Kindergarten Career Day

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in a couple of weeks I have to give a presentation to my daughter's kindergarten class about being a registered nurse (although I don't finish nsg school until may). I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a quick demonstration I could do that would be fun for this age group. if you have any suggestions on children's books concerning nursing I would love to hear about them as well. thanks!

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All kids like to hear heartbeats. Take a bunch of steths with you and let them listen to each other. Teach them where the radial pulse is.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, ED.

tape and gauze pads and maybe some kling would be fun.

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Specializes in Cardiac Step Down, PICU.

Have the kids make their own stethascopes with styrofoam cups. I did this with my sons kindergarten class and they loved listening to each others hearts with their own stethascopes.

I also brought in a few extra stethascopes the teacher passed around for the children to try.

Have fun

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Specializes in High Risk In Patient OB/GYN.

Johnson&Johnson will mail you as many Nurse coloring books as you want, competely free of charge...Trying to think of the website....

Hmmm....You might not get it on time, but it's worth a shot.

Edit: I found the site-- http://www.discovernursing.com/free-materials-promotional

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Specializes in PCU, Home Health.

I ordered some and it said 10-14 days, if that helps any. Thanks for the link- these are cute.:balloons:

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Specializes in NICU.

Thanks so much, Kell. I've already been tapped to talk to my little girl's class and these will be perfect.

Raggedy, I didn't think about a craft project; those stethoscopes sound cute.

I'm feeling better about this already :).

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thanks kellny i just ordered the coloring books, i think they should get to me in enough time. i like the stethascope ideas too.

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Specializes in High Risk In Patient OB/GYN.

I did a presentation for my son's school (2nd-4th graders) last year. I was nervous too, but we had a ball.

We did it in 6 groups of about 40...with each group--didn't matter the age, sex, race, anything-the top questions for each group were "Did you ever save anyone's life?" and "Do you see a lot of blood/vomit/poop?"

I also got a few sad stories, that were told in such an innocent way, it just about broke my heart "Ooh! Ooh! I know where you work! My grandfather went there last year, but his heart stopped and they couldn't save him and he died and now he's burried and we visit him sometimes" or "There was something wrong the baby in my mother's belly, and it didn't get to be born so I didn't get to be a big sister yet"

:(

I think I handled my responses to the questions and stories pretty well, but I think if I would have thought about it before hand, I could've done a better job. My point is-maybe start thinking about how to handle situations like that now.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

You could make a poster showing nurses in different settings (can use the old cut & paste method from different materials - doesn't have to be anything fancy). Any & all first-aid supplies (gauze, Ace wraps, slings) will occupy little minds & hands. There is a great (though old) Mr. Rogers book titled "Going to the Hospital" -- discusses the hospital setting in a wonderful non-threatening way.

Have fun with this! :)

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.

Also, when my facility has open houses for families and kids, They provide masks and hair bouffants... the kids love dressing up and seeing how funny the other ones look. ..:)

Sounds like youre going to have fun...:smiley_aa:

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Specializes in DOU.

Take a lab coat or two for them to try on, your stethoscope, and Bandaids. What kindergartener doesn't love bandaids?

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