About this book
Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice 6th Edition PDF by Susan B. Bastable is offered here as a PDF eBook. The sixth edition prepares nurses for their expanding role as educators of patients, families, staff and students. It reviews learning theories, learner characteristics, health literacy, motivation, instructional design, teaching strategies, technology, evaluation and the ethical, legal and economic foundations of education. Additional attention to disability, gender, socioeconomic influences and digital learning helps readers adapt teaching to different audiences and settings. The book is especially useful for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, clinical educators and advanced-practice nurses who need to plan, deliver and evaluate effective education as part of professional nursing practice.
Designed for nurse educators, nursing students, and nurses involved in patient teaching, this edition provides a structured resource for understanding how to plan, deliver, and evaluate education for patients, families, students, and staff.
This listing is for the 6th edition of Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice. Check the title, edition, authors/editors, and other product information before ordering if you need the book for a particular course, syllabus, examination, or professional reference.
About the Nurse Educator Role
Nurse as Educator addresses teaching as a responsibility shared by academic faculty, clinical educators, and nurses working with patients and families. The sixth edition begins with the foundations of healthcare education and learning theory, then examines the characteristics that influence a learner’s needs and participation. Developmental stage, motivation, literacy, culture, disability, and chronic illness inform the choice of teaching approaches. Later chapters develop behavioral objectives, teaching plans, instructional methods, materials, technology, and evaluation. The edition revises its treatment of teaching methods and case studies. This organization connects the theory behind learning with the practical decisions required to make healthcare education suitable for a particular audience.
Planning and Evaluating Healthcare Teaching
The 6th edition covers the following areas:
- Educational foundations: Consider ethical, legal, and economic aspects of teaching in healthcare.
- Learning theories: Connect theories of learning with nursing education.
- Learner characteristics: Explore developmental stage, motivation, and adherence.
- Literacy and cultural attributes: Consider how health literacy and culture influence education.
- Disability and chronic illness: Adapt teaching to learners with additional needs.
- Objectives and instructional methods: Develop teaching plans and select methods, settings, and materials.
- Technology and evaluation: Examine educational technology and ways to evaluate learning.
Choosing Teaching Methods for the Learner
The textbook is useful when a nurse’s teaching responsibility requires more than giving information. Its focus on learner characteristics encourages an explanation of why a particular method may suit one audience and be less appropriate for another. Literacy, culture, developmental stage, and disability can therefore be considered alongside the intended learning outcome. The planning and evaluation chapters help connect educational goals with the way teaching is delivered and judged. This is relevant to patient education, staff development, and academic instruction, where the audiences differ but the need for purposeful teaching remains. Case studies provide contexts for applying these decisions to the practical work of a nurse educator.
Who uses this book
- Undergraduate Nursing Students
- Graduate Nursing Students
- Academic Nurse Educators
- Clinical Nurse Educators
- Nurses Providing Patient and Family Education
- Staff Development Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Nursing Education Instructors
Also suitable for other nursing professionals who need a comprehensive framework for teaching, learner assessment, instructional strategies and educational evaluation.
Key Topics Covered
- Healthcare education
- Learning theories
- Educational ethics
- Developmental stages
- Motivation and adherence
- Health literacy
- Cultural attributes of learners
- Teaching learners with disabilities
- Chronic illness education
- Behavioral objectives
- Teaching plans
- Instructional methods
- Instructional materials
- Educational technology
- Evaluation of learning
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