Describe the roles of the nurse for the ADN program

In an ADN program, nurses adopt multiple important roles which include; faculty and staff whereby they work hand in hand to provide education and clinical practice that will prepare the students for entry level nursing practice. Here’s a detailed description of these roles:

 1. Clinical Instructor

 Role: Since it is clinical training, let them practice and supervise them in the clinical environments.

 Responsibilities:

 Teach Practical Skills: Direct learners in clinical performance of nursing skills like assessment of the client, administering of medication and care planning.

 Evaluate Performance: Evaluate and give constructive comments on the students’ clinic performance in aspects such as critical thinking, skills execution, and professional demeanour.

 Mentor and Support: Provide counseling to assist the students in their clinical practice and provide them with lessons on clinical setting and how to manage it.

 2. Classroom Educator

 Role: Provide instruction of the theory and foster the academic achievement of the students.

 Responsibilities:

 Develop Curriculum: Develop and carry out course material that will fit the educational competencies of the program and the nursing profession.

 Facilitate Learning: Teach using power-point, group discussions, teachings games and simulations to improve on the student’s knowledge on issues related to nursing.

 Assess Learning: Produce tests, quizzes, and assignments through which one can determine how much the students have understood.

 3. Academic Advisor

 Role: Offer consultation with students on their academic and career paths.

 Responsibilities:

 Academic Planning: Assist students with the selection of their courses, their timetable, and the overall movement through an ADN program.

 Career Counseling: Give information on employment prospective, a particular field of nursing, and higher education.

 Support Services: Enroll students into areas where they receive help such as tutoring or counseling in case they require it.

 4. Preceptor

 Role: Supervise nursing students while they are doing their clinical practice in particular clinical areas.

 Responsibilities:

 Role Modeling: Show the professionalism in performing nursing actions, clinical reasoning and patient care interventions.

 Provide Feedback: Provide amazing feedback to students on their performance and professional achievements.

 Support Learning: Support learners to apply knowledge in practice particularly in business organizations within and outside the host countries.

 5. Evaluator

 Role: Monitor and confirm the levels of achievement of performance competencies and nursing practice standards by students.

 Responsibilities:

 Assess Competencies: Assess students’ performance of the assessments, knowledge of theories and guardian attitudes to benchmarks.

 Provide Feedback: Be as detailed as possible and do not hesitate to criticize but in a most constructive manner possible so that students can know where to improve and if they are meeting all program requirements.

 Maintain Records: Document student assessments, achievements and, learning progress of a course or program.

 6. Curriculum Developer

 Role: Participate in the implementation of the curriculum and also assist in the modification of the same.

 Responsibilities:

 Update Content: Make sure that the content of a course is up to date with the newer evidence and strength based strategies in healthcare.

 Incorporate Feedback: Apply the feedback that has been given by the students and the experiences dentified in clinical practice to improve the curriculum.

 Collaborate: Collaborate with other teachers and interested parties in order to plan a curriculum that is in harmony with educational objectives and with the requirements of an accreditation body.

 7. Role Model and Leader

 Role: Display professionally acceptable behavior and leadership that students can practice in their day to day interactions.

 Responsibilities:

 Demonstrate Professionalism: Promote and exhibit ethically responsible behaviours, communication, and patient advocacy practices.

 Encourage Leadership: Encourage students into assuming leadership roles and take more responsibilities in their practice.

 Promote Lifelong Learning: This should be supported by the fact that the process of learning does not stop even after one is employed.

 Conclusion

 The faculty involves several duties which are essential to the students in the ADN program which include the following: In their capacity of clinicians, classroom educators, academic advisors, preceptors, evaluators, curriculum developers, and role-models, they make sure that the students acquire the needed skills, knowledge, and competencies that will enable them to become competent and professional nurses. All these roles combined help in the achievement of the mission of the ADN program to produce graduates who are effective and compassionate nurses.

 References:

 American Assembly for Collegiate Nursing Education (AACNE). (2021). The Essentials: Advanced nursing practice as well as professional curated nursing education comprises of five core competency. Retrieved from AACN

 Association for Nurses in Professional, Administrative and Scientific Fields (ANPAS). (2019). These are the identified core competencies of the nurse educators with task statements; Retrieved from NLN