Assessment: Nurse Educator Philosophy Statement
Assessment: Nurse Educator Philosophy Statement
Assessment Instructions
For this assessment, develop your own nurse educator philosophy statement. Identify your beliefs and values regarding the adult 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.
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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 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
Your assessment should meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Written communication should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from the content.
- APA format: Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page. Citations and references (if used) are to be in correct APA format.
- Format: Submit your assessment as a Word document.
- Length: 3–5 double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point.
Resources
REQUIRED RESOURCES
The following resources are required to complete the assessment.
Capella Resources
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
The resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The MSN-FP6103 The Nurse Educator Role Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.
Capella Resources
Capella University Library Resources
- Ali, N. A. (2014). Teaching philosophy of a novice educator. International Journal of Nursing Education, 6(2), 122–124.
- Felicilda-Reynaldo, R. F. D., & Utley, R. (2015). Reflections of evidence-based practice in nurse educators’ teaching philosophy statements. Nursing Education Perspectives, 36(2), 89–95.
- Russell, S. S. (2006). An overview of adult learning processes. Urological Nursing, 26(5), 349–352, 370.
- Adelman-Mullally, T., Mulder, C. K., McCarter-Spalding, D. E., Hagler, D. A., Gaberson, K. B., Hanner, M. B., . . . Young, P. K. (2013). The clinical nurse educator as leader. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(1), 29–34.
- Patterson, B. J., & Krouse, A. M. (2015). Competencies for leaders in nursing education. Nursing Education Perspectives, 36(2), 76–78.
Internet Resources
Please note that links may change frequently. Permissions to use the following links have been granted, or the links have been deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
- American Nurses Credentialing Center. (n.d.). Nursing professional development. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/our-certifications/nu…
- National League for Nursing. (n.d.). Centers for Nursing Education: Overview. Retrieved from http://www.nln.org/centers-for-nursing-education
- National League for Nursing. (n.d.). Certification for nurse educators: The Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) examination. Retrieved from http://www.nln.org/professional-development-progra…