NUR648 Nursing Education Seminar

Week 3 Assignment – Nurse Educator Lesson Plan

As you explored in Topic 2, there are many factors that drive the course design process. Course design outlines help instructors develop lesson plans that meet objectives outlined in the course design process. Effective lesson plans include opportunities for student engagement and should be learner centered. The purpose of this assignment is to create an effective lesson plan for the health care practice you selected in Topic 2 in a setting of your choice. You will develop course outcomes and learning objectives, select appropriate instructional strategies, determine how to assess the students, and align the lesson plan to professional standards and nurse educator competencies.

Create a lesson plan that follows the example lesson plan in Chapter 10 in the Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty textbook. Your lesson plan should include all components from the sample lesson plan. For the evaluation strategies section, choose two assessment types. One of your assessment types must be an exam that you will develop in a later topic. In addition to the components on the sample lesson plan in Chapter 10, add another section to your lesson plan that explains the alignment of course outcomes to professional standards and nurse educator competencies.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Nurse Educator Lesson Plan

Introduction

The population of the United States is about 324 million, but nursing students are expected to care for a population of 7.5 billion people in 2050. This means that nurses need to be well-educated on how to administer medications safely and effectively. In this lesson plan, you will learn how to use a drug calculation spreadsheet program on your laptop and write out an example of a medication calculation sheet for your class.

Population: Adult

• Population: Adult

• Nursing Math for Adults (NMA) is a curriculum that teaches nursing students how to administer medications in a safe and effective manner. The curriculum includes information about the adult population; its needs, healthcare delivery system and environment; assessment tools available for diagnosing problems; treatment options available for each condition/disease state; patient care techniques used during administration of medications or treatments such as procedures using sterile gloves or masks for protection against disease transmission.

• Adult medication administration is taught via lectures, videos, quizzes and hands-on activities that reinforce concepts learned from class lectures or textbooks. Students will learn how to recognize signs of an allergic reaction before administering any medication because it can be deadly if not detected early enough so this should always be taken into consideration when working with adults who may have allergies related illnesses like asthma attacks etcetera…

Subject: Nursing math

• NURSING MATH:

• Algebra I

• Precalculus (for biology majors only)

• THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THESE TOPICS:

The knowledge of math will be critical for you as a nurse educator because it is used to help students understand how the body functions and its systems. You should review these topics in addition to other areas of study, such as anatomy and physiology. This can be done through lecture or practical application at the nursing station during patient care rounds. It is also helpful for students who want to pursue careers in nursing research; you might find yourself applying this kind of knowledge when conducting research on specific diseases or conditions related to health care delivery processes within your hospital setting!

Objectives

• Describe the objective of the lesson.

• Describe the goal of the lesson.

• Describe the purpose of this lesson, and why you believe it will benefit your students in some way or another, whether that’s simply by providing them with information about something they didn’t previously know about (e.g., “Here’s a cool new fact about nurses!”), or by helping them understand how one thing relates to another (e.g., “Here’s an interesting article about how nurses deal with burnout”). You can also use this space to explain what type(s) of learning outcomes you hope to achieve from this activity—for example: “I want my students _____.”

• Discuss any additional goals related directly or indirectly related with these objectives as well!

1. Demonstrate medication math proficiency after viewing this lesson.

You are now ready to complete your drug math proficiency.

• Use a calculator to add or subtract drug doses by looking at the table that corresponds with the drug name and calculate how many milligrams (mg) of each drug you’ll need for each patient.

• Refer to the Drug Reference Guide in order to learn more about each drug, including its dosage, side effects, etc., so you can explain these things in detail during your lesson plan.

• Mixing drugs is an important skill because it allows nurses who aren’t familiar with every single medication available on their ward or clinic floor to perform them safely without causing harm or discomfort for patients who may have allergies or other adverse reactions related specifically to certain medications!

2. Demonstrate the ability to administer more than one drug at a time.

In this lesson, you will demonstrate the ability to administer more than one drug at a time.

To demonstrate this skill, you will be asked to calculate the correct dose for more than one drug. You should be able to calculate the correct dose for two separate medications and then administer them in sequence as follows:

• Calculate the correct doses by adding up all of your patient’s requirements from each medication. This means multiplying both doses together (for example: 200 mg x 50 mg = 500). Then divide it by 2 (500/2 = 250) so that you can round down or up depending on what works best for your patient’s needs.* Administer both drugs together using injection methods such as bolus or continuous administration.* Observe how much time it takes before each dose starts working properly because there could be some variability among patients’ tolerances

Materials Needed

To create a lesson plan, you’ll need the following:

• A laptop with PowerPoint presentation software installed. If you don’t already have one, consider purchasing this one on Amazon. It’s only $200 and has all the bells and whistles you’ll need in order to get your work done!

• Paper and pencils or pens (optional). You can use any writing utensils that suit your style of teaching—and if they aren’t free-form enough for your taste, there are plenty of options out there! This set is great because it comes with everything needed at once: paper supplies; pencils; erasers; sharpeners…the list goes on!

1. Laptop with PowerPoint presentation

• Laptop with PowerPoint presentation

• Paper and pencils (optional)

• Calculators are often needed in this lesson plan because it involves math, which is not taught in nursing school as much as other sciences are taught in nursing school (like anatomy or physiology).

2. Paper and pencil

• Use paper and pencil to take notes.

• Use paper and pencil to check calculations.

• Use paper and pencil to keep track of your work.

• Use a pen to help you stay organized!

3. Calculator (optional)

You can use a calculator if you don’t have one, but it is optional. The purpose of this lesson is to help students gain some basic math skills and understand how to use them in daily life.

There are many different types of calculators available on the market today, so I will not be covering them here in detail; however, if you do choose to use one during your lesson plan then please make sure that it has been purchased by your school or district (and has been approved by its administration).

Introduction

This lesson is about how to use a medical dictionary.

The goal of this lesson is for students to be able to use a medical dictionary when they need help with their homework or classwork.

At the end of this activity, they will know what the parts of a medical dictionary are and how they are used in everyday life!

Conclusion

This lesson plan is designed for high school students and will teach them how to calculate medication doses. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, paper worksheets and calculator instructions. The PowerPoint shows a picture of a nurse with two patients, each with the same problem. The first patient has an insulin dose planned for morning and afternoon; the second has an insulin dose planned for early evening only if needed. Students should complete all four worksheets before viewing the lesson on their laptops at home or in class (if available). They should print this lesson out so they have it handy when they need it next!