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Any clinical instructor using a website to grade papers like essaygrader.ia? I'm expected to grade papers and for me it's a lot, like 90. I'm already spending time grading other assignments. I need some helpful advice. Thanks.

A friend of mine did a Chamberlain contract and it was equivalent to making $50/hr but grading was including in the compensation. She did her grading at home, and she told me it took 6-8 hours per week to grade the students' assignments. She also told me some instructors graded at the clinical site so that grading time was not spent on their days off.

@Bluey4Life so did you take that job?

Probably worse. ? Had one complain we were wearing our shirts too tight to class. ?? I was a cutie pie!

"We might have to start giving them a pat on the back for coming to class on time!" ??

Take a deep breath and remain strong. Your career is not over. I hope that you have lawyer to represent you. Hang in there.

Hey, give Davita a try. An agency like working per diem may not hire you. It's best for you to work full time. Also, if you live in a city with a county hospital give it a try as well. Wish you all the best.

Back in 2020 I found a PRN infusion nurse position on either Indeed or Linkedin....can't remember which. One major skilll was starting IV's, being familiar with the medications and of course being reliable. It was a company that did infusions in the patient's home. No chemo. I infused IVIG and had to of course know how to perform vital signs and go by the company's specific protocol for the frequency of vitals. It was paper charting also. I felt comfortable because my hospital experience supported what the company needed. IV skills, vital signs, and familiarity with the medications. But hey give it a try. I bet a physician's office would be willing to train you. Once you get the training then you could work PRN and make more money.

Students are pretty tech savvy. If I were one I would generate a care plan with use of the assessment data. And also create a nursing diagnosis with interventions from the assessment data. What makes ChatGPT worth it is the data input. I've been playing with ChatGPT and it's quite amazing.

Some travel companies, such as Prolink, do not work with nurses with a "hit" on their license. Even if a travel company is willing to accept your aplication, sometimes the hospital is the one who does not want a travel nurse with a history of their license being reported for whatever reason. Here are some employment suggestions. Work at home nursing jobs. Go back to school but your license needs to be unemcumbered. Clinical instructor but your license needs to be unemcumbered. Reach out to a former employer and see if they'd be willing to hire you back. Nursing home, rehab, home health, insurance companies, outpatient dialysis clinics. Keep applying. Don't be scared to apply to hospitals in your area. It's going to always show up on Nursys, so just be completely honest when answering the question on the application about your license ever being reported. I wish you all the best. Also, time away from the incident helps.

I hope as educators everyone's trying to keep up with what's going on with artificial intelligence, because ChatGPT is a game changer. Finally, I was able to create an account and log in. It generated a nursing care plan with 8 interventions, and 10 cardiac nursing diagnoses. I'm speechless! The one thing it did not provide was a credible source for the interventions. I would think that many students, including those in nursing school, are using this new technology to write their care plans, papers, and powerpoints for projects. I'm exctied about ChatGPT but it's going to impact academia. You'll have to ask yourself did the student write this paper or did artificial intelligence write it?

Wow, I haven't heard of an MSN in Education with a sim focus. Sounds interesting. IMO....a focus on simulation sounds about right for generation Z and generation A, and generation whatever else. Sounds like a very forward-thinking program. You'll probably be more prepared for sim lab experiences with nursing students and that's a good thing. For question 2, they don't care where you get your MSN. There's a shortage of instructors and the pay is piss poor....but hey it's not bedside. For question 3, you have plenty of experience to be a clinical instructor. Matter of fact, with a BSN you can be a clinical instructor of LVN students.

So sorry to hear about your situation. No, it's not the end of the world and it's not the end of your nursing career...but. Here are just a few suggestions. If I were you I would write down everything that happened that day because if you have been reported to the BON they will eventually need for you to explain what happened. Now, it might take 2 years for the BON to get to your case. So, in the mean time shore up your strength. What I mean by that is to get mentally strong and get a lawyer when the BON sends you the official letter. So, continue to work and continue to live your life. I also hate to tell you this but once the BON has investigated and once a decision has been made, you will forever have to answer, "yes", to the question of "Has your license ever been investigated, suspended, or had disciplinary action taken against it?".... So, take a deep breath. If you have truly been reported to your BON, it may take a couple years before they get to your case. Keep working. You're not a bad nurse. It can happen to the best of us. Remember to get a lawyer. Don't tell anyone at your new job anything. Once you get the "official" letter from the BON then tell your boss. Again, until then continue to work and live your life.

First, it was a good decision landing the nursing instructor job while you're getting your MSN. Now the pay won't be such a shock to the system. You already know what you're getting yourself into. No nurse wants a pay cut but such is the world of academia. I haven't taught in the classroom because I enjoy being a clinical instructor. Less preparation compared to classroom and at the most 10 students. Eventually, the longer you teach you will have power points, quizzes, activities, and videos organized and ready for the students. It will get less stressful. Anyway, I wish you the best and keep at it. All the prep time will get less cumbersome.

