NRSG 1001 MOD. 4: THE JOURNEY OF A STUDENT NURSE

What will nursing school require?

- motivation

- organization

- strategies

- teach the skill of thinking and solving problems

Staying organized

- plan: what must/should be done?

- anticipate: what might interfere, find out how long for assignments

- delegate: any tasks or responsibilities you can ask someone else to do?

Role of the teacher

- create a positive learning environment, empowering learners

- assists students in learning self-directed and reflective learning

- help students to become "professional learners"

- facilitator, coach, role model

Role of the student

- consumer of education

- take advantage of support services made available

- will need to learn how to be.. critical, inquisitive, reflective

tips for building professional learning relationships

- get to know your instructors

- take charge of your leaning

- ask for feedback

- review tests and assignments

- take responsibility if it is not going well and seek support

lectures/lessons (didactic)

- although lectures are common in 1st year nursing, learning rarely happens in large classrooms

- we will introduce new concepts/terms

- learning happens outside the classroom when students can witness and/or apply those concepts

tips for lectures

- come prepared to class

- use your own words for learning

- don't write everything down listen

- try your best to review in 24hrs

nursing labs

- a teaching strategy

- used to replace or amplify real experiences

- use online case studies

- patient actors

- task trainers

- human patient simulators

simulation

- used in nursing school for decades

- its any approach which stimulated real life - role playing and you will do this in your relational communication class and techniques

clinical practice

- 6-8students with a clinical instructor

- sub-acute and acute meds, rehab, surgery

- long-term care home (PCH)

- various community settings

- L&D

- peds

- 1450hrs

- #1 source of stress

purpose of assessments

- when developed and used properly tests, help the student

- it can identify areas where the student needs to focus

- provides the student the opportunity to show what thy know

- assignment and test uses your time, they should be meaningful and have relevance to the profession of nursing

- provides student with the opportunity to apply what they have learned in a nursing situation

- memorizing and context questions

academic integrity

A quality or value of being honest and responsible in the educational world.

and clinical integrity as well

academic misconduct

cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation, collusion

plagiarism

Representing the words, ideas, research, or data created by, or belonging to,someone else as if it were your own. Downloading a paper from online, using a paststudents assignment, not citing information used in a paper

cheating

the use of distribution or the attempted use or distribution of unauthorized materials equipment information or study aids when engaged in academic work

false and misleading representation

Misrepresenting, exaggerating, withholding information or providing any false informationfor academic or financial benefit.- Signing for a medication that was not given, or documenting vitals signs that you did not take (making them up)

collusion

carrying out, or attempting to carry out, an agreement with any other person to commit enact of Academic Misconduct, unauthorized group work

Percentage of nursing students engaging in academic dishonesty

58%-94%

nursing students who are dishonest

see it as a coping mechanisms, not reflective of integrity

faculty / administrations who are dishonest

believes that this who chat have lower moral character

why do students cheat

- believe the content of the assignment./test is not relevant to being a nurse

- assignment/exam not fair

- only way to deal with the heavy workloads

- many have used this in the past

- believe it is a victimless crime

study shows nurses who cheat

in order to help their fellow students, neutralizing this behaviour as caring and sharing and are less likely to cheat to get ahead individually

RRC Academic Integrity Module

1. assignment or course failure

2. cheating yourself out of learning

3. suspension form program after multiple offences

4. blackmail by contract cheating provider

5. loss of jobs and license later in your career

student success strategies

- ask yourself why this is important

- be honest with yourself

- seek help early in the term and be comfortable identifying your limitations

- start to see learning as a process of self-improvement, not as a way to get "grades"

- give yourself a break

strategies for learning with integrity

1. build your reputation

2. prepare for each assignment

3. get the right support

4. improve your academic writing skills

5. write tests and exams with integrity