doliveri

doliveri has 36 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. Students at Shift Report

   doliveri replied to BGSRN's topic in Educators

   Many of the hospitals that we are contracted with do not want students in shift report. I personally believe that first semester students may not necessarily fully comprehend what is said in shift report and I am not sure how much learning would take...

2. What is the biggest frustration for nursing students?

   doliveri replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Educators

   Hi, You make very valid points that need to be reinforced to instructors. You have touched on several issues that cause students frustration. These are issues that students seem to respond about on facultly evaluations.

3. Instructors...solve this mystery for me..<please>

   doliveri replied to justme1972's topic in Educators

   Hi, A test review in my point of view should give feedback to a student in order to learn, first and foremost. A student should be able to understand the concepts that were not clear to them on the exam. This should be a learning process. On the flip...

4. Increase in NCLEX Exam Failure

   doliveri replied to PedED's topic in Educators

   Hello! At the school where I teach, our first time pass rates have risen. We have been using ATI and we have a progression policy with consequences for not being successful on the ATI exams. The students take the ATI exams starting in the second seme...

5. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   doliveri replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi, The teaching salaries have gotten better in California, but it really depends on what school district you are with. My daughter teaches fourth grade in a Title 1 school in their fourth year of program improvement and is entering her second year o...

6. Giving meds in clinicals

   doliveri replied to BeenThereDoneThat74's topic in Educators

   In the program where I teach, pharmacology is integrated through each course. The program offers a mandatory online pharm course in the first semester, but it concentrates on dosage calculation and not pharmacokinetics, which I think students do need...

7. Is a Nursing Dept mission statement important?

   doliveri replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Educators

   Hi, You are not old fashioned at all! A curriculum revision should not only align itself with the organization's mission and philosophy statement, but your department mission and philosophy statement should serve as the foundation for your curriculum...

8. Determining faculty clinical competence

   doliveri replied to llg's topic in Educators

   Hi, The majority of the hospitals that our school are contracted with require the faculty to attend a mandatory one day clinical competency marathon each year. These marathons are usually offered twice a year in January and early in August. All equip...

9. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   doliveri replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi to all, great to meet all of you! I have been a nurse educator for seven years at a community college. I teach first and second year nursing students beginning and advanced med/surg. I enjoy this so much and I have learned a great deal. I have jus...

10. Medication via peg

    doliveri replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in Educators

    Thank you for sharing this.

11. suggestions on a EKG BOOK!

    doliveri replied to janetrette's topic in Educators

    Rapid Interpretation of EKGs by Dale Dubin,MD. The illustrations are great, it is easy to read, my students love it. It is now in its sixth edition and I used it when I was in my critical care course over 20 years ago Dee

12. Medication via peg

    doliveri replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in Educators

    I believe that if you crush all the meds and flush down the tube at once, you run the very high risk of clogging the tube, and secondly, if your patient should have a reaction to something you just gave, you would not know what it was exactly, not h...

13. Malpractice Question

    doliveri replied to BGSRN's topic in Educators

    You should definitely have your own malpractice insurance Dee

14. Question of the Month: To What Degree Should ECG Interpretation be Taught?

    doliveri replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

    Vicki, I think that only the life threatening arrhythmias need to be taught. I do understand that students spend clinical time on medsurg floors that have telemetry capabilities on them, but I still think that the life threatening ones are sufficien...

15. interested in PhD...but where to start

    doliveri replied to KatieBell's topic in Educators

    Katie, You might want to look into Indiana University School of Nursing, they have an online PhD program. They have an excellent reputation! Good luck Dee