The Role of Nursing Teachers in Enhancing Innovators’ Competency among Baccalaureate Nursing Students

Abstract

            Today's world is undergoing rapid changes (disruption), in terms of science and technology that has developed at a leap forward. Widely distributed and wireless communication is a catalyst for working people to see the importance of building new skills and a new career in digital. Education can be regarded as an important mechanism of quality human resource development in order to develop Thai people to have the potential, to be ready to cope with the changes of the world that occur. Educational Management and changes in the Bachelor of Nursing Program have resulted in educational reforms for innovator competencies to be the key competencies of learners in the 21^st century in order to have ideas to create innovations in nursing or apply existing ones to create value in the production of nursing conditions and to meet the needs of service recipients of all ages. The roles of instructors in enhancing innovators' competencies of nursing students had three competencies which are as follows: 1) higher thinking:) 2) entrepreneurship 3) teamwork and collaboration. Instructors used a 4-step process: 1) leading to learn 2) leading to think 3) leading to change and 4) leading to innovation.