BigBadInstructor

BigBadInstructor

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BigBadInstructor has 37 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.


A nurse for 37 years

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  1. PN students wear white or they choose color?

    My students also complained about the white pants they had to wear and the same pink top that dietary aids wore. Once there was a change in program directors, the faculty and students met, and went over different uniform styles and colors until ther...
  2. What do you/your school do about no-call/no-shows in clinical?

    Absolutely, fail the clinical. In our program, fail a clinical and you are dismissed from the program. Our community healthcare facilities, encourage us to adher to employee standards, which are no call, no show, no job. There are ways that studen...
  3. Grading student written papers

    Is there a rubric for the written papers that is given to students besides what the stated requirements are? A lot of times you can write the rubric and include APA format and give various grades to represent what it is that you will and will not ac...
  4. Handling inappropriate student requests

    OMG! This is my life also. The incivility of students is astounding. Their remarks, demands (never requests), and then astonishment when you call them on it. Rules are given, in student handbooks, syllabi, and then these students think it doesn't...
  5. Unsafe student in clinical

    What does your clinical evaluation say? Has this behavior been documented, particularly since this is a recurring behavior that has been remediated and not improved upon? I believe the student feels there is no reason to do better because what she ...
  6. What a blow to my ego

    I had a student exactly like you, a few years back, who was having a particularly bad experience with a very surly nurse. After talking with her, we agreed on a plan of action. When the nurse had her verbally pinned against the wall, she took out a...
  7. How have you handled computerized charting?

    Our students have been using computerized documention for several years in acute care, and now several of our long term care facilities are going online. At each facility our students are given logons and passwords which are strictly theirs, which me...
  8. Students who won't listen---what to do?

    Totally agree with all of the suggestions to help this students, and wholly agree that flunking the student maybe the only viable solution. But a word of warning. Do document every conversation, every outcome, and everything that was attempted. Th...
  9. teaching tools for Mental health nursing course

    Sorry about the late reply, but holidays have interferred. I found Back from Madness from the Films for the humanities and sciences. I get a catalog from these folks, but it is still an HBO film. I can't remember where I got the multiple personali...
  10. teaching tools for Mental health nursing course

    I like to use videos to illustrate mental illness disorders, because frankly just reading about the disorders do not always tell the entire story. I start out my course showing "Back from Madness" a struggle for sanity. Its from HBO and its around ...
  11. HELP!! I need guidance I saw someone cheating

    There is no doubt that this is an ethical problem. The student cheated, was observed cheating, and should be reported. This is a very hard thing to do, but ethically must be done. You know that this is the right thing to do ethically, because it is t...
  12. are online MSN programs respected?

    My state does not have a graduate nursing program that has a nurse educator option, therefore I had no choice but to go out of state, which means distance education. I think llg had excellent advice on what to look for, especially the reputation of t...
  13. A friend enrolls in your class, what now?

    The best book on classroom management techniques, and really a guide for faculty is Billings and Halstead "Teaching in Nursing, A guide for faculty." Its from Saunders ISBN 978-1-4160-4084-2. Good luck
  14. Test Questions

    I have never heard of having a set number of test questions per credit. But since it is a "sacred cow" looks like you have no choice. I use a lot of matching questions, with each part numbered separately. I also use the NCLEX books for test questi...
  15. Where is there money for faculty to return to school?

    Been there, done that. I totally agree with you. Why, when you need a master's, at least, to teach, is it so tough, and expensive to get? My state has no nursing education master's degrees programs, so I was forced to go out of state. And of cour...