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The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model: 2001-2005

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Core Role Competency: Teacher Role

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Skill LPN

Assessment

Identifies situations in which the individual, family or group needs information, education and support to promote, maintain and restore health.

Analysis

  • Identifies actual and potential needs of the individual, family or group for information.
  • Responds appropriately to questions of the individual, family or group.

Planning

Assists in the formulation of a teaching plan.

Implementation

  • Utilizes a specific teaching plan during routine care.
  • Supports and reinforces the teaching plans of other health professionals.
  • Utilizes critical thinking to assemble content in a way that is conducive to learning.
  • Utilizes available and appropriate instructional materials.

Evaluation

  • Participates in the evaluation of the individual, family or group learning by identifying outcomes and reporting to appropriate person.
  • Participates in modification of the teaching plan.

The nurse provides individual, family, group, or population-based education in a variety of settings to promote, maintain, and restore health from birth through death. Promoting a caring environment, the nurse provides culturally appropriate learning activities, effectively utilizing resources and current technology.

ADN BSN

Identifies and assesses situations in which the individual, family or group needs information, education and support to promote, maintain and restore health.

Identifies and assesses situations in which the individual, family, group or population needs information, education and support to promote, maintain and restore health at any point on the continuum of wellness-illness.

  • Formulates teaching plans based upon outcomes with consideration given to biological, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, developmental, environmental and economic factors.
  • Identifies individualized selected teaching strategies applicable to the situation.
  • Formulates individual and population focused teaching plans based upon outcomes with consideration given to biological, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, developmental, environmental and economic factors.
  • Selects teaching strategies applicable to the individual, family, group or population.
  • Analyzes strengths and weaknesses in knowledge, skills or attitudes of the individual, family, group or population at any point on the continuum of wellness-illness.
  • Formulates teaching plans based upon outcomes with the individual, family or group.
  • Selects an appropriate teaching methodology for the specific situation or problem.
  • Designs a teaching and learning plan based upon outcomes appropriate for the situation, giving consideration to the developmental level of the learners, principles of teaching and theoretical approaches to learning with or without established protocols.
  • Plans health education through application of teaching and learning theories.
  • Develops a plan to meet identified education needs of the individual, family, group or population along the continuum of wellness-illness.
  • Utilizing critical thinking, implements and documents appropriate teaching of the individual, family or group.
  • Uses appropriate content and teaching strategies for the instruction of the individual, family or group.
  • Provides the individual, family or group with an environment conducive to learning; provides opportunities to practice the expected behaviors and receive feedback.
  • Utilizes appropriate instructional materials.
  • Collaborates with the individual, family, group or population, members of the health care team and the public to implement teaching strategies that promote health and welfare.
  • Uses appropriate content, teaching strategies, instructional materials, and relevant resource persons for the individual, family, group or population.
  • Creates an environment for learning that includes the individual, family, group or population.
  • Develops and utilizes appropriate instructional materials.
  • Evaluates learning outcomes of the individual, family or group through the use of established indicators.
  • Modifies the teaching plan as indicated.
  • Identifies and develops indicators for evaluating the learning outcomes of the individual, family, group or population.
  • Modifies the teaching plan as needed.
  • Systematically investigates learning assessment tools, teaching strategies and applicable instructional materials.

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