Frances Glorioso, DNP, RN, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Methodist College. Her passion for teaching emerged while mentoring students in hospital settings, where she found fulfillment in guiding them through clinical practice. As a nurse educator, Frances is dedicated to fostering compassion, resilience and clinical excellence within her students.
Q: How did your experience as a nurse inspire you to want to teach future nurses?
A: I worked in a hospital that always had nursing students on the floor. I really enjoyed the experience because I really loved showing the students the process of nursing. That experience really made me want to teach students to be nurses more directly.
Q: What is the most rewarding part of watching students develop into nurses?
A: The most rewarding part of teaching is seeing the students really connect theory concepts into their clinical practice. That time when the lightbulb clicks and they go, "Oh!"
Q: How do you encourage compassion, resilience and clinical excellence in your classroom or clinical settings?
A: For compassion, I like to relate the patient situation with ourselves because the only difference between a patient and ourselves is that they're acutely sick. I try to develop resilience by encouraging breaks, especially to "reset and reframe." I try to promote clinical excellence by being a support for my students, doing a simulation before action, and seeing where the student is at before coming up with small ways to build upon that baseline knowledge.
Q: Why do you believe nursing education plays such a critical role in the future of health care?
A: I believe nursing education plays a critical role in building a foundational knowledge and being a low-risk land of experience. A student also has a lot of support from clinical faculty to ask questions without fear or worrying about taking up someone's time.
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