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1. mandantory study sessions for nursing students

   cicinurse replied to cicinurse's topic in Educators

   Thanks for your input. I greatly appreciate it!

2. mandantory study sessions for nursing students

   cicinurse posted a topic in Educators

   The nursing program, in which I am teaching, has instituted supervised mandantory study sessions for those students who are failing either one or more courses. I have found little research on the benefit of mandantory study sessions as a means of rem...

3. Study Guides

   cicinurse replied to cicinurse's topic in Educators

   Thanks for your reply and I don't see my study guides as a problem at all and have received numerous thanks and aha moments from my students which only substantiates the study guides effectiveness. I am wondering if this is an "old school" mentality,...

4. Study Guides

   cicinurse replied to cicinurse's topic in Educators

   Thanks for your reply and yes, the director gave me an example of a study guide she thought was appropriate which basically gave a list of key terms for example: milia, icterus, sternal retractions, .........I feel this is of little value to the stud...

5. Study Guides

   cicinurse posted a topic in Educators

   Need to touch base: I am a new educator and have been teaching both the clinical as well as didactic arena for a little over a year. In my current two courses, I have been developing a study guide as an added tool with each unit for the students and ...

6. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cicinurse replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hello, I would like to introduce myself to the forum. I am a new nurse educator employed part-time at a community college in my hometown. I teach in the the practical nursing and professioanl nursing program at the college. I have recently completed ...

7. I posted this in general discussion as well.

   cicinurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for the input. I agree that suspension without pay is not the appropriate thing to do unless it is a patient safetly issue. I do believe that the behavior that I have seen and been reported to by a new nurse has created a hostile work envirome...

8. I posted this in general discussion as well.

   cicinurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Operating Room

   I am a manager of a small rural hospital operating room in the midwest. After reading the posts, I have gained some valuable information from you all. I work in a similiar enviroment with people that have a variety of personalities that I have issues...

9. added responsibility

   cicinurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Need advice from experianced nurse managers. I am currently the Manager of a rural hospital operating room with responsibility for anesthesia, central sterile and pacu. My director has recently asked me to take over the hospital cardiac cath lab due ...

10. OR nurse managers, let's talk!

    cicinurse replied to druse's topic in Management

    I am a new nurse manager for a 5 room OR including the Pacu. Would love to "pick the brains" of other Or nurse managers.

11. skin prep

    cicinurse replied to matakamoo's topic in Operating Room

    We are using Technicare for our Vaginal preps. Is anyone else using this product?

12. Calling All Nurse Managers/Clinical Directors

    cicinurse replied to RNPATL's topic in Management

    Hello, I am needing guidance from those of you that have been managers for awhile. I will start with some background info on my situation. I am currently the Interim Director of Surgery at a rural hospital. I had applied for the position about 4 mont...