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Your idea also sounds like an excellent one. Remember, you have expertise and the wish to teach; put those together, and 5 minutes will be a snap. Be confident! Have some fun with it!

Go with your strength....talk about pre-op preparation, recovery of the patient from anesthesia, important things to check in the patient's first hour on the medical-surgical unit (think of the basics...vital signs, how and where to check for bleeding in three common surgeries, pain management, etc). With your years of experience, you have a wealth of information to share with these students. Best wishes to you!

Sorry, but you are wrong....Baby boomers (~1945 to early 1960s) did NOT raise Gen Y...we raised the parents of Gen Y (Gen X). We must not have contributed much to their "self esteem" because Gen X obviously wanted to make sure that their children never heard "no" or "second place." Back in the 80's, I had a classmate (age 41!) who had her father call the Catholic nun who ran the program...he wanted special lab times for his daughter. I invite you to imagine how that conversation ended!

We have multiple proprietary schools in the that are accredited by the state, or by organizations like the "The Commission of the Council on Occupational Education."We don't accept those credits. If you are NLNAC accredited, it is very puzzling why the credits from your school would not be accepted. It sounds like the administrative teams from each school need to meet, and figure out what can be done to resolve the issue. You should have a chance to know what the concerns are, and be permitted to address them. Finally, we track retention from admission to the school of nursing (sophomore year). We do a pretty good job of retaining them once they get to us! I am sorry for your former students, who appear to have been admitted, then denied progression. NOT a good thing.

The University where I teach does not transfer nursing credits from non--nationally- accredited proprietary schools in the region. It has nothing to do with bigotry. We are AACN accredited, and our students (BSN and RN-BSN) can transfer or enroll only if their nursing credits are from a school that has undergone the rigorous accreditation process. You have a laudable NCLEX pass rate; may I ask about your retention rate? While the pass rate in my school is not as high as yours (though quite close) we retain, on average, 90% of the students we admit.

"Great people skills, but no thumbs."

Welcome, educator! You will find many experienced (in my case, substitute "youth challenged" :-) faculty here. Feel free to ask questions, and I will look forward to hearing how your course is going and students are learning. Best wishes to you!