holistic assessment of nursing students with eportfolio - nursing, laguardia community college
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Holistic Assessment of Nursing Students with ePortfolio Nursing, LaGuardia Community College Samples of completed ePortfolios, templates, rubrics, and data will illustrate the power of ePortfolio to assess student work in terms of both college competencies and professional competencies as defined by agencies such as Middle States and the National League for Nursing (NLN), while also serving as a means of improving pedagogy. • Philip Gimber, Associate Professor • Deborah McMillan-Coddington, Assistant Professor • Margaret Norris, Assistant ProfessorTRANSCRIPT
LaGuardia Nursing Program:Holistic Assessment and ePortfolio:
Presented by:Margaret Norris RN, MSPhilip Gimber RN, MSDeborah McMillan-Coddington RN, MS
Overview of Presentation
History of incorporating ePortfolio into the Registered Nursing Program
Baseline ePortfolio Holistic Assessment Capstone Course
History of ePortfolio
2007 – Nursing students received ePortfolio training before beginning the Nursing Program
Nursing Students created a generic ePortfolio
Faculty attended seminars on the development of ePortfolio as pedagogical tool
The Nursing ePortfolio Mini-Grant workshops were implemented in Fall 2008
ePortfolio Mini-Grant
Introduced Faculty to ePortfolio Designed a professional template Created grid Organized workshops for faculty to
create assignments Faculty revised assignments to meet:
LAGCC Core Competencies Nursing Competencies
Competencies
Assignment LAGCC Core Competencies
Nursing Competencies
Fundamentals of Nursing
Clinical Journal
Vital Sign Case Study
Perspectives of Nursing
Written Philosophy
Philosophy (Video)
Ethical Research Paper
Written Communication Critical Thinking
Quantitative Reasoning
Written Communication
Oral Communication
Research and Information Literacy
Clinical Decision Making
Physical Assessment Clinical Decision Making
Cultural Competence
Therapeutic Communication
Professional Collaboration
Clinical Journal Assignment
Clinical Journal Assignment
Example of Student Reflection / Clinical Journal
Response
Holistic Assessment
Core Competencies
Nursing Assessment Grid with Assignments
Example of ePortfolio as a depository
Jennifer Thaís Alves SCR 150.4100 Prof. Morgan-Eason
11/18/08
Philosophy of Nursing
A nursing philosophy gives guidance to the nurse’s approach to caring for clients. Although a nursing philosophy is not fully formed at the start of one’s nursing education, there are several beliefs that are an essential part of nursing.
First and foremost, compassion should guide all interactions with patients. However, it should go beyond just having the sincerest desire to alleviate their suffering. A nurse needs to develop a compassionate understanding of all human experiences and extend this wisdom to not only patients and their families, but coworkers as well. This entails having insight into the complexity of human behavior and with this insight, never judging others.
Work ethic is also an integral part of nursing. Nursing is not known to be easy, but nurses must accept responsibility for their own work and the role they perform in the optimal care of their patients. Given the reality of the current healthcare system, that may not always seem possible. However, this is not an acceptable excuse. Instead, part of being a patient advocate is to advocate for change in the system, whether on a nursing unit or throughout the entire system.
Nursing is complex and a multitude of factors are at play with any given patient on any given day. Yet, it is simply compassion, understanding, and perseverance that should guide nursing.
BaselineNURSING PROGRAM COURSES
BASELINE COURSES
SCR100
SCR110
SCR150
SCR200
SCR210
SCR270
SCR260
(Capstone)SCR290
URBAN STUDIESSSN187
Written Communication
Critical Literacy (Writing
Intensive)1
ENG099/ENG101/
ESLX X X X X
Quantitative Reasoning2
MAT096/MAT106 X X X
Oral Communication
3
HUC 101/ HUC108 CEP121
X X X
Research and Information
LiteracyENG101 X X
Technological Literacy X X X X
Capstone
A Capstone Course -
Is a course designed to be offered in the final semester of a student’s major; a course that ties together the key learning objectives that students have learned during the major, interdisciplinary program, or interdepartmental major.
Competencies
Assignment LAGCC Core Competencies
Nursing Competencies
Med-Surg Nursing II
Trended Data
Teaching Plan
Trends in Nursing
Written Philosophy
Philosophy (Video)
Professional ePortfolio
Quantitative Reasoning
Written Communication
Written Communication
Oral Communication
Technological Literacy
Physical Assessment Clinical Decision Making
Patient Teaching
Cultural Competence
Therapeutic Communication
Professional Collaboration
Students will prepare a 2-3 minute verbal presentation of their personal values and beliefs about nursing. The philosophy should also include your core belief statement about treating human responses to illness.
Make it personal – philosophy statements are not “one size fits all”
Be creative – the use of incorporating additional technology into your presentation is strongly suggested.You may want to consider speaking about:
oWhy you choose to enter the nursing profession?oWhat do you believe makes you different from other nurses?oWhere do you see yourself in five years?oWhat do you think will be your major contribution to the nursing profession?
Incorporate a comparison of at least one nursing philosopher with your own beliefs.
Nursing Philosophy Assignment
“Nursing Philosophy Statement”Video/Oral Report