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1. Tips for New Nurse Educators

   carolynd replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I am wondering what is the best way to mentor a new instructor who has just finished a masters degree but will be teaching in the fundamental class of an associate degree program. We have trouble with them wanting to go to deep even before students ...

2. Graphic Resources for Powerpoints

   carolynd replied to BGSRN's topic in Educators

   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins has a Life Art Medical Clip Art available. Also many of the text books have accompanying CD Rom with pictures you can place in your power point. You can also google images related to health care and sometimes use the...

3. Nurse Uniform Study: All Opinions Welcome!!!

   carolynd replied to koala15's topic in General Nursing

   My question about uniforms is --- Do nurses today look like professionals? Can nurses be identified by patients or do we look and act like unlicensed personal. Do you think patients have more confidence in you when you wear cutsy prints? I look at ot...

4. Dress Code for nursing students?

   carolynd replied to NPTeacher's topic in Educators

   Very interesting discussion. I am not sure I understand why we are having the discussion. I belong to a community college and we have a nursing education department. The belief of the nursing faculty is to present professionalism (including dress)...

5. 12 hour clinicals

   carolynd replied to riverteacher's topic in Educators

   Generally our ADN program uses 6 hour clinicals for the first year students and 8 hour clinicals starting during the Practical Nurse summer then throughout the entire second year. In the spring of second year we do a Focused Practicum experience in ...

6. Question of the Month: Should A & P Content Be "Retaught?"

   carolynd replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   It has been my experience that many students need to refresh their A & P yet the curriculum is already so full I frequently see reteaching as unnecessary. I have found a focused worksheet to be helpful. Most nursing textbooks have a chapter on ...

7. OB Clinicals

   carolynd posted a topic in Men

   I would like to know about your experience in OB/Maternal Nursing clinical rotations.

8. Ati

   carolynd replied to Mantibob's topic in New Nurse

   ATI has a whole program of exams to be used throughout the major content areas. Our school uses them to provide students with more computer testing time and different questions than those developed by faculty. These content tests are used as procto...

9. Clinical Evaluation Ideas Please

   carolynd replied to carolynd's topic in Educators

   Thank you for the responses to my question. I will follow up to each response. Any further words of advise much appreciated.

10. Clinical Evaluation Ideas Please

    carolynd posted a topic in Educators

    Our school has gone to competency based nursing. We have developed 5 competencies with sub elements to each competency. Students must pass each competency in order to pass the quarter. We are wondering if there is any school that does something si...

11. nursing instructor shortages

    carolynd replied to ddewitt's topic in Educators

    our school just received the governor's award for best practice by writing, receiving, and implementing a grant, which allowed us to increase our student cohort by 12 in an alternate tract of learning. we received funding for 2 years and were able to...

12. Prioritization and Management Resources Needed

    carolynd posted a topic in Educators

    Because management and prioritization questions are increasing on NCLEX our school is scrambling to find resources for our students. We are looking for case studies, practical application exercises, etc. Currently we refer students to the Kaplan NC...

13. nursing instructor shortages

    carolynd replied to ddewitt's topic in Educators

    I believe one must have a masters to fully understand concepts of curriculum development, classroom control and basic test construction. All of these should be learned while enrolled as a masters student. You become enlightened to an entirely new w...

14. Nurse Educator Opinions

    carolynd replied to barb4575's topic in Educators

    I do not consider myself hard but I am not easy either. I believe in taking the beginning student and helping them, using warmth and understanding, to learn the concepts of nursing. I have very firm expectations (parameters) but allow human flexabili...

15. Nurse Educator Opinions

    carolynd replied to barb4575's topic in Educators

    It always amazes me when teachers become frustrated because students don't read the text before class and are therefore unprepared for a class quiz. When I hear these complaints I begin by asking such questions as: How much have you asked the student...