truey85

I work at a small community hospital, about 95 beds, we have unit based clinical educators for all of our units. Some are combined like PCU and ICU. I am extremely impressed with the effectiveness and availability of both information and hands-on help. Our educator is on the floor during the week and she encourages us to use her if we need help with a procedure or if we are doing something new or if we don't feel confident with a task that is unfamilar. Our educators at our hospital don't claim to know everything, but they will always help us to find out the awnsers or information that we need.

One problem that I have encountered a lot is that elderly people or those with sight problems cannot differentiate between the different buttons on the controls. This is especially hard because the nurse call light button is hard (or impossible) for them to find. Maybe if the buttons are raised and different shapes it would be possible for patients to feel the difference between the buttons.

Have you tried the NYS Board of Nursing website? I know it can be hard to get someone on the phone, I had better luck with email instead of trying to call a bunch of times. Here is the link - http://www.op.nysed.gov/nursing.htm#gen The forms to apply for licensure are also on the web site! Good luck!