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I am curious what other educators are doing specifically to prepare students to pass the NCLEX. There seems to be some conflict regarding whether the BSN faculty want to teach students to critically think or pass NCLEX. To me, what's the difference...

I do not like the HESI exams other than to be used at the end of a semester course for remediation. I questioned their statistics because the majority of the students failed their HESI exams (course and exit), yet they all passed the NCLEX-RN. I sent...

I totally agree with you, Amy in regard to your comment about Crown Nursing. Don't try to verify your employment with them either because they have lost your employee record.

Once again, I am being faced with a crisis involving patient advocacy. I am employed as a RN BSN faculty member and one of my clinicals is on a Med-Surg floor. I have witnessed so many unsafe issues and have reported them to their Administration an...

I agree with you, llg. I would never make such an assignment, but if the students are upset about it--it does need to be addressed. Like I said, postconference is also a debriefing. Often times, the outcome is that the student misunderstood what w...

Cholli, Those are terrific ideas for a postconference and I will remember it. In my clinical postconferences, we have always discussed professionalism because it is a debriefing time as well. There has always been at least one staff member that the...

Hello Spyder, That is precisely the problem, the owner knows that you put so much into writing that proposal and curriculum that he doubts you will walk away. When you do get students, it will be even more difficult to leave them. Even though my p...

Hi llg, I was wondering if the hospital director has spoken to the director for the college about these issues? There may be much more to the story than you are all aware of--I do agree with the rule you will be making that they need to be oriented b...

llg and Vicky, I agree with all of Vicky's suggestions. I also know that a thorough agency orientation is necessary and if the agency doesn't provide it, this becomes the responsibility of the educator to get the orientation. Shadowing a RN for at ...

Hey Vicky, I was worried that you would take offense to my post and I am happy that you did not...afterall, we are both educators and employed in the same state. I do know that what llg is saying is absolutely right on, but I don't have any specific...

llg, I do understand your concerns and they are valid. This is where I believe nursing education and practice need to come together. We all know that the real problem with the nursing shortage is the severe faculty shortage. It would be terrific i...

I agree with this idea, llg, but I think many educators would take offense to it. Of course, if they did react that way, this would be a grave concern too. The problem is: many of the instructors do not stay active in practice so they really are no...

Hi Peg, I think you will do very well in this position and I wish you nothing short of success! I was referring to whether or not the college had the money for the start up. My wage wasn't bad for the area, but when you divided out the hours, I co...

Hi Spyder, Congratulations on getting your proposal approved! Wow, what an accomplishment. I did not do that part, but took over before the students arrived. It was an ADN program-two branches, and trust me, if you are the type of educator and Dir...

Hi Vicky, I have not heard it called a 3 year ADN program, but I have seen many ADN programs with a three year curriculum. Many request or encourage the applicant to take as many general education or support courses as possible prior to entering nur...

llg, Written and explained perfectly. I enjoyed this post, thank you! Barbara

Yes, the DNP is a clinical route, but I don't know that much about it as I believe it is new. My graduate program's curriculum prepared everyone as a CNS and then, we chose another track. I was amongst three individuals who chose the educator track...

Scribblern, It is my understanding that if you want to obtain a clinical degree, the EdD is the best route. For me, I want a pure education degree because I know what the nursing degrees are all about now...quite simply, those degrees are not meetin...

I think when they have to write their own med cards, they learn them better. I asked that they categorize them by classification in an index box. It is a lot of work for them, but they seem to learn it. I also love the Mosby's Pharmacology Memory ...

I wanted to recommend a text ISBN 13: 9780803614024, Career Success Strategies for Nurse Educators. It is a superb discussion of the faculty member's role in academia. One of those books that you read and wish you had when you began your new facult...

kukukajoo, I hope you have some good news about your twins' father's condition? Let me know. I have all of you in my prayers. Barbara

Hi Janey, I am a doctoral student and this is my advice: I do not think that one should go directly from the MSN, regardless of the avenue of online or not being online coursework, to the PhD. Personally, it is my opinion that one needs the educator...

Hello Kukukajoo, I can totally relate to what you are saying here. Nursing school is hard enough when one does not have personal issues or tragedies going on and many do quit and come back later, but some never come back. I am not attempting to mini...

I realize that this is an older post, but wanted to share something here. While in my graduate program for my MSN, I wanted to do research on instrument development. I can say that I was discouraged from doing my thesis in this area as there was on...

Hi again, Trauma, Yes, I do think you have a very valid response here. I can say that I have hired FNP's who are excellent educators and they did not have any educator experience or nursing graduate level education courses. Some are just merely bor...