BigBadInstructor

My students also complained about the white pants they had to wear and the same pink top that dietary aids wore. Once there was a change in program directors, the faculty and students met, and went over different uniform styles and colors until ther...

Absolutely, fail the clinical. In our program, fail a clinical and you are dismissed from the program. Our community healthcare facilities, encourage us to adher to employee standards, which are no call, no show, no job. There are ways that studen...

Is there a rubric for the written papers that is given to students besides what the stated requirements are? A lot of times you can write the rubric and include APA format and give various grades to represent what it is that you will and will not ac...

OMG! This is my life also. The incivility of students is astounding. Their remarks, demands (never requests), and then astonishment when you call them on it. Rules are given, in student handbooks, syllabi, and then these students think it doesn't...

What does your clinical evaluation say? Has this behavior been documented, particularly since this is a recurring behavior that has been remediated and not improved upon? I believe the student feels there is no reason to do better because what she ...

I had a student exactly like you, a few years back, who was having a particularly bad experience with a very surly nurse. After talking with her, we agreed on a plan of action. When the nurse had her verbally pinned against the wall, she took out a...

Our students have been using computerized documention for several years in acute care, and now several of our long term care facilities are going online. At each facility our students are given logons and passwords which are strictly theirs, which me...

Totally agree with all of the suggestions to help this students, and wholly agree that flunking the student maybe the only viable solution. But a word of warning. Do document every conversation, every outcome, and everything that was attempted. Th...

Sorry about the late reply, but holidays have interferred. I found Back from Madness from the Films for the humanities and sciences. I get a catalog from these folks, but it is still an HBO film. I can't remember where I got the multiple personali...

I like to use videos to illustrate mental illness disorders, because frankly just reading about the disorders do not always tell the entire story. I start out my course showing "Back from Madness" a struggle for sanity. Its from HBO and its around ...

There is no doubt that this is an ethical problem. The student cheated, was observed cheating, and should be reported. This is a very hard thing to do, but ethically must be done. You know that this is the right thing to do ethically, because it is t...

My state does not have a graduate nursing program that has a nurse educator option, therefore I had no choice but to go out of state, which means distance education. I think llg had excellent advice on what to look for, especially the reputation of t...

The best book on classroom management techniques, and really a guide for faculty is Billings and Halstead "Teaching in Nursing, A guide for faculty." Its from Saunders ISBN 978-1-4160-4084-2. Good luck

I have never heard of having a set number of test questions per credit. But since it is a "sacred cow" looks like you have no choice. I use a lot of matching questions, with each part numbered separately. I also use the NCLEX books for test questi...

Been there, done that. I totally agree with you. Why, when you need a master's, at least, to teach, is it so tough, and expensive to get? My state has no nursing education master's degrees programs, so I was forced to go out of state. And of cour...

I definitely would not give up the idea of becoming a clinical instructor, heaven knows there aren't enough of us out there now. But as the other educators have indicated, you really need some experience as a nurse first. In my state, out west, you...

I found Druggo in the book: Instant Teaching tools for health care educators by Michele L. Deck. The book is from Mosby and my book is from 1995, hopefully there is a more update copy. I got a lot of different games and such from that book. The ph...

I had this same problem but in reverse. I had my son's "girlfriend" admitted into the nursing school where I worked as professor. Now my son and his "girlfriend" were both married at the time, just not to each other. We live in a very small town, ...

Remember as faculty we are advisors, and not counselors. Our faculty was told this by on-site visitors from our Board of Nursing. This really does help faculty when students start talking or asking help with their personal lives. Send students wit...

Sometimes its hard to see yourself from another person's perspective, especially a student. But be glad that they are willing to give you feedback. I would take it from that point of view. I tell all my faculty that when guiding students, do it fr...

Been there, done that! Nothing is worse than a class like you talked about. All instructors have good and bad students, and even classes. Sometimes you can hardly wait for them to graduate, and hope that the next class is better. Your problem is ...

Faculty keep hearing from administration that "this new generation of nursing students" is used to fast, easy access, throw away, and do over, instead of working for what is needed. Could be, but this does not excuse the lack of respect that is bein...

"I was wondering if colleges and companies look at where the degree comes from and make their decision based on that. Does any educator suggest any better programs?" Colleges do look at where the degree comes from, and realize that when you move from...

There have been a lot of great responses to this question, please indulge me in just one more. "You can't possibly appreciate what higher education will do for you until you start taking classes. It keeps you young, it makes you feel alive, and it ...

Being a nurse educator can be an exciting, exhilarating job, but that being said, the salary stinks! At our college, the nursing faculty makes much less than the hospital would pay. Our faculty work at the hospital on-call and weekends to increase th...