Aminah Rachedi was recently appointed to a position as a nurse educator at a local community hospital. She had been the staff nurse and a unit educator at a different facility, and this is her first lead role at this hospital. Aminah has just completed her master’s degree in nursing education and is eager to apply her knowledge. She is also a certified nurse educator ( CNE), an advanced nursing practice role (indirect care).
After taking the new position, the chief nursing officer (CNO) invites Aminah in to discuss the lack of quality and consistency in the existing training of volunteers for the hospital’s volunteer program. The CNO would like nursing education to take over the training. Therefore, she charges Aminah with developing a new training course for hospital volunteers. She recognizes that this is a particular challenge because of the diversity of her students. Volunteers range from high school age to senior citizens, with greatly varied levels of education and comfort with technology.
Aminah considers what she knows about learning theories and principles of learning as well as other theories from behavioral and social sciences. Aminah identified these 3 main issues: diversity in age; diversity in educational levels; and diversity in comfort with technology. From the chapter readings on shared or borrowed theories…
Specify a theory or theories for EACH of the three issues that Aminah needs to consider in her planning.
Then for EACH action plan or teaching method interventions specify a theory or theories and explain why that theory or theories support her action.
