Being creative
I'm a new instructor in the clinical arena for nursing students. I have to be very creative to provide the students with great learning experiences in a facility that limits how much hands on care they give to their patients. The students are at this facility for 8 hours. I give them assignments pertaining to their particular patients, I spend time with each student so they have opportunities to give me a report on their patient and ask questions...,and I meet with them as a group where we have a fun quiz and where we discuss different topics. Any suggestions how or what more I can do to keep the learning experience growing and students motivated?
Allowing the student to be creative is important but must contain structure for them to be successful.
Hi Christine,
You might want to expand the different topics you cover so they students have a broader knowledge base to draw from. This will help them as they make the connection between their class and their patients. Any connection you can draw between their classes and current events within the field is good as well. This really helps with the transfer to knowledge from theory to practice. This also helps them to see relevancy to what they are learning.
Gary
