Module Components

• Overview
• Assignments

Topics

• Roles
• Teacher Competencies
• Learning Environments & Settings
• Health Literacy

NURS 787 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching and Learning

Module 7: Roles and Environments

Teacher Competencies

The National League for Nursing (NLN) outlines eight competencies for academic Nurse Educators. Nurse educators will effectively:

• facilitate learning
• facilitate learner development and socialization
• use assessment and evaluation strategies
• participate in curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes
• function as change agents and leaders
• pursue continuous quality improvements in the nurse educator role 
• engage in scholarship
• function within the educational environment

 

Another broad set of competencies for nurse educators was developed by an international group through the World Health Organization. The final competencies are depicted in the graphic below.

The full WHO Nurse Educator Competencies Report (2016) can be found here. An interesting read!

The ANPD Standards of Practice and Professional Performance outline the 16 duties of an NPD practitioner. For each of these standards, competency statements were detailed. The Standards of Practice defines what the NPD practitioner does and how it aligns with nursing while the Standards of Professional practice describe how the standards are used and address issues.

Standards of Practice	Standards of Professional Performance
1. Assessment of Practice Gaps	7. Ethics
2. Identification of Learning Needs	8. Education
3. Outcome Identification	9. EBP/Research
4. Planning to Achieve Outcomes	10. Quality of NPD Practice
5. Implementation a. Collaboration & Coordination of Resources b. Facilitation of Positive Learning & Practice Environments c. Consultation	11. Change Management
	12. Leadership
	13. Collaboration
	14. Professional Practice Evaluation
	15. Resource Utilization
6. Evaluation of Programs	16. Mentorship/Advancing Profession

 

 

Reflection Activity:
Looking at the two sets of nurse educator competencies, one from the NLN, the other from the WHO, what similarities and differences do you notice? What similarities and differences do you notice between the NLN competencies and standards of ANPD?