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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.

Specializes in NICU, Education, LTC, Community health.

I didn't even see this thread..lol. I am an RN who started as an LPN about 13 years ago. I completed my MSN in 2004. Currently I am an LPN clinical instructor (fundamentals). I've only been teaching for a little over a year and I've learned a lot by lurking these boards. I hope to learn even more because I want my students to succeed and practice safely.

I also still work in the NICU, my first love. :D

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TeachEmNursing: Hi glad to have you in the education end of things. It is truly exciting to teach those eager to learn. In the post school setting, some of the enthusiasm for learning is lessened but for most the interest to keep up with the newest information is still challenging. Hope you enjoy teaching as much as i do. bevll

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Hello Everyone,

I'm new here and happy to have an opportunity to connect with other nurse educators.

Currently I'm an ICU nurse (8 yrs) working on my MSN at UOP in Nurse Education. I'm down to my last 5 classes and beginning to search for opportunities to teach at a community college. It's been a long haul but I can see a change coming on the horizon, I'm hoping to be ready for this transition in Fall 07.

Looking forward to reading about your experiences and picking up some pointers!

12-lead/12-hours :pumpiron:

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12-Lead/12-hours: welcome. As you head into this new venture in your career, i wish you luck and much fulfillment. Some times you will find it is a lot of hard work and does not seem very rewarding, but there will be times you will feel like you have scaled Mt. Everest in one large leap. I truly love teaching and get much satisfaction from it. Just remember to let God lead the way and seek His will, not yours. Have a Blessed Day. bevll

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Hi all,

What is expected from the nurse preceptor? I've been doing it because I like it and and I have been getting positive feedback. However soon to take on a BSN student for 190 hrs. and dont belive I should just wing it.

JC

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Hey thanks for the words of encouragement "B" I'm glad I found this site, still trying to figure out how to navigate it, it will get better.

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Hey Teach,

I used to be an LPN also, now I'm almost done with my Masters. Talk about along road to haul, WHewwwwww !!!! Ithought a bout starting out by teaching LPN's, but I think it may go to slow or me, so I'm going to start at the Community College level, soon a I get up enough nerve...LOL

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Hi all,

What is expected from the nurse preceptor? I've been doing it because I like it and and I have been getting positive feedback. However soon to take on a BSN student for 190 hrs. and dont belive I should just wing it.

JC

I've been doing ICU nursing for 8 years and have only taught students. Do you have a format that you will follow?

:nurse:

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Specializes in primary care, holistic health, integrated medicine.

i am a new nurse educator... have been in the field since august. i am finding the job both challenging and rewarding. i teach in a two year adn program, however, we also instruct lpns. getting the message in the classroom seems to be the most challenging area, as well as working with less than fully motivated students. i am looking forward to sharing with and mostly receiving information from all of you, especially the more "seasoned" educators.

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Hi to all, I'm new to the forum but pleased to see so many topics and interested parties. I teach inhospital mainly critical care. take care

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I am currently an adjunct faculty for a community college ADN program in Massachusetts as well as an adjunct for an excellerated RN program in a traditional 4 year college. I will have my MSN/ED by February. I have taken the whole course in an online program and now feel I can truly approach my career as an educator with confidence and a new spirit. I am a certified emergency nurse as well as a Legal Nurse consultant and have been in nursing for 30 years. i love the profession and decided to teach because I got sick of working with nurses who knew nothing except how to collect a paycheck. When I get old I want competent qualified nurses taking care of me.

nursechick1 Massachusetts

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Specializes in telemetry, long-term care, oncology.

HI, I'm just starting out getting my MSN in education completely online. My experience has been precepting students and new grads, and teaching Geriatric Nursing Assistant course in a longterm care setting. What a challenge! I'm looking for innovators, and hope to one day collaborate with others to write a new fundamentals book. Dad said "dream big and even if you don't make it, at least you'll go farther than you had thought."

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