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I am trying to gather some information to present to our non nursing leadership who determines our faculty work load. Right now we are 1 credit = 35 hours and 1:1 for theory, lab, and clinical. Where I am seeing discrepancies is I will have an instructor teaching 4 credits of clinical (140 hours of in person clinical time with students). Other instructor teaches a 4 credit theory course and total in person hours teaching is 60 for the semester. But their work load is still 1:1.

It was a very rewarding job that as an educator I really enjoyed. The longer you are there and the better that you do you will get more students. But if at any time that you feel it is too much, just let your leader know and they will keep it where it is comfortable for you.

Hello fischek, CNA! Globe University/ Minnesota School of Business is an accelerated nursing program that the student can complete their Bachelors of Science in Nursing in three years. We are CCNE accredited and approved by the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Our pass rates are excellent for the NCLEX-RN. Our program offers hands on nursing experience starting your first quarter in the program. Our BSN program is located in Richfield, MN and we admit twice a year (January and July). I am the Dean of Nursing and would love for you to call the campus to schedule a visit to see what makes our program stand out from others. The phone number is 612-861-2000; please ask for nursing admissions. We hope to speak with you soon

I work for a 3 year BSN program. We give a dosage calculation exam every quarter. As of right now, the students get 20 questions and they are limited to 2 minutes per question. I know can change this policy as far as the time limit goes. What are your thoughts? I feel it's important that we make sure we are providing safe nurses who will take the time to figure out the math but at the same time, I feel there should be a time limit. Your input is greatly appreciated.

Good afternoon! I have been asked to start up an RN to BSN program within our University. We have a very successful BSN program now and we are wanting to reach more and move them to a higher level. I would like to hear from you! What would make a great RN to BSN program stand out from all of the others? Thank you for taking your time with this!

A little background...this is a very small (5 students) OB class. They were told to research the pros and cons of different birth control options as well as patient education. They asked their instructor if they could put it into table format and she agreed. Four out of the five included a reference sheet with a reference on it. Nowhere on their papers was there any in text citations. 80% of their papers were direct word for word out of their textbooks. They all felt that referencing at the end was adequate. We met with each of these students and I honestly feel that they did not purposely plagiarize. All four admit that it was plagiarism and they have learned a very valuable lesson. This is where is gets a little trickier...One of the four has had some previous issues. He took a picture of an exam and was smart enough to post it on Facebook. He automatically failed that course and had to repeat it. Another time he plagiarized a paper. We sat down with him and had a very long discussion about this and his actions. As per faculty protocol, he was exited from the nursing program for having two academic dishonesty issues. However, the academic team (not part of the nursing department) decided that they really like him and they overturned the nursing department and allowed him one more chance into the nursing program. When he started back up some of the members of the academic team and the nursing team spent a couple of hours going over stipulations to allowing him back in. One was that there could be NO academic issues. Well, now that this has happened, he is scheduled to be exited from the program. Once again, the academic team does not feel that it was plagiarism. They feel that since he referenced in the back of his paper that it was an attempt and should not count as plagiarism. To me, plagiarism is simple and clean cut. Either you write in your own words or you give credit. I am meeting with the academic team tomorrow and I have the backing of the entire nursing department. I just wanted to get somebody else's opinions.

There is a great app that I use with my students to help understand EFM. It is called Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and it is free through the apple app store. Great tool!

Why an ADN program, as compared to a BSN program? You can do an accelerated program in a year longer and this degree will really help with excellent job prospects.

The university I teach for is moving to all iPads and ebooks. I am wanting to put together a list of great apps that deal with maternal health nursing. Any suggestions?

When teaching endocrine disorders in pediatrics, I start the class with letting them all know that they have just been given the diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. I then have each student check their blood glucose and hand them an envelope with different blood sugar reading to draw from during the class. We then go into the mechanisms of T1D and randomly throughout the day I will have an alarm go off and they "check" their glucose and make note on the amount of insulin and any interventions. This continues throughout the entire class as we discuss other issues with the endocrine system as well.

One of the biggest things that I remember from my MSN program was to never teach to a test. When I give a test, I will do an item analysis to see how many students miss each question and if 80% miss the same question I will take another look at this question and decide from there if I will throw it out. I just gave an exam in pediatrics on Monday and one question that asked where you would see substernal retractions with a picture. Most (90%) picked the wrong answer. This is very important to know and it was very obvious as to where the substernal retractions should be seen so I did not throw that one out. It really is up to your judgement. Another tip that has worked great and I am seeing a better response to test grades, is that I allow the students to use handwritten notes for their exams. These have to be written in their own handwriting. By doing this they are retaining more information than they do by just reading. It has been a great study tool, and they really do not even go back to look at their notes when they take the tests. Hope this helps.

Just starting to teach Nursing care of the childbearing family and wanting to get some idea's that others are using for papers, projects, etc. Thank you!

I need to come up with a nursing diagnosis for my health promotion class that relates to something that I am going to work on improving within myself. I have chosen to try to not eat as much chocolate and to eat a healthier lifestyle. The one I came up with is: Imbalanced nutrition r/t excessive intake AEB dysfunctional eating patterns. Does this sound good or can you think of any other ideas to make it better.

good morning! i am one of 6 that are helping to organize ournursing school annual nursing forum. the purpose of this is to get all of thenursing students together and to find a topic that is of importance to each ofthem. this year's theme is going to be focused on self-care of the nurse and self-advocacy. i am looking for some clever ideas of names for the forumthat will be fun! this year we are also going to have breakout sessions, so iam looking for ideas for that as well. so far the breakout sessions that wehave are: *"i've graduated nursing school, now what?" (forour students who will be graduating a couple days after the forum.) *creative journaling- writing without apa or references *??????? thank you all for your creative ideas that i know you willhelp to come up with!!!!