Clinical Nurse Educator – Lesson Outline & Lesson Plan
Description
Topic – Mental Health Nursing – Agranulocytosis
Part A
This week, submit your outline for a SIM lesson that will be taught by week 7. Compose a 2- to 3-page paper that lists and explains the following (provide headings to delineate the topics):
The objectives and standards of the lesson (include QSEN). This lesson should occur in a SIM setting.
The length of your lesson: Your recorded lesson should be approximately 40 minutes. However, your lesson plan may showcase an entire lesson or extension of the lesson if your class time is longer.
The student audience and learning level:
What are the demographics of the students and what, if any, interventions may be needed to account for varied learning styles?
A road map for presenting the concepts and content within the SIM:
How will you present the information to the students, what visuals will you source, and how will you relay the content clearly and concisely?
Preliminary ideas for assessing students, both informally (questioning strategies) during the lesson and a summative component (observational tool)
A list of materials that you will reference or hand out during your lesson.
Part B
Lesson Plan Requirements:
You may use any lesson planning template that is readily available or one you have used throughout your studies. There is a sample lesson planning template linked here download. You must include the following detailed sections in your plan (use headings to delineate sections):
Your name, date, site location, and preceptor name
Lesson title and subject/concept
Level of subject/concept, audience, and class size
What domain your lesson is aligned to (cognitive, affective, or psychomotor)?
Your students’ prior knowledge and scaffolding strategies for building on prior knowledge; list any new vocabulary terms the students will need to know for the lesson
Potential challenges and intervention strategies if needed; address any potential safety concerns for hands-on application during the lesson.
Brief overview of the concept, content, lesson, and its purpose in the curriculum
Standards and learning objectives (include matching QSEN objectives); learning objectives written using Bloom’s taxonomy
Presentation of content: How will you open the lesson to get the student’s attention? What visuals will you use to present the content?
Lesson pacing and structure: List each step you will follow to complete the lesson. Include estimated time to complete each step, material references, handout names, quiz/test names, activity names, skill sheets, group activities, etc. (if any will be included during or after the simulation).
Student activities: Will the students be working individually or in small groups? Provide a rationale for why the activity is appropriate.
Assessment of learning objectives and/or evidence of student’s acquisition of the content during your lesson (informal assessment; questioning strategies) and a plan for a formal summative assessment (observational tool) that you will administer. List and describe any homework the students will be expected to complete.
Closure: Describe how you will end the lesson, for example, reviewing the lesson learning objectives; “cliff-hanger” question for the next class date; an encouraging anecdotal story; comments of reinforcement and encouragement; etc.
Extra notes or areas that need further clarification
Resources and materials needed for lesson
The lesson plan should be detailed enough so that another nurse educator could teach from the plan. Be sure to review your instructor’s feedback before teaching your lesson.
