cvl983

cvl983 has 25 years experience and specializes in Intensive Care.

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1. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cvl983 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi Julia I have a question for you regarding how you liaise with the Unis in regards to the skills required for the undergraduates to be assessed on. See my post to EvelynRN-BSN above for more details. I am curious to see how your system works in the...

2. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cvl983 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi EvelynRN-BSN I am interested in how you determine what skills the students are required to meet during their clinical. In Australia, the Universities coordinate the timing of when students go into the hospitals for clinicals. A facilitator employe...

3. propofol infusion syndrome

   cvl983 replied to john 1947's topic in Neuro

   HI I am an ICU nurse educator in Sydney Australia - we had one such case several years ago and since then we cap our propofol infusions @ a max of 20ml/hr - we only use it for short term sedation - generally use midazolam for longer term if not cont...

4. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cvl983 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi - good luck with your new position. You did not mention what area you are teaching your clinical students in? I am presuming ICU as that is part of your background. I am an ICU educator in Australia and have spent the last 7 years teaching both un...

5. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cvl983 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi - your virtual clinical excursion sounds really interesting - are you actually building the program or is there software out there that you have bought that allows the nurses to practice on virtual patients? I am interested in introducing learning...

6. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

   cvl983 replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Hi all I am a Nurse Educator in Intensive Care working in Sydney, Australia and have just found the allnurses site - looks great and am looking forward to getting a global picture of nursing and what you are all experiencing in your places of work. T...