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I know this sounds very weird, but here goes. Nurses in several area hospitals are helping patients to sniff the fumes from alcohol swabs as a nursing intervention to treat nausea. Clearly this is not appropriate and could be dangerous according to...

We've been having difficulty finding OR experiences for students. For whatever reason, facilities are rarely willing to allow students into the OR anymore. Is anyone else experiencing this? Do your students have a day in the OR? Is this an old fa...

I was caring for a very sweet AA lady, w/ TKA and asked if there was anything special she wanted me to do for her hair. She got all upset and said I was a racist. I was shocked by this, as I was only trying to care for the 'whole person'. How woul...

What state are you speaking about del100?

Mark Twain said "There are lies, there are d**n lies, and there are statistics." It is important for nurses to know how stats can be massaged. It is also important to be able to evaluate the statistical methods when reading the professional literat...

I would recommend taking grad level education courses in curriculum and teaching techniques to anyone entering the classroom environment.

I hold ALL diabetic meds if the glucose is

I've thought about teaching review courses, but am not sure what it is like, or how to get started. Any advice is appreciated.

Jan, Thanks for your reply. I am thinking about doing this on a part time basis initially, with the goal of becoming almost full time down the road. How did you get started? Beyond familiarizing oneself with the materials, what sort of prep is in...

Do they have a nursing program?

Our students practice on simulators, not each other. (ADN program at community college)

My colleagues and I discussing the concept ofauthentic assessment and how it may or may not apply to nursing education. Is anyone using authentic assessment in the education process?

That's how I see it as well. Thanks for the reply.

No, I'm thinking of 'authentic assessment' in terms of assessing / evaluating student performance in the clinical and theory settings. The Higher Learning Commission is encouraging that we get away from multiple choice types of evaluating student le...

When I was doing my NP practicum, I also worked as a clinical instructor. Comparing the two roles side by side, it was an easy choice for me to see that my talents were best applied to education. You might try to do something similar. I do feel tha...

I'm sure it can vary from one body to another. In higher ed, 50 min is the standard.

A contact hour equals 50 minutes of classroom time. Some facilities pay and others do not.

This is a very interesting thread and I find agreement with many of the posts. Most of the time people leave our program because life gets in the way. We have a very liberal policy about taking them back within 12 months if they feel they can make ...

I think you've included them all.

We are by the credit hour + 10 hrs a week in the office. We are also expected to be on campus a total of 30 hrs per week. Clinical hrs do not count the same as classroom hrs. They are multiplied by 0.6.

Educator here. We do not push meds until the very last semester. Instructor must be present each time.

I suggest you check out Lutheran hosp in Wheat Ridge. It's not to far from Boulder and is a super hospital. Good luck to you!

This is very true; however, we are still held responsible. I think that is the reason we have to sign, so they know who to sue

I am wondering how different facilities require instructors to review and co-sign student entries. The facility I am at allows me to sign at the end of the day, but I hear that some require each entry to be signed at the actual time it is written. ...