Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

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  1. Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

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Do you think of "Nursing Education" as a nursing specialty?

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Seems like my truthful comment was not appreciated , Sorry but that is a true statement of just how terrible some of the so-called educators I've had have been. Yes, we do feed back forms on presentations, and we have consistantly marked some "educators" as bad, unprepared, off topic, not enough knowledge to present properly but it gets us nowhere. One so called educator, paid for at a big price by the facility, showed up with liquor on her breathe and preceeded to give us a hour long speech on how alcohol can and does effect behavior. The presentation was supposed to be on cardiac related care. I truly appreciate a good education program, but I just do not get that many presented to me. Talked to another nurse today, has 20 years experience, and was called "out of date and out of touch" with todays nursing for answering a question from an educator truthfully, she said she did change the needle prior to injection of meds if she drew it up from a rubber capped bottle. Educator stated todays needles do not get dull while drawing up med and it was a waste of nurses time. This nurse was made to feel stupid, outdated, and useless by this socalled modern educator. Like I said, I just calls it as I see it or experience it.

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Seems like my truthful comment was not appreciated , Sorry but that is a true statement of just how terrible some of the so-called educators I've had have been. Yes, we do feed back forms on presentations, and we have consistantly marked some "educators" as bad, unprepared, off topic, not enough knowledge to present properly but it gets us nowhere. One so called educator, paid for at a big price by the facility, showed up with liquor on her breathe and preceeded to give us a hour long speech on how alcohol can and does effect behavior. The presentation was supposed to be on cardiac related care. I truly appreciate a good education program, but I just do not get that many presented to me. Talked to another nurse today, has 20 years experience, and was called "out of date and out of touch" with todays nursing for answering a question from an educator truthfully, she said she did change the needle prior to injection of meds if she drew it up from a rubber capped bottle. Educator stated todays needles do not get dull while drawing up med and it was a waste of nurses time. This nurse was made to feel stupid, outdated, and useless by this socalled modern educator. Like I said, I just calls it as I see it or experience it.

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I feel it's important for a nursing educator to be a nurse, that is to have nursing degree. Likewise, I find it amazing that those who do not possess teaching qualifications are allowed to be nursing educators. You wouldn't let an untrained nurse near your patients so why treat your students with the same contempt? Teaching is a specialisation unto itself, not merely a branch of nursing. Does one attend university expecting their professor to be unqualified? Does one expect their car to be repaired by a mechanic who has only studied cars via books?

Unfortunately, as with nurses, teachers also are grossly underrated and disrespected as a valuable member of the community. The replication of wives' tales, while unfortunate, only points to the ignorance of those who repeat them.

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I feel it's important for a nursing educator to be a nurse, that is to have nursing degree. Likewise, I find it amazing that those who do not possess teaching qualifications are allowed to be nursing educators. You wouldn't let an untrained nurse near your patients so why treat your students with the same contempt? Teaching is a specialisation unto itself, not merely a branch of nursing. Does one attend university expecting their professor to be unqualified? Does one expect their car to be repaired by a mechanic who has only studied cars via books?

Unfortunately, as with nurses, teachers also are grossly underrated and disrespected as a valuable member of the community. The replication of wives' tales, while unfortunate, only points to the ignorance of those who repeat them.

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ABSOLUTELY! :offtopic:

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ABSOLUTELY! :offtopic:

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Without teachers, there would be no other professions.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Without teachers, there would be no other professions.

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