LilyRN99

I would check out resources available to students to review how and what they are being taught. There are a lot of videos like registernursern and leveluprn on Youtube. SOS nursing has some free references that could also help. Students struggle with medication calculations so you could brush up on that. Review an NCLEX book since exam questions in nursing school are NCLEX style. You would want to be able to help student figure out the best way to answer these styles of questions.

Yes thanks!

It’s a lot of work doing the grade sheets for clinical. We haven’t had clinical in a facility since March. Now we assign a case study that gets graded and one day is at the school to practice on manakins and they get basically a participation grade.

I think it would help you. I’ve never had a RT as a student, only the CNA and med techs. Being a CNA can help in some ways but I also have to remind them to stop thinking like a CNA and start thinking like a nurse. After they do a bath they think they are done. I take them into the room and ask did you assess the feeding tube? What did you look for? What complications might you see? And they can’t answer me because they didn’t think beyond the bath.

If it is a BSN program you won’t need your LPN. A BSN program will get you your RN. Unless it’s meant to be a bridge program for people who already have a LPN and then you would need to complete that first. Most LPNs continue school to eventually get an RN and BSN. I’ve heard that Chamberlin is an expensive school. If you can afford the BSN I would do that. If not you can get your LPN and work and save up. Depending on your employer you might be able to get some help with tuition for your RN.

And you don’t have an acute care background?

I attend school with a student with a seizure disorder. There are no tubes, diapers, wheelchairs, no meds to give. I’m not sure what to write in my notes. My role is to monitor for seizures and administer emergency medication if needed. So basically I sit in the back of the classroom and just watch. I write that she is attentive and cooperative with school work. No seizure activity. I don’t think specifics about her class work is medically necessary to document. Any ideas?

A student did a care plan for disturbed thought process. I found it at nurseslabs.com which was last updated November 2017. When she tried to enter it in the simchart it didn’t come up so she typed it in. I don’t see it on the NANDA 2018-2020 approved list. Was it retired? Do I take off points for using a retired NANDA?

Thanks! Thanks!

I wonder if my education would be as good as another school if I finish it so Fast. Fast sounds good and financially wise but I also want a great education not just the letters after my name. It’s hard to decide.

100 miles?!?! That could be equal to a 2 hour drive! No way!

I’m not clear how this program works. Do you take a pre-test to see what you know? Are you able to take the competency exam more than once? I don’t understand how people are able to complete it so fast.

How is it going so far? What kind of assignments are you getting?

What do you do for the insurance company? Do you work from home?

What kind of online clinical are you having? Do you know where you would have had clinical if you had them in person? Which program are you in?

Are you a local student or on line?

I’m curious as well but I wouldn’t need a NP preceptor. I would need a nurse educator.

I can't offer you help but I'm wondering if you had any luck. I'm considering getting a MSN in education but one of my concerns is finding a place for student teaching/ practicum. Most programs are on-line so they aren't local.

I think it depends on what level you want to teach. I teach clinical in a LPN program with just a BSN. I've read that you need to be at least one degree higher than the one you want to teach. If you want to teach MSN students you will need a doctorate degree. Iv'e seen a lot of job postings for faculty jobs that only require a MSN. I'm not sure how to filter job requirements.

Good to know! Guess my school was small.

And sometimes the location in the description is totally wrong. Sometimes the corporate office is in one place and the actual case is in another.

I don’t know about your area but in my area nursing agencies that hired private duty nurses cover large areas. Some cover more than one county. So around here you would never need to drive that far for a case. Some cases require you to go to school with a client and that could be any school. I’m going to start a school case with a girl who lives in my town and goes to a local school. Another girl I go to school with lives about 30 min from me but she goes to a special school so she lives farther from her school.

That sounds like something I could do. Although, I image it would be a more difficult position to get since most schools probably only have one skills lab instructor.

I saw a care plan that said ineffective airway clearance related to impaired ciliary mobility. How would you prove that is the cause? You can't assess the cilia.

Is your nursing program's clinical pass/fail or given a numeric grade? My school gives a numeric grade. There are 26 categories and we have to score them between 0-6 for each category. A 6 would mean the student could do the activity perfectly and independently. So a student can't do activities independently in the beginning so they would be earning score like 3-5 for a category. I feel bad that a student could be an attentive and hardworking student, do everything that was required of them, do a great job on paper work and still not be able to achieve an A for the day because their skills still need practice. A score average of 5-5.9 gives then a grade of 90 which is the highest possible grade since we don't give out 100s for clinical. It also means that a student who is getting all 90s but is absent one day (and gets a zero for the day) also cannot achieve an A.