Nurse Educator and

her Roles
 The nurse educator is:
1. Primary source of knowledge of learners in nursing.
2. The primary catalyst for learning process.
3. A role model for nursing students.
4. An active facilitator, who demonstrates and teaches
patient care to nursing student in the classroom and
clinical setting.

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 The nurse educator is:
5. A source of healthcare information and patient care to
clients of care.
6. Is diligent; keeps abreast of developments in his or her field
through continuing education, reading nursing journals, and
active participation in workshops and seminars.

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 Functions of Health Educators
-demonstrates competence in both theory and practice

A health educator performs the following:

1. Collaborates
2. Designs and conducts evaluation and diagnostic studies

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 3. Develops and implements health education and promotion
programs.
4. Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve
health education objectives and surveys.
5. Develops, conducts or coordinates health needs assessment
and other public health surveys.
6. Prepares and distributes health education materials, such
as visual aids like films, videotapes, photographs and posters.

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 7. Provides guidance to agencies and organizations in the
assessment of health education needs and in the development
and delivery of HE Programs.
8. Provides program information to the public.
9. Promotes and maintain cooperative working relationship.
10. Develops and maintains health education libraries.
11. Develops, prepares and coordinates grant applications.
12. Document activities, records information such as number
of programs completed.

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 13. Maintains database, mailing lists, telephone networks and
other info to facilitate the functioning of health education
programs.

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 Three Basic Roles
Besides the usual roles of a teacher, a nurse educator assumes
further responsibilities, which include three basic roles.

1. Instructional Roles
2. Faculty Roles
3. Individual roles

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 1. Instructional Roles
Task:
a. Planning and organizing courses.
b. Creating and maintaining desirable group climate.
c. Adapting teaching and preparation of instructional
materials.
d. Motivating and challenging students to pursue and to
sustain learning activities.

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 2. Faculty Roles
a. chairman, secretary, or member of one or more
committees
b. Counselor
c. Researcher
d. Resource person
e. Representative to professional nursing organizations
f. Public relations agent

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 3. Individual roles
a. Family
b. Church
c. Community
d. Country as citizen

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Thank you