Essay On Future Nurse Educator

Being a new nurse educator, my teaching philosophy will include the plans and expectations I have for my professional teaching career. I believe that the students should be provided with clearly stated goals for learning. The goals should aim to enhance critical thinking, promote active learning, integrate evidence-based research into nursing practice, and deliver safe, quality, and compassionate care to the patients. As a nurse educator, it is my goal to help students achieve their goals and become successful future nurses. I foresee many challenges that will come in the way of teaching-learning process such as; students’ perception of the educator, language barrier, generational gap, and technological advancements. I will try to overcome these challenges and be successful in the teaching-learning process.
As a future nurse educator, I would utilize various teaching methods in order to promote critical thinking and active learning in the students. I would use jigsaw group projects, role playing, debates, and discussions that not only are active learning techniques; but also enriches the students` critical thinking skills. Active learning increases the student’s retention of content learned through lectures and texts and in some methods also provides hands-on training (Bradshaw &
Important aspects need to be considered while creating an inclusive learning environment such as cultural competency and promoting equity in the classroom. I will encourage students to share their cultural, religious and social beliefs. I will also try to avoid stereotypical comments and use professional communication in the classroom. I will consider each student as a unique individual and integrate learning process that provides every student equal opportunity to perform the task. I will evaluate students` work impartially based on their