Main description:

This concise guide is designed for novice faculty and nursing education students who are teaching or will be teaching in higher education. The text provides the skills necessary to teach courses for classroom and online courses. Information is provided in a practical and accessible way and includes best practices for setting up a syllabus and curriculum, test item writing, grading, mentoring students, and personal advancement as a faculty member. Exercises, rubrics, and self-test items are furnished to give readers hands-on practice in defining and carrying out an effective instructional agenda.

Contents:

Chapters include:

Introduction to Teaching
Fundamentals of Nursing Curriculum
How to Assess the Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies to be a Faculty Member
How to Incorporate Civility into Nursing Education
The Tools Needed to Teach
How to Write a Course Syllabus
How to Develop Meaningful Course and Clinical Assignments
How to Develop a Course for Online Instruction
How to Write Test Items
How to Assess and Evaluate Students
Creative Teaching Strategies
How to Bring Your Teaching Skills to Life in the Classroom and Clinical Setting
How to Use Creative Teaching Strategies
How to Mentor Students
Development of a Teaching Career
How to Transition from a Clinician to a Nurse Faculty Member
Faculty Role, Peer Interactions, and Faculty Workload
Scholarship of Teaching, Interprofessionalism and Collegiality