I would love to see a core group focus on this topic alone,
consolidate best practices, format according to the highest standards
of instructional design and publish for the best interests of
patients and staff. Real world budgeting, staffing and resource
allocation would be key in how this was done.
Mary Meiser, RN, BSN, BA, M.Ed., LNHA

--- In mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com, "David Woodruff"
<dwoodruff@...> wrote:
>
> Re-imagine what nursing education will be like if every educational
> activity was designed to be maximally effective; every piece of
every
> educational activity was designed so that every different type of
> learner would have equal access to the information.
>
> Imagine if every educational activity had the kind of leadership
that
> was necessary for every student to have an equal chance of being
able
> to succeed, and to have the support, the guidance, and the
> inspiration to want to succeed.
>
> Imagine looking at our nurse educators as talent, and not as the
> first persons to be cut within an organization when the budget's
> tight; but as being talented individuals who are saving our hospital
> money and who are contributing in a positive way to the development
> of our overall mission by empowering our nurses to become
> extraordinary.
>
> Imagine nursing education being on the cutting edge of trends that
> are happening in healthcare, rather than on the trailing edge,
trying
> to catch up after few policies and new procedures have been
> implemented; but instead on the cutting edge, defining those trends
> for their current generations of nurses, using evidence based
> practice.
>
> What would your ideal be for your job, for your nurses, and for your
> future? Re-imagine the possibilities!
>
> Best wishes,
> David W. Woodruff, MSN, RN, CNS
> President, Ed4Nurses, Inc.
> www.Ed4Nurses.com
> www.100k-Certified-Nurses.com
>