EDEduc8R

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1. What does your educator do?

   EDEduc8R replied to EDEduc8R's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for your reply- I also do most of the above, and was hired as a full-time educator, but find myself being "pulled" to help on the floor more and more frequently. I enjoy patient care, but at times, it does get in the way of my educator respo...

2. What does your educator do?

   EDEduc8R posted a topic in Emergency

   As a relatively new ED educator, I am curious about what other ED educators do all day... Amongst my educator duties, I am asked to help out in the department frequently (I don't mind, just wondering if other educators do this as much)... So, if you ...

3. Nursing Academia: We Need New Blood!

   EDEduc8R replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I am 31 years old, have my MSN in Nursing Education, and am a hospital-based ED clinical educator. Not all "younger folk" who choose to work in hospital-based education are doing so out of greed. I am an ED educator because I am passionate about em...

4. Msn education classes and working?

   EDEduc8R replied to nursingisok's topic in Educators

   I worked 40-50 hours a week while attending school online for my MSN. Very hard work, but worth it...

5. Your ER policy on giving rides home

   EDEduc8R replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   Let them sit in the waiting room. Somehow, people who couldn't get a ride home before always "magically" find a ride home when faced with sitting in the waiting room for hours...

6. Overcoming Apathy

   EDEduc8R posted a topic in Educators

   As a fairly new clinical educator in a busy ED/Trauma center, I have had one major issue to tackle: Apathy. My unit had been without an educator for quite a while before I started, so there was not any accountability for completing required educati...