Sunflower3

Sunflower3 has 23 years experience and specializes in NPD; Administration; M/S; Critical Care.

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1. Are Nursing Programs Adequately Training New Graduates?

   Sunflower3 replied to vbwise2's topic in Nurse Management

   llg, "We need to combine the best of what the university-based programs have added to the profession and combine it with the best of what the diploma schools offered." I could not agree more with...

2. time management

   Sunflower3 replied to suni's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Suni, Have a calendar for each class and enter due dates of the weekly readings and assignments found on the course outline or syllabus. Refer daily to this calendar so you can plan ahead to work the...

3. Number of Nurses Certified in NI

   Sunflower3 replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Are other certifications, such as in Health Information Technology, useful in this field? At my facility everyone is encouraged to gain certification in their field and for those just starting an...

4. 2011 HIMSS Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey Results!

   Sunflower3 replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Informatics

   RNInformatics, This is great information-thanks so much for sharing these survey results!

5. Nursing informatics practicum

   Sunflower3 replied to ANALYNEB's topic in Nursing Informatics

   ANALYNEB, Your best bet is to contact the staff development/nursing education dept. of an academic medical center, since they are used to providing practicums for students, of all disciplines. If...

6. Online programs

   Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Glad to assist. All the best to you, in your educational pursuits! :)

7. Online programs

   Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

   My Master's was in Nursing Education, not advanced practice. So the focus for my DNP is Nursing Leadership. Between tuition reimbursement from my employer, and the two scholarships, I will have...

8. Online programs

   Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

   MagnoliaNurse, Yes, $1K/credit hr is steep. The good news is at the doctoral level, there are scholarships and grant funding that your school has access to, to assist with tuition for students at...

9. Online programs

   Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

   AnnieB2, When shopping for an online degree, first ensure that it is CCNE-accredited. After you've established this requisite for quality, then look at the curriculum and it's focus (there are...

10. Online programs

    Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Your school will give you ideas for sites that would meet the requirements. For my MSN, I was in the Nurse Educator track, and I spent some time in the Staff Development dept of another hospital,...

11. Online programs

    Sunflower3 replied to whyldlife's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I did the online RN-BSN degree program at Regis University in Denver, CO. That program had 105 practicum hours. For the Community Health class, I spent 40 hours with a local school nurse. It was a...

12. NELRP 2010

    Sunflower3 replied to sedietsch's topic in General Students

    Thanks babysaverRN! Glad to see that the funded ratios are below 100%! Congratulations to everyone who has received the award, up to this point.

13. NELRP 2010

    Sunflower3 replied to sedietsch's topic in General Students

    BabysaverRN, Thank you for sharing this update. Would you mind sharing your debt ratio with the group, so we can understand what ratio is currently being funded by NERLP? For example, mine is at...

14. Ideas for training demo during informatics interview

    Sunflower3 replied to KrustyTheNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    rninformatics, This is very good advice~thank you for sharing. I'm being considered for a Director-level position in Informatics that would combine clinical simulation, for a group of Clinical...

15. ANCC Nursing Professional Development exam

    Sunflower3 replied to Sunflower3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    llg, Thanks for the insight. I am using my expanded knowledge gained from the course to study the areas I am a bit weak in. Were you able to identify test questions that were being piloted (not...