cholli

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1. Can you help me (a student) formulate objectives

   cholli replied to raindrop's topic in Educators

   Hi You are on the right track with your questions- I always refer to Bloom's taxonomy when I am writing objectives- another good place for well worded objective is your textbook.

2. post confrence ideas

   cholli replied to mugwump's topic in Educators

   I always try to correlate the post-conference discussion with the main concepts they are learning in class. I almost always ask questions that require getting out the tabers,davis or med-surg......

3. Students make mistakes, C.Is are liable

   cholli replied to angelC.I's topic in Educators

   Even though the instructor demonstrated and instucted, they were still responsible to assess the student learning. That would be my question. Of course there is an entire spectrum of possibilities here. Each person is ultimately responsible for hi...

4. Tips for New Nurse Educators

   cholli replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I would really guide the new faculty to look at the objectives. Reminiscence is always good. doing the minute paper at the end of the class session or weekly is always good.

5. Interview Scheduled for Practical Nursing Instructor

   cholli replied to lsutigerrn's topic in Educators

   If it is a skill of their choice, I would go to the campus library and check-out a copy of their skills book and reveiw a few rationales. Just remember when you are demo-ing- treat the observers like they were nursing students and elicit their parti...

6. Nursing educators- salaries

   cholli replied to ginat113's topic in Educators

   The schedule is great as well as the reward of working with students, yes I still have teenagers at home and it is excellent to be off in the summer. Fortunately, we have a faculty union and I think my annual salary is decent-not awesome, excellent b...

7. Nursing educators- salaries

   cholli replied to ginat113's topic in Educators

   I work in a PN program at a technical college, I think our hours are quite attractive- off at 3 everyday, weekends off and 13 weeks off every year.

8. CNA Educator

   cholli replied to kc319's topic in Educators

   In Washington state, all of this information is at the state level- board of Nursing Assistants I think

9. Whch method of female catheterization do you teach and why?

   cholli replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Labia, Labia, then meatus, so it is extremely clean to stick the cath in, opposite of peri-care. yes it is confusing, but is they can't figure that out......oh my!

10. MSN without BSN

    cholli replied to akanini's topic in Educators

    i think with the LPN you will be looking at a MEPN (master's entry into nursing practice) program. you will be repeating the fundamentals concepts but in 2 years will have a master's in nursing and be eligible for the RN boards.

11. Post clincal conference topic ideas

    cholli replied to vickie0117's topic in Educators

    One Friday afternoon, the other instructor and I did post conference with all 20 students. We took a grading rubric listing professional behaviors and cut it apart, gave a term to groups of 2, they had 2-3 minutes to come up with a quick skit that r...

12. Tips for New Nurse Educators

    cholli replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

    I would go to the University you want to teach at and interview educators/director/dean there. Don't delay- time goes by anyway- at the University of Washington, I decided I wanted to go in November and started as a graduate non-matriculated in Janu...

13. Clinical Experience is ONLY Clinical?

    cholli replied to showbizrn's topic in Educators

    Well said llg, I teach both theory and clinical and have another faculty p/t for lab and clinical, it is sooooo important that we are both on the same page and complementing each other's instruction, not competing.

14. Clinical Experience is ONLY Clinical?

    cholli replied to showbizrn's topic in Educators

    I do exam review at clinical very subtly by highlighting key concepts from patient care for the upcoming exam

15. New Prep

    cholli replied to Teach's topic in Educators

    We have a set of old eyeglasses that have been made into different disorders- ie vaseline creamed in the middle for macular degeneration, another with pieces of paper taped to create vision cuts etc- a set of 20 for the classroom and the students are...