Educators19761

HouTx guide, you sure are an Educator, very motivating words you shared to ll of us reading your post. I have a ,Masters in Nursing and very bored currently so i am taking the CMSRN certification this coming May. I do have Donna Wrights book and went to her convention meeting here in Houston. However, i seem to be having gazillions of road blocks educating 2 departments. There is an obvious resistance coming from the leadership team and their notion of an educator is "putting out fire" kind of education.when there are problems on the floor they always deem the problem as an educational issue versus a compliance issue. Very exhausting and complex personalities that i deal with on a daily basis. I do like your advice in joining the ANDP and learn some newer strategies to ensure that i develop my skills as an educator and to develop my nurses knowledge and skills to the best of their abilities. thank you very much :-)

Greg, I realize that the problem is my extreme push for the nurses to learn when I am so blind-sided by the some muses' content to monotony of their tasks. You seem to be very adept with utilizing technology in education. What are other newer technological materials I can utilize to educate staff? I was wanting to try "thread Responses" mimicked from online classes. Any thoughts on resources of this kind of program? thank you.

I'm very impressed by your statement, "it is not my job to police the situation, and thus is not a perfect world anyway." I used to be very stringent and pushy to the staff to attend classes And activities conducted by me or the other educators. I have reached a point where I had developed frustration and mental burn out. It is not simple to create a class and I think that the nurses and managers tend to disregard the educator's challenges. I see myself conducting a just-in-time In-service a lot where I try to just put off the fire rather than creating meaningful classes for the staff. I have observed that they are more responsive to this type of teaching-learning experience where I correct them and answer their questions on the spot.

Passionflower, you had given me another great idea in exploring other alternatives with Nursing Education. Appreciate it!!!

I appreciate your honest opinion. Thought of taking a role in diabetes education, and again as you have mentioned, certification is a "must have" in this role. I think a lot of the nurses foresee education as a less stressful job but it has it's different type of stress level. Again, I think you are on the right track with your plans of being an educator for patients/family (only).

Here we go.....I have been working as an educator for Neuro and Med-Surg. Floors for 2 years now and it seems like I am vividly noticing a sense of dissatisfaction in my job. I feel that majority of the nurses do not take me seriously, very argumentative when asked to attend classes. I could definitely see I don't have the buy-in of the staff. As an educator of this organization, I am expected to be visible on the units, 75% of the time, on top of teaching classes, and teach general nursing orientation. I find these expectations unrealistic likewise frustrating. i used to be very excited going to work, looking forward to see my nurses. Recently, I feel that I'm dragging myself because of no passion at all. I feel that this job is not as rewarding as I thought it would be. The 2 managers and directors of these units are exhausting enough to get along with. I don't see their support either only if a project is to their benefit, then they make my in-service mandatory. Is nursing education really not as rewarding vs working bedside? this is my first job as a nurse educator so I can't reference it from any past experience. I want to quit my job but unsure if I should?