Teaching Philosophy
“In education it isn’t how much you have committed to memory or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. It’s knowing where to go to find out what you need to know and it’s knowing how to use the information you get.” – William Feather
Aligning with Dr. Patricia Benner’s theory “From Novice to Expert,” I want to encourage students that they can rise to any challenge or difficulty as a nurse with awareness and recognition that their learning is an evolutionary process. As an educator and mentor it is my job to facilitate students to use critical thinking in learning situations and nursing practice. Students must also be able to incorporate evidence-based practice learned in the classroom and translate that knowledge to practice for optimal patient outcomes. I believe it is necessary to use multimodal teaching methods in order to reach my students. I use case studies, reading assignments, lecture, and open discussion when teaching because students have different learning styles and you must be able to connect with each student for them to be successful.
Courses
Clinical Assistant Professor
- Health and Illness in Adult Populations Didactic, Fall 2022
- Health and Illness Clinical Coordinator, Fall 2022, Spring 2023
- Clinical Pathophysiology Didactic, Spring 2023
- APN Role Transition Didactic, Spring 2023
Visiting Assistant Clinical Teaching Professor
- Health and Illness in Adult Populations Didactic, Fall 2021
- Clinical Pathophysiology Didactic, Fall 2021
- Pharmacology Didactic, Spring 2022
- Wellness and Health Assessment Didactic, Spring 2022
- Wellness and Health Assessment Clinical Coordinator, Spring 2022
Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Course Redevelopment:
Part-time Lecturer
- Advanced Health Assessment: Summer 2021
- Health and Illness in Adult Populations Didactic: Summer 2021
- Basic Clinical Competencies Lab: Spring 2018, Fall 2019
- Health and Illness of Adult Populations Clinical: Fall 2020
- Health and Healing in Guatemala Clinical: Spring 2019
- Pharmacology: Fall 2019
- Wellness and Health Assessment Lab: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
Course Assistant
- Capstone: Fall 2021
- Clinical Pathophysiology: Fall 2020, Spring 2021 Gerontological Nursing: Fall 2017
- Health and Illness of Adult Populations: Fall 2020
- Nursing of Adults: Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019
- Pharmacology: Fall 2019
- Wellness Health Assessment: Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021