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do you feel that at a certain age one should not be teaching nursing? my point is, some people i have been talking to say that the "older" teachers are not "in tune" with "todays" nursing. no, not the fundamentalist aspect but the mind set of nursing being one way in the "lab" and a totally different way in the "real main stream of nursing".

a good foundation comes with those who are "older" but the "younger" instructors teach with the "real" world in mind.

what are your thoughts?

Specializes in LTC, ER, ICU,.

thanks for your replies.

i must say, i like the diversity that each individual instructors gives through universal knowledge, personal life experience and both professional and person clinical experiences.

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Mattsmom81, I am a dinosaur too! LOL

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Specializes in Community Health Nurse.
Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes

I guess it depends on how hard one works to maintain his/her hand on the very pulse of current issues in nursing. I see some folks in their 40s who are stodgy as hell and unwilling to make the tiniest changes, yet others in their 60s who read journals and stay current and don't let contant change freak them out. How is that for a convoluted answer? In other words, how can we put a number on it? That to me, would be very discriminatory and unwarranted.

Gotta agree with you on this one SmilingBluEyes! Well said! :kiss

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