knittwhit

knittwhit has 27 years experience and specializes in Behavioral Health.

Latest Activity

1. Clinical Lab Instructors

   knittwhit posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I am making the leap from adjunct clinical instructor to full time clinical lab instructor. The position became available unexpectedly and I will be jumping in without the benefit of the former...

2. Looking for a Boston Nurse to shadow

   knittwhit replied to Lbug09's topic in General Nursing

   You could contact the continuing education or staff development department from a hospital you are interested in. They could help set you up. Good luck, and remember what you see in a day or so, is...

3. Systems assessment

   knittwhit replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   i can't claim authorship. i found the original information on one of the boards here. i print on both sides of a 4x6 index card then can lay them out 3 to a standard sheet, laminate them then trim...

4. Suicide attempt on our pedi psych unit. Please keep my coworkers in your thoughts.

   knittwhit replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree, I worked on an adolescent unit that had a successful suicide. It was devastating to staff to say the least. Our manager brought in the hospital's employee assistance program (EAP)...

5. Report sheet

   knittwhit replied to RN007's topic in Psychiatric

   This is related but a little off topic. Our new manager wants us to be like "the other nursing units" which of course as a 22 bed, mixed CD and general psych unit, it is not. She is not in favor of a...

6. Systems assessment

   knittwhit replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I absolutely agree with you. I teach freshman fundamentals. One of the first things we talk about before going into the clinical setting is beginning the assessment as soon as you walk into the room....

7. ?Should students give IV push drugs?

   knittwhit replied to Zans's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I am currently supervising my students with IV push meds. Our policy is that the student can only give IV push under the direct supervision of the instructor. They have had to demonstrate competencies...

8. New Clinical Instructor

   knittwhit replied to scarlett o'hairy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Thanks for the advise BigBad. So that is what they really think of us...LOL This is my first year teaching. I started with clinical lab in an ADN program 2 weeks ago. We have one more lab before we...

9. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   knittwhit replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   My name is Barb. I completed my MSN with specialization in healthcare and nursing education last November through the University of Phoenix. I will be starting as an adjunct clinical instructor,...

10. Patient handoff

    knittwhit posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am curious as to how others are handling change of shift patient handoff. Up until recently we have used a taped report by the charge nurse to convey information to all members of the oncoming...

11. Too many lame courses in MSN programs?

    knittwhit replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Oldibutgoodie, hang in there. When you get to the end you will see how it all comes together. The information you are learning is all part of the skill set you will need as an advanced practice nurse....

12. ? for all of you pysch nurses

    knittwhit replied to donefinally's topic in Psychiatric

    I have been in psych nursing for over 25 years, the time has flown by. I agree, follow your bliss, you won't regret it!! I agree with the previous poster, there are so many opportunities and different...

13. University of Phoenix

    knittwhit replied to emrych's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Accessability was the key factor for me. The closest masters course for nursing education in my state was over an hour away and they would only accept full time students. Since going to school full...

14. University of Phoenix Online MSN Program

    knittwhit replied to MarkRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I heartily disagree with you. I am about to finish my MSN in Nursing and Healthcare education. This was my second time in a masters level program, the first being a traditional land based program. The...

15. Student seeking assistance

    knittwhit posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am an MSN student working on my capstone project which involves exploring the role of the nurse educator in a variety of settings. I tried posting my survey here yesterday but cannot due to board...