knittwhit

knittwhit has 27 years experience and specializes in Behavioral Health.

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1. Clinical Lab Instructors

   knittwhit posted a topic in Educators

   I am making the leap from adjunct clinical instructor to full time clinical lab instructor. The position became available unexpectedly and I will be jumping in without the benefit of the former instructor being available as a resource. I am looking f...

2. Looking for a Boston Nurse to shadow

   knittwhit replied to Lbug09's topic in General Nursing

   You could contact the continuing education or staff development department from a hospital you are interested in. They could help set you up. Good luck, and remember what you see in a day or so, is far from what the career can offer.

3. Head-to-Toe Assessment

   knittwhit replied to Nurse Bethie's topic in Educators

   Hello Haze, I'm attaching the pocket card template. It is a word document and set up to print out on a 4x6 blank index card. I usually print page 1 on the desired number of cards then flip them over and print page 2. Hope this works for you. Head to ...

4. Systems assessment

   knittwhit replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

   i can't claim authorship. i found the original information on one of the boards here. i print on both sides of a 4x6 index card then can lay them out 3 to a standard sheet, laminate them then trim them. the students love them, and i love sneaking up ...

5. Suicide attempt on our pedi psych unit. Please keep my coworkers in your thoughts.

   knittwhit replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree, I worked on an adolescent unit that had a successful suicide. It was devastating to staff to say the least. Our manager brought in the hospital's employee assistance program (EAP) professionals to help us deal with the loss and the impact it...

6. Report sheet

   knittwhit replied to RN007's topic in Psychiatric

   This is related but a little off topic. Our new manager wants us to be like "the other nursing units" which of course as a 22 bed, mixed CD and general psych unit, it is not. She is not in favor of a taped report for all oncoming staff to listen to (...

7. Systems assessment

   knittwhit replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Educators

   I absolutely agree with you. I teach freshman fundamentals. One of the first things we talk about before going into the clinical setting is beginning the assessment as soon as you walk into the room. I give my students a laminated pocket card the fir...

8. ?Should students give IV push drugs?

   knittwhit replied to Zans's topic in Educators

   I am currently supervising my students with IV push meds. Our policy is that the student can only give IV push under the direct supervision of the instructor. They have had to demonstrate competencies in the lab prior to the clinical setting and must...

9. Head-to-Toe Assessment

   knittwhit replied to Nurse Bethie's topic in Educators

   Thank you!! We are doing head to toe assessments with the freshmen in clinical lab this week. Your card corresponds nicely with the handout they will be receiving. I'm going to print them out on a 4x6 index card and give each student one to take to c...

10. New Clinical Instructor

    knittwhit replied to scarlett o'hairy's topic in Educators

    Thanks for the advise BigBad. So that is what they really think of us...LOL This is my first year teaching. I started with clinical lab in an ADN program 2 weeks ago. We have one more lab before we hit the floor. It is interesting getting to know eac...

11. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    knittwhit replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

    My name is Barb. I completed my MSN with specialization in healthcare and nursing education last November through the University of Phoenix. I will be starting as an adjunct clinical instructor, teaching fundamentals with the freshmen, with a local c...

12. Patient handoff

    knittwhit posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am curious as to how others are handling change of shift patient handoff. Up until recently we have used a taped report by the charge nurse to convey information to all members of the oncoming shift. In order to meet JCAHO and CMS standards however...

13. Too many lame courses in MSN programs?

    knittwhit replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Post Graduate

    Oldibutgoodie, hang in there. When you get to the end you will see how it all comes together. The information you are learning is all part of the skill set you will need as an advanced practice nurse. The courses will enhance your critical thinking a...

14. ? for all of you pysch nurses

    knittwhit replied to donefinally's topic in Psychiatric

    I have been in psych nursing for over 25 years, the time has flown by. I agree, follow your bliss, you won't regret it!! I agree with the previous poster, there are so many opportunities and different areas of psych.

15. University of Phoenix

    knittwhit replied to emrych's topic in Online Learning

    Accessability was the key factor for me. The closest masters course for nursing education in my state was over an hour away and they would only accept full time students. Since going to school full time and not working was not an option, I put off re...