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Nurse as Educator, Third Edition
Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice

Author(s): Susan Bastable, EdD, MEd, RN, Chair and Professor, Department of Nursing, Le Moyne College
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763789640
  • Paperback    667 pages      © 2008
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Overview

Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice prepares nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse practitioners for their ever-increasing roles in patient teaching, health education, health promotion, and nursing education. Designed to teach nurses about the development, motivational, and sociocultural differences that affect teaching and learning, this text combines theoretical and pragmatic content in a balanced, complete style.

The Third Edition of this best-selling text has been updated and revised to include the latest research. Nurse as Educator is used extensively in nursing educations courses and programs, as well as in both institutional and community-based settings.

New Key Features:

  • All new references while retaining the "classic" references.
  • New statistics on population trends – especially in the literacy (Chapter 7), special populations (Chapter 9), and culture/ethnic groups (Chapter 8)
  • New tables / figures reflect new trends and content
  • Updated information on content areas in every chapter
  • Updated appendices and glossaries
  • New information on Developmental Stages (Chapter 5)
  • “State of the Evidence" - This feature introduces the current state of existing or missing research in this subject area and allows students to refer to existing evidence and inspires students to do their own research.

NOW AVAILABLE!  Full Companion Website for Instructors and Students!  

 For Students:

For Instructors:

  • Crosswords
  • Interactive Glossary
  • Flashcards
  • Learning Objectives
  • Weblinks
  • Critical Thinking Questions
  • Discussion Questions
  • Lecture Guide
  • Instructor’s Manual (includes Learning Activities, Outlines, Overheads, and Handouts)
  • PowerPoints
  • Testbank

 

 

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  • New feature – “State of the Evidence” – research-based evidence
  • Updates references and websites
  • New statistics incorporated
  • Full companion website

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ShowTable of Contents

Foreword  
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
About the Author
Part  I  Perspectives on Teaching and Learning
  Chapter  1  Overview of Education in Health Care 3
  Chapter  2  Ethical, Legal, and Economic Foundations of the Educational Process
  Chapter  3  Applying Learning Theories to Healthcare Practice
Part  2  Characteristics of the Learner
  Chapter  4  Determinants of Learning
  Chapter  5  Developmental Stages of the Learner
  Chapter  6  Compliance, Motivation, and Health Behaviors of the Learner
  Chapter  7  Literacy in the Adult Client Population
  Chapter  8  Gender, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Attributes of the Learner
  Chapter  9  Special Populations
Part  III  Techniques and Strategies for Teaching and Learning
  Chapter  10  Behavioral Objectives
  Chapter  11  Instructional Methods and Settings
  Chapter  12  Instructional Materials
  Chapter  13  Technology in Education
  Chapter  14  Evaluation in Healthcare Education
  Appendix   A:  Tests to Measure Readability and Comprehension and Tools to Assess Instructional Materials
  Appendix  B  Resources and Organizations for Special Populations
  Appendix  C  Teaching Plans
  Glossary
  Index
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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Susan Bastable, EdD, MEd, RN-Chair and Professor, Department of Nursing, Le Moyne College

Susan B. Bastable, EdD, RN, currently serves as Chair and Professor of the Department of Nursing, which she founded in 2004, at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY.  She has 23 years of teaching and administrative experience in higher education at the bachelor’s, master’s, and post-master’s levels. Her area of expertise is in principles of teaching and learning, curriculum and program development, and educational assessment and evaluation. She was inducted into the 2001 Nursing Hall of Fame, Teacher's College, Columbia University. She is the recipient of the 2001 NEAA Nursing Education Award, Teacher's College, Columbia University. She is also the author of Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice (3rd ed. 2008) and Essentials of Patient Education 1st ed. 2006.

 

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  • "The third updated edition of Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice provides an in-depth survey preparing educators and nurse practitioners for their roles in patient teaching and health education, and offers reviews of developmental, motivational and cultural differences that affect teaching and learning. Theory and applications blend in a text updated to include the latest research and new information on everything from health literacy to ethnic groups, with new tables, figures, and discussions of the latest trends. Nurses and any college-level health resource collection need this reference."

    -James A Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review

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ShowAppropriate Courses

Upperlevel, graduate courses in nursing education, health promotion, and patient education.

Clinical and staff courses for staff education.

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