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I graduated in 1980 Male nursing students and LPNs of any race or sex were discriminated against

This isssue with being dismissed from clinicals etc............. This may not be a simple act of our replys as "eating your young" You must understant that as clinical instructors we carry malpractice insurance. When a student does wrong, therefore I do wrong. Clinical locations are getting harder and harder to obtain. If you or one of your students screw up, you have lost that clinical site for the entire program. It is not easy being a clinical instructor, there is some hostility out there from the floor nurses, and if they don't like you, you lose the site for the program.

When teaching students start easy, get to know them and a little bit of their baggage.....and they all have baggage. Have them write down what they fear most, and then discuss it with them class time is a time to learn, not to be frightened give a lecture and then after wards do a small jepardy game (there are lots of software out there to make it really easy) this will get them excited and you will also learn how much they were paying attention in the beginning put them in groups change the groups each time if they seem uneven keep a running score plan a pizza party at the end of your semester with the losers bringing in the pizza and sodas you can also do word games (there are a lot of free games out there)

As an instructor's point of view: you were a safety risk. They probably thought you were on drugs. I am surprised they didn't ask you to take a drug blood or urine test. As a nurse you will find yourself in a similar down time occurance. But as a professional, you can not sleep on the job. If you take this to court: The courts usually rule in favor of the Nursing Instructor. If you still want to waste an entire semester fighting this and not moving on....try reading Brent (2001) and Guido (1997) for information about specific cases. Rights of students that are addressed here are due process, fair treatment, and confidentiality and privacy. But are you leaving something out of this story.....Either way, get moving, time is a wasting! Brent, N. (2001). Nurses and the law. A guide to principles and applications. Philadelphia. Saunders. Guido, G. (1997). Legal issues in nursing. Standford, Conn. Appleton & Large. Scanlan, J. (2001). Dealing with the unsafe student in clinical practice. Nurse Educator. 26(1), pp. 23-27.

When I was a new comer to the clinical nursing scene I got rave reviews from students. They nominated me Instructor of the year, even though I didn't qualify. This did cause some problems with the clinical faculty staff who work really hard and never get noticed. I find that as time goes on, 5 years, I grade more appropriately and use more constructive critism. My biggest fear was to see any of these students fail. But in reality, some should fail and not continue on with nursing. It is a learning process being an educator, one we should not take lightly.

Has anyone ever had any legal issues with clinical student evaluations? What did you do about it? Where can I find information about this subject?

Hi I am doing a take home math for nurses course It is a packet with needed formulas but I have to make it fun so I figure I could do some senarios any suggestions

I get a phone call that the CXR shows bilateral infiltrates or the blood culture is growing gram neg rods is there a chart showing what is serious, etc

I think Harcum is $17000.00 also when is the open house?

Even though I would love to do Clinicals full time I don't because in education they really don't give you $$$ to go back to school. In the hospital I get $4000/yr towards tuitition, and with Master courses at $1500 each it really helps. Plus with doing Clinicals you need to stay working in the hospital to keep up with all the new equipment and changes in policys and procedures. And you can only hold down so many jobs at a time. What I would like to see is the hospital staff doing the clinicals. I think it could work out somehow. I will think more on this and get back to you

Let me be blunt about nursing salaries.. As a RN for 30 years I make $42/hr in the hospital as a Clinical Adjunct I make $36/hr my life seems to be run by the hour hour hour hour hour hour ......... but either place I love what I do and the salary is what I live up and over to!

Have you visited Harcum's campus it is small and intimate I am sure Jefferson is cheaper but you need to see what works for your schedule and ofcourse where you get into

What you need to remember is that any nursing program you enter, If you don't understant something, don't say the teacher can't teach, you need to question things till you understand, that is what learning is. I know the instructors at Harcum, they are great, they all teach differently. And that is a good thing, because we all learn differently. At this stage of the game you have developed your studying and learning skills. Make the most out of it. I learn by doing, so I worked in a hospital during school. I watched other nurses and found many wonderful role models. And even now after all these years I am still questioning and learning. Work hard and study. Don't think nursing is easy. Ask any nurse evey day is different and a challange, which is what it should be. It is important to check out the different programs out there. But the decision has to be your own. Visit the school, talk with the faculty. Call Angela Carboni (assist. to Director of Nursing) 610-525-4100 ext-6123 she will answer all of your questions or even email Ms Carboni (this woman knows everything) [email protected]

With a new chest tube insertion, we always do portable CXRs but if I am taking my patient to CAT or other testing that I need to leave the unit with my patient The chest tube pleura vac is disconnected from suction I try to make sure that during travel that pleura vac doesn't tip over also We don't ever clamp chest tubes any more nor do we milk our chest tubes, when I return I hook the suction back up no harm is ever done

I have been an RN, BSN for 30 years and am almost done my MSN I have been a clinical adjunct instructor for 5 years I also work where I do clinicals, so it makes life easier or more difficult for me Easy is because I have great resources to introduce the students to To help make them true patient advocates More difficult because occassionaly staff members will refuse students or be rude to them I try to always be professional