"I'm a life-long learner. Check out my profile picture; I'm having lunch in a traditional family hutong home in Beijing, China! Take hold of every opportunity you're given to learn; the more you learn, the more you'll want to know!

I've been an educator for years. I've taught AD, BSN, Master, and PhD nursing students (campus, clinical, online), MBA students (online), Bible college students (writing, computer usage, & science mostly), pre-school through high school home school students in courses as diverse as writing, geography, drama, public speaking, and character, plus non-academic subjects such as cooking, piano lessons, and gardening.

Surprisingly, my goal is to work myself out of a job! I see myself as your coach. When we're finished working together, our goal is that you've become a successful, independent learner, capable of mastering the subject on your own, and transferring your skills to future learning opportunities. After assessing where you are and where you need to be in terms of mastering your subject content, we'll explore what learning strategies work best for you so we can build upon your strengths. You'll help construct our sessions. I also include critical thinking in every session plus build your skills in studying, organization, reading, and writing because it is important to nail down those basics.

Beginning nursing students: Let's meet at least one month before you start your program and do some strategic planning. This session will give you a strong start, get your time management plan nailed down, give you a variety of resources that can speed along your understanding and application of lecture content and help you prepare both for clinical and exams, help you build your library of "essentials" to speed along your study time, and keep you healthy! Nursing school is stressful, but being proactive will go a long way toward helping you succeed!

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