title: Move to the head of the class: developing staff nurses as teachers.
abstract: Nurses, while clinical experts in their specific fields, rarely have an opportunity to learn and practice teaching skills needed in an educator role. Clinical experts experience anxiety when asked to make the transition from a clinical environment to the teaching role. This article describes a 4-hour program developed to train nurses to become teachers. Adult learning principles, learning styles, and curriculum development were included to demonstrate the skills necessary to help nurses become proficient teachers.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. donner@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Donner
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levonian
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Slutsky
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D015143:Philadelphia; D016730:Program Development; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching