The New Nurse Educator: Mastering Academe

by Deborah Dolan Hunt

Praise for the first edition from Amazon reviews:

" . . . a wonderful resource for new and experienced nurse educators. This book contains valuable information on teaching, service, and scholarship. It also contains expert advice from well-known faculty. For example, Dr. Jean Watson and Dr. Geraldine Bednash. There is also a chapter on Mentoring by Dr. Connie Vance. I would highly recommend this book to all nurse educators."

". . . an excellent resource for both new and experienced educators. It contains a wealth of information on all aspects of nursing education with a focus on teaching, service, and scholarship. It also contains expert advice from seasoned nurse educators and faculty members. I would highly recommend this book to all current and aspiring nurse educators."

This unequalled resource guides novice nurse educators step-by-step through the challenging process of transitioning from service to academe. It comprehensively addresses not only the fundamentals of teaching, evaluation, and curriculum development, but also the entire spectrum of skills and duties required of the nurse educator. This second edition delivers two new chapters devoted to the hospital-based educator, global health issues, and the future of nursing education. It includes new clinical teaching models and pedagogies and emphasizes the use of technology in a variety of teaching and learning strategies. Key updates examine the current and future nursing workforce, emerging and evolving nursing programs, and innovative trends in curricula design, along with new information on infectious diseases, genomics, and legal and ethical concerns.

Based on the author's personal journey from nursing practice to academe, the text addresses ways to "test the waters" of the new role. It outlines preparation requirements and discusses learning styles, curriculum development, theoretical frameworks, cultural diversity, and students with learning disabilities. It addresses tenure and promotion, collegiality, service, leadership, mentoring, writing for publication, and scholarship. Additionally, the text prepares students for the interview process and includes sample CVs, patient education handouts, and course objectives. Learning objectives, review questions, and case vignettes in each chapter, along with tables and bulleted information, further contribute to the text's value as an outstanding resource for both academic and hospital settings.

New to the Second Edition:


New chapter devoted to the role of the hospital-based educator
New chapter on global health and education, health care policy, and the future of nursing education
Noted experts discuss simulation, gaming and education, legal concerns, and global health nursing
New clinical teaching models and pedagogies
Emphasizes the use of technology
Examines the current and future nursing workforce
Emerging and evolving nursing programs
Innovative trends in curricula design
New information on infectious diseases and genomics
Key Features:


Provides highly practical, step-by-step information on all components of being a nurse educator/faculty member
Helps nurses transition from service role to educator/faculty role
Includes advice from novice and seasoned nurse educators, nurse leaders, and nursing theorists
Includes learning objectives and review questions in each chapter
Provides sample forms and documents for CVs and developing course content

Genres: Teaching

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Deborah Hunt is a nursing professor and writer who lives in New York with her family and the incorrigible Chewy Belle. She refers to herself as an eclectic author as she writes in multiple genres. She considers herself a "Work in Progress" and is always striving to learn and grow in nursing and writing, and life. Several of her books have won awards and her greatest joy is sharing her books with everyone. She hopes her journey will inspire everyone to never give up on their dreams despite adversity. She also strives to inspire kids to develop a love of reading as she believes "A book is your passageway to the universe"~D.D. Hunt

Deborah is represented by Dawn Dowdle at Blueridge Literary Agency and has publishing contracrs with PenIt, Touch Point Press, Clearfork, and Springer Publishers. She has two amazing critique groups and attends a weekly writing course and various writing conferences. She loves sharing her books with the universe.

Deborah loves all types of books, the beach, painting, gardening, cooking. She is also a health advocate and is a member of her local community board where she serves as Co-Chair of it's Health and Human Services Committee.


Deborah
"May you always have a book to read and a story to hold in your heart"~D. D. Hunt