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I have been teaching micro for 25 years, being an ex-clinical bench microbiologist in hospitals. My audience is pre-nursing students, trying to get into nursing programs. I am putting together a presentation for a conference of microbiologists on the topic of WHAT nursing students and nurses need to know about microbiology. As you all well know, nursing and pre-nursing students gripe a lot about micro and the topics that they do not think helps them or will help them in nursing. Most students think that micro is an obstacle in their path, and want to just get over it without slowing down. I can certainly empathize with comments here about how to handle student complaints. When I try to stress to my pre-nursing students that this is information that they will need in nursing courses or that they need to brush up on their study skills, I get accused of being too negative. I have previously sent out survey questions to nursing faculty asking about topics that they want stressed as well as NCLEX coverage of micro, and I have spent countless hours going through NCLEX prep books putting together a list of micro topics that could be on the exam. Here are the topics covered in our course: -bacterial structure and function -bacterial growth and control of their growth (antimicrobials) -antibiotics and antibiotic resistance -biotechnology and bacterial genetics -viral replication and features -a survey of various microorganisms (bacteria, worms, viruses, fungi, protozoa) -epidemiology -pathogenicity of microbes -host resistance and immunity -immune disorders and some immune testing -exposure to a variety of infectious diseases I wondered if I could get some input from you guys for my presentation: 1. What are the important lecture topics that you want your students to have some knowledge of before they get into your nursing courses? 2. What major topics will likely show up on an NCLEX exam? 3. What are some important skills from the micro lab? Thanks---I appreciate it immensely

Hello to all, I posted these questions on the student nurse forum, but received 4 replies only. I thought perhaps the graduate nurse group might have a diffeent perspective that might be helpful! I am a professor of microbiology. I am trying to gather some information from nursing students (those who are still in nursing school as well as those who are out of school and have already taken the NCLEX) about what microbiological concepts are requisite for 1) your understanding of nursing class information , and 2) the NCLEX exam. This information is to be presented to other professors of microbiology: we are trying to come up with the best curriculum to cover necessary topics for nursing students. 1. What were the topics that keep re-surfacing in your nursing classes (nosocomial infections, tuberculosis, antibiotics, etc.) 2. What do you WISH you had learned better in micro that you thought you would never see again (metabolism, immunology, etc)? 3. What was NOT covered in micro that you wish that you had had? 4. Which nursing classes depend more on your prior knowledge of micro than other nursing classes? 5. What topics in LAB really came in handy, and which did not? 6. What kinds of questions did you see on the NCLEX that covered any topic in microbiology? 7. Was your microbiology course specifically for nurses (primarily) or was it a general course (one course for ALL majors in any area of healthcare)? thanks so much to all!

I am preparing a presentation to other professors of microbiology about what we should be teaching to prepare students going into nursing programs, and the, ultimately, the NCLEX exam. Could I get some feedback from anyone having taken the exam about what microbiology came up on it---questions about infectious diseases, antibiotics, immunology, AIDS, what? Thanks a bunch!

Hello to all, I am a professor of microbiology. I am trying to gather some information from nursing students (those who are still in nursing school as well as those who are out of school and have already taken the NCLEX) about what microbiological concepts are requisite for 1) your understanding of nursing class information , and 2) the NCLEX exam. This information is to be presented to other professors of microbiology: we are trying to come up with the best curriculum to cover necessary topics for nursing students. 1. What were the topics that keep re-surfacing in your nursing classes (nosocomial infections, tuberculosis, antibiotics, etc.) 2. What do you WISH you had learned better in micro that you thought you would never see again (metabolism, immunology, etc)? 3. What was NOT covered in micro that you wish that you had had? 4. Which nursing classes depend more on your prior knowledge of micro than other nursing classes? 5. What topics in LAB really came in handy, and which did not? 6. What kinds of questions did you see on the NCLEX that covered any topic in microbiology? 7. Was your microbiology course specifically for nurses (primarily) or was it a general course (one course for ALL majors in any area of healthcare)? thanks so much to all!