A​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ddressing the Needs of Underperforming Learners To prepare: Reflect on what you have read in the literature or experienced firsthand, and recall situations that involve nursing students, RNs, or patients/families struggling with learning or performance. Select one situation to address in this Discussion and consider the following: • Think about potential indications that might have signified that someone was experiencing a learning challenge. How might a nurse educator have recognized the difficulty the learner was experiencing? • Consider how a nurse educator might use formative assessment/evaluation to monitor learning and/or performance. How could assessment/evaluation be used to identify indicators of struggle and, ultimately, lead to performance improvement? • Examine strategies that support struggling learners. If you were the nurse educator in this situation, which strategies would you most likely employ? • Identify potential ethical and legal concerns associated with your strategies. What considerations should guide your behaviors and interactions as a nurse educator, for instance, in using one or more of these strategies, communicating with the learner, or consulting with authorities or others at your institution? -Write a description of a situation involving a learning challenge. – Explain how a nurse educator could use formative assessment/evaluation to monitor learning and/or performance, and how this could help him or her to identify early indicators of learning difficulties. – Propose two strategies that a nurse educator could use to support the struggling learner. -Explain two potential legal and/or ethical considerations that should guide the nurse educator’s behavior and interactions associated with supporting a learner’s performance. -U

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