njy11801

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1. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   njy11801 replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate your response Leslie. I am a clinical instructor and I try to foster such an environment as you mentioned. We learn in nursing school that patients who have moderate to high anxiety levels are not able to learn and retain information v...

2. Preparing new grads

   njy11801 replied to njy11801's topic in General Nursing

   Great ideas Jolie- I agree with you 100% about the things "universally understood among new grads" that you mentioned. That's why I was posting this thread because I am searching for the things that they don't necessarily see as a student in clinica...

3. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   njy11801 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I am a part-time clinical instructor in an ADN program. I have taught in gerontology and med-surg courses and currently have clinicals on a busy cardiac/telemetry unit. My challenges have been coming up with good post-conference topics to keep my s...

4. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   njy11801 replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I am a clinical instructor and so I understand the complex dynamics between the floor nurses and students. You could give an apology but after that I would just let it go. So many times I see the nurses take out their aggressions on the students bu...

5. Preparing new grads

   njy11801 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I everyone, I am a clinical instructor for an ADN program as well as a part-time staff nurse. I am brainstorming ideas to help prepare my students for the real world, as they graduate next month. I thought about using some of the threads on this sit...