From novice to expert to novice again: stories of novice nurse educator testing experience

dc.contributorAppel, Susan J.
dc.contributorGivens, Mary I.
dc.contributorMarch, Alice L.
dc.contributorWrite, Vivian H.
dc.contributor.advisorAtkinson, Becky M.
dc.contributor.authorCrider, Carla
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T16:28:24Z
dc.date.available2021-05-12T16:28:24Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractRelatively few nurse educators receive the formal pedagogical training needed to smoothly transition from the clinical nurse role to the nurse educator role (Cooley & De Gagne, 2016;, especially as it relates to the evaluation and testing of student learning. The lack thereof creates a dissonance between clinical practice and academia (Cooley & De Gagne, 2016; Murray, Stanley, & Wright, 2014). Such dissonance often leaves the nurse educator in unfamiliar territory (Cooley & De Gagne, 2016) teaching and testing by trial and error (Schoening, 2013). The transition from clinical nursing practice to academia is well documented in the qualitative nursing literature. An essential component of learning to be an educator is learning how to teach effectively and prepare useful student assessments. However, an extensive search of the literature revealed inadequate available research regarding how novice nurse educators learn the complex task of writing as well as the implementation and analysis of a valid, psychometrically sound exam. All questions used in this narrowly focused study were designed to elicit the personal experience, i.e., the story, of the expert-clinician-turned-novice-nurse-educator specific to the creation, administration, and analyses of exams during the first year of full-time teaching in an associate degree nursing (ADN) program. Findings from this study point to the need for nurse education to develop an academic standard of care that would enhance nurse educators and provide great benefit for students. The information provided by this study may help the nursing profession as a whole and nursing education programs specifically to provide better mentorship and guidance for novice nurse educators.en_US
dc.format.extent201 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003725
dc.identifier.otherCrider_alatus_0004D_14331
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/7668
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectPedagogy
dc.titleFrom novice to expert to novice again: stories of novice nurse educator testing experienceen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
etdms.degree.disciplineInstructional Leadership
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.nameEd.D.
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