How can it be November 21st already? My friend Cecily came in this morning and chattered on about how tiring it is to try and come up with daily blogs. She is in some competition apparently. Not sure what the prize is if she wins but it must be worth it - or perhaps its just the challenge of doing it.
I was thinking about challenges recently. How often have I moved on from a job because I've no longer been challenged? Too often. I'm better at getting things up and running, making them happen than doing the sustaining. I get that restless, almost bored feeling when everything is ticking along. But sometimes we need to just 'keep on keeping on' to persevere, run the race etc!
It's not easy to keep on when bureaucracy and politisization dictate how and when, and at times, if, things are done. Nursing seems to be in the thick if it these days - well health generally is in the thick of it. It can be extremely frustrating trying to get the best outcome for our patients through ensuring our nurses are current with knowledge and skills when we are constantly told 'there isn't any money'.
About being current...George Siemans, who advocates Connectivism as a learning theory for the digital age, says we need effective learning representative of what learners require in order to stay current today and it needs to be effective, relevant, sustainable learning. Siemans also says that ineffective models of learning function are not noticed for their weakness when they are not under pressure. But, when the climate of knowledge and information changes, then the weaknesses become pronounced. The climate we are in at the moment is showing up the weaknesses in our current models of learning. So, I thought, what does this mean for nurses in the hospital setting and their on-going learning? What does it mean for me in my role?
This can remain a frustration and can be seen as part of that sustaining mode OR it can be seen as a challenge! Nurses are good at taking on challenges. We are also good at being very creative with very little. So...my goal for next year is to work on putting together a professional development and education plan that encourages and facilitates effective, relevant, sustainable learning! How am I going to do that you ask? I'll let you know. I was up for a few hours in the early hours one morning last week and spent the time doing a Mind Map. Today I need to take that to the Senior Nurse Group and sell my plan - or at least discuss my thoughts since I don't yet have a plan to sell.
So it looks like I'll be here for a while now that the challenge has come back in to the equation. I'll let you know how today goes when I next post :o).
I was thinking about challenges recently. How often have I moved on from a job because I've no longer been challenged? Too often. I'm better at getting things up and running, making them happen than doing the sustaining. I get that restless, almost bored feeling when everything is ticking along. But sometimes we need to just 'keep on keeping on' to persevere, run the race etc!
It's not easy to keep on when bureaucracy and politisization dictate how and when, and at times, if, things are done. Nursing seems to be in the thick if it these days - well health generally is in the thick of it. It can be extremely frustrating trying to get the best outcome for our patients through ensuring our nurses are current with knowledge and skills when we are constantly told 'there isn't any money'.
About being current...George Siemans, who advocates Connectivism as a learning theory for the digital age, says we need effective learning representative of what learners require in order to stay current today and it needs to be effective, relevant, sustainable learning. Siemans also says that ineffective models of learning function are not noticed for their weakness when they are not under pressure. But, when the climate of knowledge and information changes, then the weaknesses become pronounced. The climate we are in at the moment is showing up the weaknesses in our current models of learning. So, I thought, what does this mean for nurses in the hospital setting and their on-going learning? What does it mean for me in my role?
This can remain a frustration and can be seen as part of that sustaining mode OR it can be seen as a challenge! Nurses are good at taking on challenges. We are also good at being very creative with very little. So...my goal for next year is to work on putting together a professional development and education plan that encourages and facilitates effective, relevant, sustainable learning! How am I going to do that you ask? I'll let you know. I was up for a few hours in the early hours one morning last week and spent the time doing a Mind Map. Today I need to take that to the Senior Nurse Group and sell my plan - or at least discuss my thoughts since I don't yet have a plan to sell.
So it looks like I'll be here for a while now that the challenge has come back in to the equation. I'll let you know how today goes when I next post :o).
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