Clinical is going to start on Zoom. I ordered a book of case studies from Amazon. I'm also going to see what resources I can get from the school library.

I'm not a California nurse but this is what I make here in Texas with a MSN in Education. I'm not full-time but the pool pay is $35/hr. Pool meaning I just help out when I can, no benefits. So for me I get pool pay when I cover for another instructor or when I help out in lab with the students skills. When I have a group of up to 10 students at a clinical site it's written as a contract. Last year I was paid $5400 for a 3 month contract. I got paid once a month over a 3 month period with taxes removed. The clinical day was only 1 day a week at the clinical site for about 12 hours. I also still work in the hospital at the bedside. As a clinical instructor it was great. No exhaustion. No lifting heavy patients. No passing meds. No angry docs, family members, staff, etc. I graded papers and clinical paperwork on my laptop. I did rounds, received patient reports from the students, checked their documentation, assessed their knowledge and skills. Very rewarding.

Hello everyone! I'm currently working adjunct as a clinical instructor with ADN students. Saw an OT who works as an educator who told me that her students once had a rap battle. I really want to do things that are fun and engaging. So, I thought about having my next clinical group do a rap intro. Instead of standing in front of the students and introducing myself, I would instead introduce my self in a short rap: "My name is Ms. Mahoney. I have my MSN. I want all students to get their learning in." Something like that. Does it sound doable or just silly?

This is just my opinion but more men in nursing has increased the overall pay....and that is just one reason why I appreciate men in nursing.

Acute dialysis? Loved it because with all the overtime I made good money. Loved the autonomy. Loved only dealing with one physician...the nephrologist. Now there's a catch though. It's called "being on call". A question I suggest you ask during your interview is what's their call schedule. Is it going to be 1 day a week? Are you expected to work your dayshift schedule then be on call afterwards? Is there a night shift nurse to help alleviate being on call during the week? A couple of ICU nurses who switched to acute dialysis couldn't handle being on call and not knowing what time they would be getting off. For example, one of the nurses told me that one time she did not finish her day until 2 a.m. She had clocked in at 7 a.m. that day. Eventually, both of those nurses went back to the ICU. I'm not trying to scare you but that is the reality of acute dialysis, and sometimes nurses have to float to other hospitals to do the treatments.

No, here in Texas it depends on the city. Fresenius lost a bunch of contracts in San Antonio but in Austin they are thriving. To see if a hospital has its own dialysis unit check their careers page for inpatient dialysis positions. But if you’re just interested in outpatient chronic then the only companies I’m familiar with are Davita, Fresenius, and US Renal. In general they do outpatient dialysis and hospitals do inpatient. Some hospitals do contract out to Fresenius, davita or Satellite for inpatient dialysis.

Yes, same here. I'm turned off by the low pay and the poor quality of students so I took a break from the academic setting. For right now I'm just working extra hours at the bedside. At the moment I'm trying to figure out how to make money off of nursing students because plenty of them have Androids, I-phones, apple watches, Littmann stethoscopes, etc. I've been really thinking about making teaching videos on YouTube or developing a teaching pod-cast.

I've been looking as well and I've seen the same requirement either DNP or PHD for online instructors.

I'm in Texas but a friend of mine just happened to call a Fresenius clinic and the person who picked up the phone told her that they were hiring. I don't know why she chose that particular clinic but it's one that's always short staffed. Just by luck she got hired. She has her BSN.

My best friend and I bought a home and set it up as a personal care home here in TX. We still have the home, but we're renting it out to a married couple. When our last client passed away, my best friend decided to go back to nursing school. Here are just a few things we learned along the way: 1. Contact whatever regulatory agency you have in your state and know the rules. We could only have 3 people as residents because we were considered a "personal care home", and we did not have a sprinkler system in the home . 2. We priced sprinkler systems after we had bought the home. We were getting quotes up to $30,000 to have a sprinkler system installed from the "installers". 3. We had a website. 4. We set up the company as an LLC. 5. If one of our caregivers called in, we had to cover. One time I was in the home with the client for 48 hours. Cooking, cleaning, dressing, turning him every 2 hours during the day and night. 6. Be prepared for when your client goes from walking to wheelchair to being bed bound. Anyway, I say go for it but do your research first and always check out the competition in your city.

Keep your head down and do your job. Meaning, do patient care and stay out of the staff politics. You'll be paid more than the staff nurses so some will be angry about that. You will be coming into work happy because the contract will only be for 13 weeks, and some will be angry at that. Remember that you are there for patient care and not if the staff like you or not. I was a staff nurse for 2 years before I took on a travel assignment. I learned a different computer system and adapted to unit protocols. Just go for it and ask plenty of questions once you get an interview.