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Welcome to the Nurse Educator Forum. It is my desire that you find this a warm, inviting place and will come here often for friendly, collegial discussions.

Let me introduce myself: I have been an ADN nurse educator in a small community college in North Carolina for the past two years. My areas of specialty are medical-surgical, OBGYN and immediate newborn, and cardiac nursing. In addition to teaching, I conduct clinicals on general medical-surgical, PEDS, postpartum, and cardiac step-down units. Along with being a full time nursing instructor, I am working on my Masters in Nursing Education. I am enrolled in a fully online curricula and have been very satisfied with this so far.

I have learned much these past two years but, I have so much more to learn! I look forward to hearing from you.

I am an instructor in a PN program and have been full time for almost 2 years now. I adjuncted for 1 semester before that. I am an analytical person and am always trying to make things better for the students. I have a BSN and have looked into going for my master's but just can't get excited about it. I feel overwhelmed with all the details that running a program includes. I totally agree that we are not taught to teach. Yes, we are taught to teach patients but never to prepare and deliver a 3 hour lecture on 4 chapters of pharmacology. Luckily powerpoint is user-friendly. I rely on the powerpoints that come with our textbooks and the test bank. I have yet to come up with any test items on my own. I will pull from several NCLEX-PN books first. I don't feel ready for any classes on test item writing yet. Teaching full-time is a challenging job.

Becky

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I am also a new Geri teacher in BSN program. I just wish there had been a lecture bank to draw from occasionally. It takes hours upon hours to write new lectures, and I still work every weekend at the hospital. No days off for me. Ive been told it should not take this long but Im alittle anal in that I have to know something before I teach it.

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hi!:confused:

i'm writting turkey.i m taking mastır degree in marmara unversty in istanbul.

my research is topic education nurse in career development(career personel,human manegament system in hospital).i didnt find this topic.please can you help me! tank you very much.im sorry my english bad.:smilecoffeeilovecof

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Since I've made a few posts now, I thought I'd introduce myself...I'm Becki. I graduated in December with my MS in nurse-midwifery. While in grad school I got roped :lol2: into being a clinical instructor for BSN students in the OB clinicals by my mentor, who was the course instructor for their didactic class. I didn't expect to love teaching students so much! After graduation, I stayed on staff with my school as adjunct clinical faculty because I really enjoy the students, even with all the challenges they bring. (And the job market for CNMs is really bad here).

Becki

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Hi! I am the Director of Clinical Education at a small community hospital in PA. I have more things going on that I can handle! Is there anyone here who works in staff development? This is an extremely challenging field, with limited resources (like finances and education staff) that must meet not only educational needs but institutional needs as well. Right now, I need to re-vamp a prector/mentor program, and sell it to staff who feel overworked and do not want the extra burden of precepting. Which means we aren't keeping our new GNs long enough for them to make adifference to our staffing shortage. I just can't get them to see the connection! Any ideas?

Tank you replied my massege.I was worked in very famous hospital in turkey 2 years ago.Sametimes they was personel development for education.For example; Communication, User Computer, Coaching etc. and career developt education.NICU,ICU,OB..etc.

I want to know different education typs in U.S. Tank you ...:specs:

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Specializes in ICU,PCU ECF, Agency.

Perfect answer, they appreciate honesty, and they learn that they won't always know the answer to everything, but they need to research the question.

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Perfect answer, they appreciate honesty, and they learn that they won't always know the answer to everything, but they need to research the question.

Tank you.I said 'I m MS degree in Marmara Universty in Turkey at Nursing of Education part.'

Now I searching for my thesis. Topic is Creativity and Nurse Education(Staff,Personal development):idea: . Would you help me, please?

Certanly..

Sim

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Specializes in ICU,PCU ECF, Agency.

Sim,

Did you plan on doing a research study, or a lit review for your thesis? Can you give me more info on what you want to do? Staff/prof development and creativity may be hard to put together. Was the topic chosen for you or do you have a special interest here?

MSN_Ed

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Specializes in Endocrine, Ambulatory.

Are wannabe nurse educators welcome as well?? I am currently in a MSN/nursing administration program and wanting to teach. This has been a long time dream, not just to teach nursing students, but to teach in general. My background is primary care: internal medicine, endocrine and case management. I worked on a med surg floor and in same day surgery, then went to physician offices first internists and FA, then to endocrine, where I became a certified diabetes educator and taught patients and families as well as put patients on insulin pumps. (I can teach diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2 with my eyes closed and both hands tied behind my back!)

The MSN program I am in was the shortes online MSN I could fine, with my goal being hirability for nursing faculty positions. I have already completed a third of my program, and have an anticipated completion date of June 2008. I am hoping to get information on this forum that will help me get my foot in the door. I have applied for an adjunct position doing nursing clinical for a PN program on an Ortho floor. I am really excited, I hope they offer me the position!!

Any pointers or tips would be greatly appreciated.

TGB

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Hi tgb1966,

I changed my degree focus from FNP to Education this week. I never saw myself as someone wanting to teach, but was kind of roped into it and now I love it. I currently teach a Med/Surg clinical on Saturdays for one community college and I teach Anatomy and Physiology I & II during the week. It is just the challenge I needed to boost my career:) I also have a background in Med/Surg and working with physicians among many other areas.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey and good luck with the adjunct position:)

Katrina

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Specializes in rehab, CCU.

Hello All!

I am starting a brand new job next week! Yippee! Started out as a teacher a few (ahemm) years ago. Decided to try nursing, have my BSN, one class towards my MSN, and after several years of med/surg experience, 5 years of ICU, I will be the new nurse educator for med/surg at a local hospital. I do mean new - they haven't had unit educators before! I already know some of my job will be helping to develop policy and procedure, getting nurses up to par on competencies, etc. I'm really excited, and a little nervous. After next week or so, I fully expect this to change to "I'm rather excited and so nervous I can't stand my self" Any one have any advice on where to start??? :chair:

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Specializes in Mental Health and MR/DD.

Hello everyone, I work for the Southwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU pronounced Hic-U) and we provide assistance to providers who provide services to those that support people who are intellectally challanged. We do this by providing trainings related to various topics about the intellectally challanged.

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