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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.

Hi VickyRN

I am glad to find this site and I have already learned a lot.

I teach in an ADN Program and am also the new faculty advisor for the student nurse association. I came to this site looking for what other nurses and students are doing to help the hurricane victims. I wanted to grab a bunch of students in the community health rotation and go down to the area. Of course, I think that we will have to settle for a lesser role.

I teach at a community college in Michigan. I wonder if other faculty are getting their students involved in the disaster relief.

Thanks again for your input and oversight.

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 stepdown 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.

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Hi VickyRN

I am glad to find this site and I have already learned a lot.

I teach in an ADN Program and am also the new faculty advisor for the student nurse association. I came to this site looking for what other nurses and students are doing to help the hurricane victims. I wanted to grab a bunch of students in the community health rotation and go down to the area. Of course, I think that we will have to settle for a lesser role.

I teach at a community college in Michigan. I wonder if other faculty are getting their students involved in the disaster relief.

Thanks again for your input and oversight.

Hello, Burle,

So glad you found the site and glad you joined us in the Educator's forum.

My name is Siri and I just started moderating this forum and assisting Vickie.

We hope to see you often and would love to see some of your ideas. I have several of my preceptees leaving tomorrow for N.O. and two of my NPs as well.

Please come back soon and post often. We look forward to seeing you. :balloons:

Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Hi VickyRN

I am glad to find this site and I have already learned a lot.

I teach in an ADN Program and am also the new faculty advisor for the student nurse association. I came to this site looking for what other nurses and students are doing to help the hurricane victims. I wanted to grab a bunch of students in the community health rotation and go down to the area. Of course, I think that we will have to settle for a lesser role.

I teach at a community college in Michigan. I wonder if other faculty are getting their students involved in the disaster relief.

Thanks again for your input and oversight.

I also wish to welcome you to our forum, Burle! :balloons: Our community college campus is collecting items and money to send to the hurricane victims. Our nursing program is supporting the campus-wide relief efforts. Our ADN curriculum program is so tight, that (right now) we unfortunately have no time to spare to go down to LA or to the Gulf coast.

Depends entirely on the school and the way the curriculum is set up. In some programs, peds is integrated with the other subjects; in most, peds is a separate subject. In our program, an entire semester is devoted exclusively to peds. Then, half of the next semester is devoted to OB and newborn. Most small ADN programs cannot afford to have separate instructors for such broad subjects; the ADN instructor therefore has to be a "jack-of-all-trades" with lectures and clinicals. Sounds like you're flexible, so you will do fine. :) In terms of marketability, there is such a critical shortage of nurse educators now (average age of nursing faculty is around 52)--and soon to be a crisis as the faculty begin to retire en masse. There are not many nurse educators in training to replace them. You should have no trouble finding a job.

This does depend on the school. I am a beginning PN instructor and we have three semesters of nursing that covers every aspect of nursing and we try to keep it very interesting for the students who most are cna's and seen some bad habits from nurses. we have to change our image.

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
This does depend on the school. I am a beginning PN instructor and we have three semesters of nursing that covers every aspect of nursing and we try to keep it very interesting for the students who most are cna's and seen some bad habits from nurses. we have to change our image.

Hello, sandra,

Please introduce yourself to us!!! Good to have you here!!

Hi, everyone. I am finishing my Masters in Nursing Ed. I started out as a diploma RN, 20 years later finished my BSN with the intent on the Masters. Finally I see light at the end of the tunnel.

I work with DD clients full time, work part time doing clinicals for a local University, trying to get my foot in the door! Plus i have 3 kids, husband and a great dane!

I live in the middle of nowhere ND, and drive in two different directions for my education and jobs.

Currently, starting tomorrow, I will be doing Peds clinicals. I am one nervous lady. I have spent most of my life in medical. Luckily one of my group homes is high risk kids so I am not completely blind.

I will quit rattling on now. I am glad to find a site with so much useful info.

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Hi, everyone. I am finishing my Masters in Nursing Ed. I started out as a diploma RN, 20 years later finished my BSN with the intent on the Masters. Finally I see light at the end of the tunnel.

I work with DD clients full time, work part time doing clinicals for a local University, trying to get my foot in the door! Plus i have 3 kids, husband and a great dane!

I live in the middle of nowhere ND, and drive in two different directions for my education and jobs.

Currently, starting tomorrow, I will be doing Peds clinicals. I am one nervous lady. I have spent most of my life in medical. Luckily one of my group homes is high risk kids so I am not completely blind.

I will quit rattling on now. I am glad to find a site with so much useful info.

