Although self-directed learning may be a trait of some adult learners, my current experience is that many students acknowledge not reading the assigned required reading before class and have an expectation that the instructor should tell them what they need to know. This is very disheartening and frustrating especially when the students are pursuing becoming a professional nurse and potentially caring for members of the public who still have a lot of respect for the nursing profession. In addition, one must wonder if they will adopt and endorse the principle of life long learning to pursue and implement evidence based… >>>

Syllabus utilized is a prescribed generic format which contains information that is not relevant or applicable to students in the course I have been assigned to teach, i.e. it references requirements for another discipline/field of study with regard to attendance and meeting program requirements. Also, it is very challenging in an "accelerated" nursing program to abbreviate content for required reading assignments and limit focus to a single concept instead of what I have been accustomed to doing at other postsecondary institutions which usually included discussing common ailments within a content area such as the accessory organs of the GI tract… >>>