Assessment 3 Instructions: Nurse Educator Philosophy Statement... 19/07/2023, 16:11

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Assessment 3 Instructions: Nurse Educator Philosophy

Statement

Write a 3-5 page nurse educator philosophy.

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In this assessment, you will author your own nurse educator philosophy to guide your practice in each of the

tripartite roles and grounded in the competencies you find essential for your role.

Every nurse educator develops his or her own nursing education philosophy over the course of their study and

career. Nursing education requires the development of key competencies, some of which are unique to the

environment in which the nurse educator will work.

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As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your

understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss

them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.

Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or

submitted as part of your assessment.

What changes could be made to the National League for Nursing Core Competencies of Nurse

Educators to keep them responsive to the current and future needs for preparing competent nurses?

Should the Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential be required for educators in faculty positions?

What are examples of different contexts that might require unique competencies?

Based on your understanding of adult learning theory, learner-centered education, and applicable learning

theories.

Which theories do you think will be most important to you in your teaching role? Why?

How will you apply the different learning theories as an educator?

How do they fit with your developing nursing education philosophy?

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Develop your own nurse educator philosophy statement. Identify your beliefs and values regarding the adult

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learner, learning environment, and teaching strategies and applicable learning theories that you will use as an

educator. Address how this philosophy will guide you in the tripartite roles of a nurse educator – how it will

guide your teaching, scholarship, and service. Support your philosophy with your knowledge of historical events

that are pertinent to your work. In addition, identify the competencies that you see as critical to your role.

In sum, your philosophy statement should guide your practice as a nurse educator.

Your educator philosophy statement should do the following:

Identify the area of nursing education or the area in health care in which you will apply your MSN,

education specialization skills, and knowledge.

Formulate your nurse educator philosophy statement, which should comprise of your beliefs and values

regarding the adult learner, learning environment, and teaching strategies and applicable learning

theories that you will use as an educator.

Apply your philosophy statement to each of the tripartite roles of the nurse educator. What does your

philosophy mean for your approach to teaching, scholarship, and service? As you discuss the role of

teacher, be sure to address any theories (adult learning theory, learner-center education, and others) that

shape your approach as an educator.

Analyze the relationship of significant historical events that have shaped the role you seek to fill.

Analyze the most essential nurse educator competencies necessary for this MSN-prepared nurse

educator. Explain why you selected the competencies you did.

Conclude with a summary.

Additional Requirements

Format: 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, double spaced in Microsoft Word.

Length: 3–5 pages plus a title page and a references page.

Use correct APA format, including page numbers and a title page. Citations and references (if used) are

to be in correct APA format.

Writing should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from content.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies

through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Analyze the historical evolution of nursing education.

Analyze the influence of historical events on a nurse educator role.

Competency 2: Analyze the tripartite role of teaching, service, and scholarship.

Formulate an informed nurse educator philosophy statement.

Applies a nurse educator philosophy to the tripartite roles of teaching, scholarship, and service.

Competency 3: Analyze professionally established nurse educator competencies and models.

Analyze the competencies necessary for a specific nurse educator role.

Competency 8: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the

expectations of a nursing education professional.

Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and APA

format and style as expected of a nursing education professional.

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