WrightRN

I agree with what others have stated; nursing experiences are a must. I did the same thing you did. I graduated with my ADN went right into my BSN and then right into my Masters of Education. It was VERY difficult to get anywhere in an interview because of the lack of real-life nursing experience. Book schooling just doesn't equate experience in the field of nursing and that is the obstacle you'll run into. If you want to be valuable as an educator you may want to work part-time in various fields so you have a well-rounded educational perspective to offer your students. It will be a short couple of years to gain in experience and it will result in years of positive teaching experiences to share with your students. It would be a disservice to your students to do anything less.

I'm looking for any articles/references (and even just your experiences) regarding staffing in the GI unit. We are a high volume unit. We do 18 different GI procedures plus 4 different bronch lab procedures. We do 500-700 procedures a month. So my questions are these: *How many nurses per doc is considered the national standard/requirement/recommendation? *How many nurses per patient in the recovery room? *How many nurses are admitting (per doc)? *Are admit nurses part of the nurse per doc ratio? Bonus points for any scholarly journals that recommend certain ratios! Thank you!!