About me
Though my given name is Nancy, I go by Erin. I've been an RN for many years, spending the majority of my career in the Emergency Department. In 2014 after earning my MSN, I began teaching as a clinical nurse educator in the hospital setting for six years. The units I covered included orthopedics, surgical trauma, general surgery, bariatric surgery, and 2020 brought me into the Covid-19 unit, as well. I left the inpatient hospital realm for full time teaching, beginning October 2020.
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Reply to Cecy Aguilar's post: I like that you added the student belonging in the classroom. I have had instructors who didn't care who I was or even knew I existed. They did not take an interest in me as someone who wanted to learn what they had to teach. In my previous job as a clinical instructor in the hospital, I had the opportunity to get to know my students, who were the new hires on the clinical units. I had the greatest pleasure seeing them grow, and always pointed out the progress they made. That made them… >>>
The review of writing course objectives and syllabi was very helpful to me. I had not thought of them as a road map for the student, but they truly are a means to a destination. Both the syllabus and course objectives were the way I kept myself on track for my MSN courses online, but I did not think of them in the way this course has shown me how vital they are to learning.
The instructor should be a role model for the student and basically, "practice what you preach." It's also important to care that the student learns and find ways to enhance their learning. I like the story about the law professor who has a favorite case every day. This method energized him and his students, and surely improved learning in his class. I have found that bringing reality to the classroom in stories from my career tend to be good ways to teach exactly what the student needs to learn.
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