ࡱ> IKH'` r"bjbjLULU .2.?.?L%DDD8|$w&j"%%%%%%%$'hI*&&1&%%V$@% mbD2% %G&0w&>%+!+%+%<5&&dw&dd| @| @  ý College of Nursing and Health Sciences Position Guidelines Department of Nursing Course Coordinator Provides direct instruction and supervision of faculty who serve as instructors to nursing students enrolled in multiple sections for didactic or clinical courses in collaboration with instructor of record (lead faculty). Hours of direct supervision and instruction provided to faculty working with student nurses vary and correspond to the hours the faculty members and student nurses are scheduled for didactic courses or in the clinical setting. Expectations of all Course Coordinators Communicates with didactic or clinical course faculty periodically (e.g, every week or every two weeks) via email or other means, throughout the semester for problem solving assistance, support, coaching, and mentoring. Provides mentoring, coaching, and support to all associated course instructors Is available to didactic or clinical course instructors via telephone or e-mail and is available to clinical instructors on cell or beeper for all hours of student clinical learning. Facilitates learning with didactic or clinical course instructors about evidence-based knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for nurse educator competencies. Explains CNHS course objectives, learning outcomes, and competencies, relevant aspects of CNHS program policies and university policies to instructors, including all relevant policies and procedures in the Undergraduate Nursing Student Handbook. Provides guidance to instructors about student assignments, evaluation, and performance. Collaborates with instructor of record as final authority in student evaluation. Collaborates with instructor of record and relevant Undergraduate Program Director in academic and clinical warning processes and in student plans for success with CCER Director. Collaborates with instructor of record for course evaluations at end of semester and all planning for upcoming semesters, along with other program staff. Collaborates with instructor of record on teaching strategies and learning activities Collaborates with instructor of record on faculty performance, evaluation, and improvement. Presents scholarly posters and papers at conferences, submits papers for publication in collaboration with other course faculty, and attends to ongoing professional development. Participates in course and program meetings as requested and in ý activities as available. Additional Expectations for Coordinators of Clinical Courses Collaborates with the nurse manager in creating a unit environment welcoming to students and clinical education, including provision for available learning resources, such as relevant texts and manuals, unit areas for course coordinator, faculty, and student conferencing, teaching, and learning. Collaborates with nurse manager and others designated personnel for obtaining computer access for accessing information about clients for students, documenting client care, developing safety, quality improvement, and evidence-based practices, and other unit activities Provides unit manager with course syllabus, clinical schedule, and learning objectives Fosters teamwork through ongoing discussions with staff nurses, charge nurses, and advanced practice nurses for issues or concerns Acts as a liaison between the agency and CNHS in concert with relevant program director and clinical placement specialist. Creates new strategies with clinical faculty to develop students clinical reasoning skills and judgment, quality and safety competencies, ethical comportment, and integration of nursing knowledge with practice Collaborates with relevant Undergraduate Program Director, CCER Director, and Clinical Placement Specialist in clinical learning and simulated learning experiences and clinical placement and orientation processes. Special Responsibilities for Course Coordinators of DEU units : Clinical Faculty Coordinators Provides direct instruction and supervision to staff nurses, rather than students, who serve as clinical instructors to groups of UMass Boston nursing students engaged in direct patient care on dedicated education units (DEU) at health care agencies. Hours of direct supervision and instruction provided to staff nurses serving as clinical instructors (CIs) working with student nurses vary and correspond to the hours the staff nurses/clinical instructors and student nurses are scheduled in the clinical setting. Strong collaboration skills are also required for this innovative model of clinical education delivery and agency- nursing school collaborative. Collaborates with program DEU Coordinator and actively participates as ý representative on DEU Partner Working Groups. Extensive presence of the CFC on the DEUs is expected during first three-four weeks of semester, with ongoing support as needed, includes mid-term and final evaluation periods. Plans and leads DEU orientations for CIs and students, DEU related meetings, CI development sessions, student presentations, student selection processes, and DEU celebration events. Participates in ongoing DEU evaluation and research activities. Special Responsibilities for Course Coordinators of Service Learning-Community Partnership Development Coordinates with the instructor of record on the integration of service learning concepts and objectives into curriculum of the course including establishing the requisite educational structures and processes needed for students to meet service learning objectives. Collaborates with instructor of record to regularly review all aspects of the service learning experience for continuous quality improvement. Collaborates with community based organizations to establish partnerships and interpret service learning objectives. Maintains regular communication with course faculty for problem solving assistance, coaching, and mentoring as it relates to the course facultys role in service learning. This includes providing guidance to course faculty about community partnerships, service learning objectives, assignments, and evaluation. Collaborates with the course faculty to conduct ongoing evaluation of student learning and the community impact of service learning projects. Collaboratively works with course faculty, the Clinical Placement Specialist, and RN-BSN Program Assistant to assure community partner and student records related to service learning are documented. Coordinates service learning efforts with University Office of Community Engagement. Participates in course and program meetings as requested and in departmental and ý activities as available. 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