daisylouhoo

You should make sure you read things correctly before you make rude comments.

Thanks for the passing on the idea!

My understanding is that there is a big need for educators but I cannot say for sure about full time positions. The school I work at now offers day full time positions. Evenings is part time only. This is a technical school. One of my instructors from my MSN program worked in a couple universities at part time positions. She said only people in tenure positions get full time. Otherwise you get paid for as long as the class runs and then wait until the course starts again. The LPN program I work in runs all year. One group finishes and another starts so the teachers who are full time get regular hours. But, this is only my experience and what I have heard from others. I am sure things vary from institution to institution. As far as the premade lesson plans - I made up my own powerpoints. The books come with test banks so we can select questions and the system develops the test. Also, the books come with online teachers guide and resources. The first semester was a lot of work. I spent a lot of time developing my lesson plans. But, after that you have all your materials set so it goes easier the next time around. Thanks for the encouragement! I was getting a little discouraged but I have some hope now :)

Thanks for the feedback. I like your "what I learned " assignment. Many times I am pretty sure 0% of the students did the assigned readings by the responses they give in class. I just graduated in May so I am fairly new to nursing education. This response helped a lot. Because of the shortage of staff I feel like I was given a book and told class starts next week. I'm flying solo with the exception of one other educator who has been helpful in helping me get oriented to the place.

I took a CNA course the summer prior to starting nursing school. It only took a couple of weeks. The benefit was being comfortable with giving direct patient care. So when I started clinical I was able to put my focus on assessments/treatments/meds while other students were nervous about giving a bed bath for the first time. Plus you get some experience interacting with and helping others. I hope this helps.

I went into psych nursing prior to getting any medical experience. Although I love psych nursing I always felt a desire to work general med surge for the experience. I have my MSN in nursing education and teach psych nursing part time but I have been asked to cover other classes. I think not having that experience may hinder my ability to teach other topics. But.... I have had no luck. Not one phone call, interview, nothing. I would love to hear any feedback you may have! I have 6 years of nursing experience. Thanks

I worked inpatient psych for 5 years before going into home care. Definitely agree with previous posts. Wouldn't have gone straight to home health w/out prior experience and own malpractice insurance is very important.

I teach psych nursing and have recently been told that I need to assign homework for every chapter. Our text does not come with a workbook. Any ideas on homework assignments? There are 22 chapters - I would like to have a variety of assignments so that they don't become monotonous and routine. I think that would just add more work and take away from true learning opportunities. Although I love teaching this is a part time job so the amount of time I have in between jobs and motherhood to explore all the resources I am sure are out there is limited. I would appreciate any feedback. Daisy

I am a home health nurse in CT. The agency I work for required one year experience of nursing to qualify. In home care you are alone in the community and in my opinion it would be safer to have experience before you go out on your own. I had 5 years experience before I went to home care full time. My supervisor is awesome and I could always call if I need guidance because even with experience we can't know everything! I still don't think I would've wanted to do this as my first job even with a great boss. But.... This is just MY experience/thoughts. The agency I work for pays yearly salary if you are full time but part time you get $27.50 per visit. I hope this feedback helps.