Tooshay

Hello: this is my first post. I am the DON for a 63 bed facility. I was wondering if other facilities do drug holidays for the residents? Is there any literature to support this practice? If any one does drug holidays, how often is the holiday and what medications should be excluded from the holiday (warfarin, digoxin, etc)? What steps did you take to get the drug holiday in place in your facility? Thank you for any information.

HI Kay, we have used skills supply kits for several years. I don't understand the waiver concern. Is it because the kits contain needles and other invasive equipment? I have had many students ask me if they can use some of the equipment on their family members. I always tell them that it is not a good idea because who knows about sterility integrity. Anyway, let me know if I can be of more help.

HI, I can empathize with your situation. It is difficult to begin teaching students even when there are plenty of experienced educators around to help the newbies; in your situation, it sounds like everyone is pretty new to teaching. Try to find out why the others have left after such a short time. This may help open up dialog for everyone to discuss teambuilding and mentoring needs amongst the faculty. Maybe you will be able to come up with a recruitment and retention plan as well. I think the high turn over rate is the elephant standing in the corner, don't you? On the plus side, with your MSN in Nursing Education, you are in a position to help other faculty members learn about new ways to teach and learn. If care plans is a bone of contention, maybe student input from last year's class could give some valuable insight. Good luck...I hope it will work out for you, especially since you have felt really good about teaching clinicals. This is my first post. I'm not sure if I am to sign my name or not. So, I'll just say Bye for now.