:balloons: Hello and Welcome to Allnurses.com:balloons:

Great to have you here. I am sure you will much to add to this forum, dmacbusy.:)

Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Hi, everyone. I am finishing my Masters in Nursing Ed. I started out as a diploma RN, 20 years later finished my BSN with the intent on the Masters. Finally I see light at the end of the tunnel.

I work with DD clients full time, work part time doing clinicals for a local University, trying to get my foot in the door! Plus i have 3 kids, husband and a great dane!

I live in the middle of nowhere ND, and drive in two different directions for my education and jobs.

Currently, starting tomorrow, I will be doing Peds clinicals. I am one nervous lady. I have spent most of my life in medical. Luckily one of my group homes is high risk kids so I am not completely blind.

I will quit rattling on now. I am glad to find a site with so much useful info.

Welcome to our forum :balloons: We're so glad you're here and look forward to hearing more from you :)

Hi,

I just joined all nurses, and found this area. Last year I began doing clinicals for Health Occ/CNA vocational students. This year I am teaching theory and clinicals for 2 different colleges. Yes, I think there is a shortage in educators, just as there is in the clinical setting. And the average age of educators - I'm just starting and I'm 53. I'm hoping this will be my second career. I'm not looking at retirement any time soon. I have an 11 yr old son and a 13 yr old daughter and am a single mom. Times are changing! I have been a nurse for 25 yrs. It's hard to believe that the 16-18 yr olds that I'm teaching will be the nurses of the future, and it will be a whole new world. It's rather ironic to have to teach them about paper charting when there is so much bedside technology now. Oh, if anyone has any tips on teaching this age group and material, please let me know. Also, I need a good basic grading system. Thanks.

Joy

Yikes!! Boy, will I be the baby (just like whan I started nursing)!! :chair: :rotfl: :p

Hello Everyone?

I am a RN since 1976 with a background in Critical Care, Emergency Nursing, Nursing Administration, and now a FNP. Recently, I was approached to help out with a new LVN program. In order for me to be qualified to teach I must have the following courses under my belt. The California Board of VN's is very strict with no exceptions, even if you have a masters/doctorate degree.

1. Curriculum Development and Instruction

2. Teaching

3. Administration

I found these titles with Phoenix University, it was on-line. However, I found my self to be the only nurse. The cyberspace classroom were all teachers K-12th grade.

Can someone please help me or direct me to the proper courses for nursing? Maybe these are the correct courses. The instructor felt that I could apply these courses to nursing.

Please help with some direction. I prefer online or homestudy due to my busy schedule. It must be a accredited institution.

Thank you

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Hi,

I just joined all nurses, and found this area. Last year I began doing clinicals for Health Occ/CNA vocational students. This year I am teaching theory and clinicals for 2 different colleges. Yes, I think there is a shortage in educators, just as there is in the clinical setting. And the average age of educators - I'm just starting and I'm 53. I'm hoping this will be my second career. I'm not looking at retirement any time soon. I have an 11 yr old son and a 13 yr old daughter and am a single mom. Times are changing! I have been a nurse for 25 yrs. It's hard to believe that the 16-18 yr olds that I'm teaching will be the nurses of the future, and it will be a whole new world. It's rather ironic to have to teach them about paper charting when there is so much bedside technology now. Oh, if anyone has any tips on teaching this age group and material, please let me know. Also, I need a good basic grading system. Thanks.

Joy

Hello and Welcome to the Nurse Educators forum. :balloons: It is a pleasure having you with us.

I can remember when I taught how to use a glass thermometer last year. Most of the class wanted to know why in the world this would be used. Only 1 out of the entire class could read one.:)

I don't know what tips to give you regarding the age group. I try to just teach them all the same. Now, when on an individual basis and not in the clinical situation, my daughters have helped with with the "hip" verbage.:rotfl:

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Hello Everyone?

I am a RN since 1976 with a background in Critical Care, Emergency Nursing, Nursing Administration, and now a FNP. Recently, I was approached to help out with a new LVN program. In order for me to be qualified to teach I must have the following courses under my belt. The California Board of VN's is very strict with no exceptions, even if you have a masters/doctorate degree.

1. Curriculum Development and Instruction

2. Teaching

3. Administration

I found these titles with Phoenix University, it was on-line. However, I found my self to be the only nurse. The cyberspace classroom were all teachers K-12th grade.

Can someone please help me or direct me to the proper courses for nursing? Maybe these are the correct courses. The instructor felt that I could apply these courses to nursing.

Please help with some direction. I prefer online or homestudy due to my busy schedule. It must be a accredited institution.

Thank you

Hello, DrEdwina,:balloons:

Great to have you with us in the Nurse Educator forum. I have read a couple of your posts here at Allnurses.

Have you checked with any other California programs and see if these on line courses are appropriate? Also, check with the state BON.

Good luck.

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