Mary Saleff

Great information to instill on nursing students.  The Medical &  Nursing World are constantly changing!  We all need to be ready for, accept & promote these changes.  I disscuss this almost every day in the Theory class, with New Clinical Studies patients can become involved in, new medications for diseases that did not exist before.

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After joining ACC as a clinical instructor in SNF's, I am shocked & amazed at the poor care given to… >>>

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Communication tool is SBAR.  Now used by hospitals as JCAHO requirement for "improve communication amongs caregivers".

I have had a problem with disrespectful students.  I plan to take control of my classroom, display  professional behavior.  I will begin Management & Leadership with the Values & Charactersitics of Professional Nurses.  Give Student Advisements for disrespectful behaviors.

Ways to integrate Virtual Reality into the classroom.  I am excitred to dive into "Second Life"!  This is interactive online learning.  They have virtual Mayo Clinic!  Educational videos I have used are PBS!  Integrate You tube into your class.

I also learned there are performance indicators for teachers.

1. Facilitate & Inspire Student Learning & Creativity
2. Design & develop digital age learning experiences
3. Model digital age work & learning
4. Promote & model digital citizenship
5. Engage in Professional Growth & Leadership

Wow!  I am surpried to learn that Power point presentations are becoming Not the standard for presenting information!  At ACC we use ATI as our platform for teaching/learning.  New information is presented by Power Point, along with case studies, watching videos & the introduction of Chat GPT!

I did have a student in my last class who said she was "dyslexic"...but at the end of the class.  I often wondered how she could be so attentive in class & do so poorly on the exams & quizzes.

I now know if I see this behavior again I will ask about disabilities.  I think a student should notify the instructor that there is a learning ability at the beginning of the new term.  This way accomodations can be made at the start of the term, not the end.

ELL students as well as the entire class. Medical terminology is a big part of this career path.  I plan to introduce new terminology with handouts, definitions, examples, as I slowly enunciate the words.

With a class of 50 to 60 students I have not used learning groups.  I will attempt to use learning groups for this coming term.  I will use the "formal learning group" & have students say numbers between 1 & 7 in their seating arrangement that will correspond to the group they will be in.  Since these are LPN students I will come up with a master plan to use for the entire term.

I am surprised of the short attention spans (12-15 minutes) & memory times of humans.  Students can remember only 2-3 points in 30 minutes.  Students can remember better if there is a vivid example given.

I plan to pause & speak slower. I tend to speak too fast & do not pause long enough.  I also plan to develop my storytelling skills.

Chat GPT can help me develop review questions, help me foster critical thinking with patient scenarios, have students write a Reflective learning journal after each class day.