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First year instructors: GOOD BYE! I am so glad I am moving on but I will miss you all! Second year instructors: You people scare me!

Mystic nurse We probably need to create our own thread about this. I know that they consider sim man the way to go and are planning to have nice little sim man hospitals for everyone to practice in instead of going to the hospital as much BUT I DON't think it provides a realistic experience. We have to go to sim lab about every 3-4 week rotation. When we go we do exactly the same prep that we do at the hospital. I find our preconferences excellent - we have a great instructor who discusses all problems that could arise and things that we need to watch for and include in careplans and assessments. THAT IS GOOD. Then you go in the room and feel like you are putting on a highschool production. It is all very fake and uncomfortable. I don't like the video camera and we can't do everything to the sim man that you can do to a real patient - he doesn't change apperance - he only tells you what is wrong and can't do that very effectively. It just seems very fake! Most of my classmates agree - it is a waste of time. I am a former teacher (of 13 years) and I know how quickly education will "jump on a bandwagon" without thinking through the big picture. Sim man does provide good practice on a quickly changing emergency situation - where your patient was fine but suddenly went downhill. But for day to day care and assessment - I don't see the use. I should have been in the hospital giving meds, shots and starting IVs! Just my opinion -and you know about opinions - they are like armpits - everyone has them and sometimes they stink!:nuke:

I am really thankful for all that you have done for me. BUT Would you please stop telling me to "READ,READ, READ" during what is suppose to be lecture on the subject matter. Every time you lecture - about every 10 minutes you say this... I HAVE READ every chapter assigned and what I need from you is some explination and some elaboration! Telling me over and over to do something that I have already done is NOT teaching! TEACH the material!!!!!!! AND SIM lab, VCE, and other rotations that do not directly involve the hospital are NOT helpful at all! THey make me want to SCREAM! THANK YOU for letting me vent!:clpty:

YUCK!!! VCE stinks to high heaven! I have gotten nothing useful from doing them... We have to do them when we AREN'T in Sim lab - what a total waist of time both ways!

When you ask the Dr if you really need that antibiotic he is trying to prescribe to you. Yep - did it yesterday before I thought about! "Do you REALLY think this is a bacterial infection - it just started today" I should add I wasn't there for an infection - I was there having my BP checked b/c of nursing school....and he observed my stuffy nose, sore throat and potential sinus infection! I am glad he is good natured and just said Yes - I think you do....

uhhh.. teaching... been there done that.