Programmatic and Teaching Initiatives that Promote the Success and Prevent Attrition of English as a Second Language (ESL) Students in Nursing Programs

Präsentation , 2018 , 7 Seiten , Note: 1

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In practice, teaching in the nursing profession forms the foundation of clinical skills. This implies that the impact of teaching and learning is reflected in practice. For instance, effective transformation of the nursing theory into practice accompanied by improved patients’ outcomes demonstrates the success of nursing programs. In this context, practicum experience for nurse educators is built on the teaching project. It is through the teaching project that nurse educators demonstrate their competence for preparing professionally-competent nurses. Foremost, nurse educators gain an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to develop the leadership skills in planning quality education programs. This is accomplished through the use of evidence-based nursing and educational literature, and the implementation of innovative instructional methods that meet the learning needs of learners. Also, it is through the teaching project that nurse educators demonstrate their ability to address educational issues that impacts the teaching environment. Therefore, this teaching project is aimed at analyzing attrition of ESL students in nursing programs. It presents programmatic and teaching strategies that promote the success and prevent attrition of ESL students in nursing programs with an emphasis on the integration of ESL Committee in nursing programs. As such, The PICO question for the project is:
P: English as second language (ESL) students in nursing programs
I: Integrate an ESL Committee to existing nursing programs
C: Nursing program without ESL Committee
O: Prevent culture shock, lower rates of attrition and increase satisfaction among ESL students.

Objectives

- Provide an overview of ESL students in nursing programs as an educational issue that impacts the teaching environment.

- Discuss barriers to success among ESL students in nursing programs.

- Discuss the interventions that promote the success and prevent attrition of ESL students in nursing programs.

- Evaluate the outcomes of intervention programs.

Overview

- Nursing programs are rigorous and quite demanding, especially for ESL students since instructions are often given in English.

- Aspects such as language, academic expectations, and culture remain a major challenge for nurse educators.

- Boruff (2012) reaffirms that the issue of attrition among minority population, primarily ESL students have been a challenge to nurse educators for decades.

- Across the United States, many nursing institutions are admitting a high number of ESL learners (Sung, 2015).

• Hochschule: Egerton University
• Note: 1
• Autor: Patrick Kimuyu (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Seiten: 7
• Katalognummer: V388760
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668654266
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: programmatic, teaching, initiatives, promote, success, prevent, attrition, english, second, language, students, nursing, programs