Barbara Davis

Location: altoona, pa

About me

A nurse and instructor with a vast range of experience who has a heart for helping others. Proud to play a part in teaching others to gain the knowledge and experience needed so they can help others too. I think it's important to realize we should keep an open mind and look for (and take advantage of) learning opportunities. Just because a person learns to do something , does not mean that the learning is over. I look for ways to improve as a nurse, educator, and most of all as a caring human.

Interests

multiple

Skills

evergrowing list

Website

https://www.yti.edu

Activity

Barbara Davis

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Rubric for Participation and Professionalism

This is a rubric that I have developed to use to reflect how the student's grade for participation/attendance/professionalism is calculated. I inform the students that as they look closely at the sections and the descriptive phrases, they should realize that each one can be applicable to their personal and professional life. Feel free to use it and revise it as you wish.

Barbara Davis

Blog Comment

ED102

Retention is very important , but there are many times that it is indeed very challenging. My fellow instructors and I try our best, but there are times that circumstances beyond our control occur and result in attrition. I try to make sure my students know that they are more than a number and that I truly do care about them and wish to be their guide as they travel on the path to success in the career field of their choice. I acknowledge there will be struggles but I also remind them that nothing worth having comes easily in… >>>

Barbara Davis

Discussion Comment

Audits

I'm not sure of the answer to the questions, but I would think that audits would be done whether there are red flags or not. Speaking as a church treasurer, I know that the books need audited by an outsider every year and it's not because there are red flags -- it is simply a measure of accountability and making sure things are done as they are supposed to be done. I can't imagine that educational facilities would be any different (other than the frequency of the audit)-- but I could be making wrong assumptions. I, too, would like to… >>>

Barbara Davis

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A More Tailored Course

Jeffery, I found the course very interesting and enlightening. While all instructors may not feel this is applicable to their role, it is important for all who come into contact with students (current and perspective) to be aware of the implications of possible noncompliance with Transparency. In my experience, I have had many students ask questions or seek clarification of what they may have been told, so we (instructors) need to know what to say if we are in any of these situations. I can attest that I was lucky enough to receive information from my registrar, financial aid director,… >>>

Barbara Davis

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Compliance

I found this compliance course to be full of valuable information which reinforces the importance of transparency and gives credence to our Mission and Values. It also brought back memories of an earlier time and former place of employment in which I took a "compliance" seminar-- at that time, each participant received a yardstick imprinted with COMPLIANCE RULES !!. It was fitting then, and it's just as fitting now. May each and every one of us be successful in our compliance as we represent YTI to current and prospective students (and yes, even employers).

Barbara Davis

Discussion Comment

ED104

By using a startling statement or a striking example, you have a better chance of gaining their attention or sparking an interest in the lecture. It is good to give an outline of objectives/topics you wish to achieve or cover in the lecture, but you need to get their attention first.

Barbara Davis

Blog

ED310 Med Term learning can be fun

This course had some good activities to use for making learning medical terminology fun. I had already been using many of the suggested learning activities so it served to reinforce my current teaching methods. I do not reserve the activities solely for Medical Terminology, but have used the same sort of activities in other courses. I have also used Jeopardy, Hangman, and "Who Wants to be a Marvelous MA"(patterned after Who Wants to be a Millionaire"). IF students still struggle with the spelling of medical terminology- I fall back on the age-old practice of writing a word ten times (or… >>>

Barbara Davis

Discussion Comment

ED310

Lisa, I agree this was a good course with a range of activities to make learning medical terminology fun. I wish I could have had Medical Terminology as a class when I was in nursing school. I am amazed that it isn't offered as such-- nursing students are expected to do rote memorization, but it would be so much easier to teach if it was broken down into the various word parts or word structures. I have always encouraged my students to use flash cards to learn terminology and more (i.e. procedures). I have often used the Concentration (matching terms… >>>

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Learning styles and Testing

It is important to consider the various learning styles and do your best to try to address the needs of your students. It was interesting to review the various testing techniques and the objectives associated with each. I personally do not care for true/false questions because it is often very easy to misread (read into them) or misinterpret if they are not worded well. I have used modified true/false where a key word or phrase is identified and which can be changed to make the statement TRUE if it is FALSE as it is written. I feel this type of… >>>

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Challenging Students

Christina, I use a weekly rubric for classroom attendance, participation, and professionalism. The rubric correlates to traits the student should acquire or hone prior to going out into the work environment. The nice part is that many of the traits are good traits to have in their personal life as well. The five main categories or traits are: Punctuality, Effort (engagement), Attitude (postive character traits), Readiness (preparedness), and Listening Skills; put it all together and you have a PEARL.

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