Classroom Management

Classroom Management
Nursing students are busy people who juggle many demands at once: family, work, and school, among other things. Students generally do not participate in optional ungraded assignments because of their time constraints (Bristol & Zerwekh, 2011). One strategy for classroom management is to decrease the feeling that students are doing busywork. This requires giving credit, in the form of points toward their grade, for their efforts.
In order to head off problems with netiquette, the nurse educator needs to lie out expectations for interacting in the online environment. This can include basic recommendations such as using a professional writing style that does not include short-hand or abbreviations (Bristol & Zerwekh, 2011). In the online environment, incivility is increasingly a problem that interferes with learning. Social media sites are often the forum for incivility between instructor and student. De Gagne, Yamane, Conklin, Chang, and Kang (2018) recommend implementing policies and guidelines in order to avoid unprofessional conduct in the nursing school environment.
References
Bradshaw, M. J., & Hultquist, B. L. (2017). Innovative teaching strategies in nursing and
related health professions (7th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Bristol, T. J., & Zerwekh, J. (2011). Essentials of e-learning for nurse educators. Philadelphia,
PA: F. A. Davis Company.
De Gagne, J. C., Yamane, S. S., Conklin, J. L., Chang, J., & Kang, H. S. (2018). Social media
use and cybercivility guidelines in US nursing schools: A review of websites. Journal Of Professional Nursing, 34(1), 35–41. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.07.006
Smith, Y. M., & Crowe, A. R. (2017). Nurse Educator Perceptions of the Importance of
Relationship in Online Teaching and Learning. Journal of Professional Nursing, 33(1), 11–19. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.06.004