NR 535: Week 4 Assignment: Preparing to Teach: Developing a Teaching Plan Student’s Template MSN Student’s Name: ……XXX……. Required information regarding target audience: The target audience for this lesson plan is associate degree nursing students in their first year. Barriers to learning that may be present include preconceptions or misinformation related to the topic, classroom disruptions, and anxiety related to the topic. Misinformation or preconception related to the topic could affect the teaching/learning process due to the learner having difficulty differentiating between accurate information obtained in the classroom and prior knowledge. This barrier will be addressed by providing accurate information related to the topic. Classroom disruptions can halt the teaching-learning process. This barrier will be addressed directly to those who are being disruptive to prevent distractions and establish rules of the classroom. Anxiety related to the topic can affect learning due to possible previous experiences with hospice or palliative care. This barrier will be addressed by professionally providing the lesson information without providing personal experiences to prevent learners from becoming emotionally upset. My personal learning philosophy is that learning is a collaborative effort between the educator and the learner. Allowing the learner to take charge of their learning process through discussion and collaboration with other students and the educator will enhance the learning process. 1 Required information regarding lesson title and purpose: The title of this lesson plan is: Introduction to hospice and palliative care. The purpose of this lesson is to teach the fundamentals of caring for a patient at end of life. End of life care is an important part of healthcare and can be highly specialized. The ability of nurses to identify, provide care for, and personally cope with a dying patient is a skill that should be learned by all nurses. This lesson will last two hours and will occur in a traditional classroom setting taught in a didactic manner. Required Teaching Plan: Lesson- specific Learning Objectives At the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to: Topical Outline Instructional Method Learning Resources/Materials Evaluation Methods Lesson Specific Objective #1: 1.Hospice a.Characteristics.