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  1. Background checks

    Absolutely do NOT lie to the board of nursing. This can get you in much more trouble than something you did over 20 years ago when you were underage. I think your school should have told you on...
  2. I have been teaching for a long time, but always first year students, both in BSN and ADN programs. I just finished teaching my first semester of senior leadership. Student evaluations said that this...
  3. Nurse educator Insight sought

    Ask whether you are now on a wating list for spring or the following fall or if you need to reapply. Where I teach, if you don't get in for that semester, you need to reapply and join the large pool...
  4. discouraged educator

    You might find it helpful to ask a trusted peer to engage in peer evaluation of your instruction. After watching you teach, you should have a heart to heart constructive conversation about your...
  5. Post clincal conference topic ideas

    Thanks for the student perspective! I've learned not to try to discuss anything too heavy after 6 hours of pt care, especially once the nice weather
  6. Post clincal conference topic ideas

    Hi! I hope these ideas help. First, your conferences should be related to what the students are learning in lecture. For example, if lecture was on CHF, have a student present their pt with CHF. Draw...
  7. CLNC apprenticeships

    I'm not actually looking for this person, I'm looking to become part of the
  8. CLNC apprenticeships

    How do I find this Yahoo listserv? Does someone have a
  9. evaluating students in clinical

    Some comments that I have used for my average students: Student delivers safe, competent care (otherwise you wouldn't be passing them). Student comes to clinical prepared.... Asks questions when...
  10. Legal implications for volunteering

    I'd contact your malpractice insurance company to see whether you'd be covered for the things you are describing. If I wasn't covered, I wouldn't do
  11. Writing for publication

    Some suggestions, go to Guidelines for Authors before you start your article. It gives lots of good advice. Then go ahead and write and submit the artilce. If they like the idea, they will work with...
  12. Thanks to those who support my point of view. Just to clarify one point. We are not given time off for working in a clinical setting to remain current. To do this, I would be working my already 40+...
  13. First Week of Clincial

    Our first day of clinical is not a patient care day. That relieves much student anxiety. Students come to the hospital in professional clothes and a lab coat. We meet in a class room and first go over...
  14. I certainly stay "connected" to practice when I suprevise senior leadersip students caring for 3 to 4 patients a piece. I have 10 students in each clinical group. I work very closely with these...
  15. There is such a dire shortage of nursing faculty right now that if clinical practice was required, the shortage would be staggering. I teach at a major university and we accept only a fraction of our...
  16. tips when you have a student nurse

    Remind the nurses that they retain overall responsiblity for the patient even though there is a student. Some nurses hand their patients off to us and I try to explain that they are still responsible...
  17. Thanks, llg. The syllabus states that the clinical portion of the course focuses on the leadership aspects of the team leader in the care of a group of patients. While the course content covers a much...
  18. Sounds like I'm on the right track, but students still seem dissatisified with the leadership portion of the clinical. Many of them get very incensed when they find out that they can't delegate bed...
  19. Since we start clinical an hour after the unit change of shift, I give the students their assignments and they go to the staff to get report individually. Although they have their own assignments of 2...