Houser Gear Conceptual Model for New Nurse Educators

Abstract

This article presents a conceptual model explaining classroom dynamics, to guide novice nurse educators who are transitioning from clinical practice to academia. A critical review using Fawcett's framework for analysis and evaluation of nursing models was used to develop the Houser gear conceptual model, a visual representation of a gear system depicting the fundamental relationship among nursing leadership, active teaching strategies, and student learning outcomes.

A Dynamic and Inclusive Approach

“…Frameworks of new knowledge that were presented first in our pages include the Nichols–Nelson Theoretical Model of Comfort (Nichols, 2018), the Houser Gear Conceptual Model for New Nurse Educators (Houser, 2020), and a Midrange Theory of Empowered Holistic Nursing Education (Love, 2014). And the title of this editorial is from “Exploring the Potential of Dialectical Pluralism for Nursing Knowledge Development” in this issue, by Shahzad Inayat and Graham McCaffrey of the University of Calgary.…”