mdavidfnp

mdavidfnp has 14 years experience and specializes in family nurse practitioner.

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1. Rules for Nursing School

   mdavidfnp replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   About the elevated grade for a passing in nursing programs. Yes, other programs do similar adjustments. Remember gen ed courses and nursing courses have a big difference. Nurses are at the front line keeping people alive. Weeding out complacent p...

2. Rules for Nursing School

   mdavidfnp replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

   After just finishing a year teaching at a community college I have some observations about students. Many students would complain about a less than A grade and say that they are "A' students in other classes. I felt like saying that getting A's in o...

3. teaching physical assessement

   mdavidfnp replied to mdavidfnp's topic in Educators

   Thanks for the idea about the straw and breathing. That would be interesting and difficult to repeat at my school. Has anyone ever come across an internet video on heart beats, what the actual heart looks like while beating? David

4. teaching physical assessement

   mdavidfnp replied to mdavidfnp's topic in Educators

   Thanks for the response. I talked with several other instructors and we came to a similar conclusion. I found that the students at this school and level were very hands on. So what I am trying to figure out is what sort of activities could I incorp...

5. teaching physical assessement

   mdavidfnp posted a topic in Educators

   Hi everyone, I am new to this so I am not sure exactly what to do. I joined for a number of reasons but one at the top of my list is to seek ideas for teaching. I have a health assessment class that I teach to LPN students. Using traditional metho...