needs
Identify objectives for
education activities
Identify effective program
delivery methods
Select appropriate teaching
strategies
Facilitate learner participation
in educational activities
Discuss the types of records the
staff development department must maintain
Write a policy for the
confidentiality of educational records
Differentiate among the three
basic learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic
Incorporate teaching methods
that facilitate learning for persons of each learning style
Incorporate cultural diversity
into learning activities
Identify common cultural factors that influence participants'
behaviors
Describe the common
characteristics among specific generations of learners
Plan and implement learning
activities that meet the needs of multi-generational learners
Discuss issues that trigger
resistance to learning
Evaluate education offerings
during which resistance is evident
Describe ways to defuse the
resistant learner
Develop orientation strategies
that reduce the time and number of staff required to orient
employees
Implement a mechanism for
inservice training that facilitates the delivery of "just in
time" training
Design continuing education
programs that meet learner needs and adhere to accrediting
agency standards
Identify learner satisfaction
Measure knowledge acquired as a
result of a specific learning activity
Evaluate changes in job
performance as a result of a specific learning activity
Assess the impact of education
on organizational effectiveness
Measure return on investment (ROI)
from specific learning activities
Identify the components of a
well-written test question
Discuss tactics to avoid when
writing test questions
Write test questions that
measure knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis
Discuss the components of a
business plan
Identify specific elements of
the business plan that demonstrate the value of staff
development to the organization
Describe staff development
ethical dilemmas
Propose solutions to staff
development ethical dilemmas
This manual also serves as an
education activity for you by providing you with nursing CEUs. 10
nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, as a provider of
continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, is the
president and owner of AEA Consulting in York, PA. She specializes
in designing continuing education programs for healthcare
professionals and freelance medical writing. Avillion also offers
consulting services in work redesign, quality improvement, and staff
development. She has published extensively, including serving as
editor of the first and second editions of The Core Curriculum for
Staff Development, published by the National Nursing Staff
Development Organization (NNSDO). She is also a frequent presenter
at conferences and conventions devoted to continuing education and
staff development. She was recently elected vice president of the
board of directors for the NNSDO. Avillion holds a master's degree
in nursing and a doctorate in adult education from Penn State
University.
Loose Leaf Manual + Nursing
Contact Hours + bonus CD-ROM
ISBN 1578396239
HCPro / Opus
July 2005 Includes 10 contact hours! (click button below for the very best currently available
price for this important resource)
As a nurse educator, nursing leader,
or human resources manager, you do the job of 10 people. Here is a
resource to make your job easier.
With more than 17 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information,
education, training, and consulting products and services in the
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HCPro focuses on providing its expertise in
the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing,
privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance,
nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace
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