The Role of Nurse Educator in a Program Development and Improvement

The Role of Nurse Educator in a Program Development and Improvement

Introduction

Education programs of nursing are based on national standards and are faculty driven. In any program faculty plays an imperative role in forming an educational system, they are inevitable and integral part of every educational system. Faculty members are professionals, who utilize their clinical knowledge, experiences, and expertise in preparing guiding, and supervising nurses of future generation. There are three major roles of faculty members, which include: role modeling, director of learning, and collaborator. They are liable for demonstrating functions, which includes: maintenance of clinical expertise, commitment towards professional nursing, and take part in continual professional development by employing practices that are beneficial in fostering a learning environment. The biggest and the major concern in the profession of nursing is the lacking of qualified and skilled nursing faculty that has played a major contribution in the shortage of nurses (Peterson, Broderick, et.al., 1979).

Discussion

Forming Nursing Faculty Job Description

JOB TITLE: Adjunct Instructor

Classification: Teaching Faculty

Department: Health profession

Prepared B: Beena Kureekottil

Prepared Date: 8/23/2011

Approved B: Rebecca Reichenberger, Human Resource Specialist

Approved Date: 10/15/2011

Responsibilities and Duties

Adjunct faculty is an essential part of educational systems. They are part time teachers, who are responsible for teaching particular field in which they specializes. They primarily teach students of the classes which they are assigned. They are part of the faculty of professional teaching, thus they should take active part in accomplishing and implementing the values and mission of the particular university. They are liable in executing strategies appropriate for enhancing the vigorous learning of students, promote class discussions, plays role in initialing class discussions, evaluation of assignments assigned to students and update their performance. The candidate that is ideal of this position is the person who can manage, encourage, and understand students belonging to diversified backgrounds. In certain cases that are also liable to teach on weekends, along with providing their assistance in online education.

There are certain particular responsibilities of adjunct instructors, which include:

Administration, controlling and managing students under clinical settings or laboratories along with the preparation and selection of appropriate projects and modules of learning for students, which would ensure they meet the objectives of their course, clinical unit orientation, evaluation and observation of the progress of students and their course works, periodical evaluation of student performance, and reviewing principles when deemed necessary.

Systematic and clear documentation of clinical activities and observations under clinical settings.

Organizing consultation in groups of individually with students for identifying, evaluating, and rechecking their development for achieving their final goals, and also makes amendments in teaching style or learning methodology if deemed necessary.

Conducting tests and forms of clinical evaluation for measuring learning of students. Preparation and submission of every candidate's progress report are made to the supervisor after evaluation of their performances.

Maintenance of students records according to the procedures and practices of the university.

Surveys should be conducted by utilizing standard and designated forms for evaluating ...