sunnynurse234

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1. teaching w/o med/surg experience?

   sunnynurse234 replied to ThymeRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   With an MSN and psych experience, you are certainly qualified to teach. My experience, in smaller programs where an MSN is enough to teach, is that you have to be willing to teach more than just your...

2. Give me a glimmer of hope. ..

   sunnynurse234 replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I am a professor with "only" an MSN. Community Colleges already struggle with recruiting and retaining faculty, so they are not pushing doctorates yet. Even some private 4-years will take an MSN....

3. Cheat sites/ instructor help

   sunnynurse234 replied to night&day's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Are you talking about on a care plan or an

4. Can you really teach what you don't know?

   sunnynurse234 replied to MommyJoy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I know this is old, but I want to say it is impossible for a nurse to know EVERYTHING, even in his or her given specialty. Med-surg is huge and covers so much, how would we ever find someone who is...

5. Next step?

   sunnynurse234 replied to sunnynurse234's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Are you quitting your FT faculty position? (The reply feasture is not working for me, this was to

6. Next step?

   sunnynurse234 replied to sunnynurse234's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   That is another issue, my current employer does not decrease your course load in order for faculty to pursue further education. Ironic, but that is the way it

7. Next step?

   sunnynurse234 replied to sunnynurse234's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   When I say I am too old, I am more referring to the cost benefit analysis of getting a PhD. It is expensive, it will limit how much I can work (I cannot live on a stipend) and limit my time with my...

8. Educator to NP

   sunnynurse234 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I am currently a nursing faculty member in an ASN program. I have a Master's in Nursing Education. I enjoy teaching, however the pay is very low, and if I want to continue long-term, I will...

9. Next step?

   sunnynurse234 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I have an MSN in Nursing Education. I am currently employed as a full-time nursing faculty member in an ASN program. I originally started out in an FNP program and just was not sure it was the route...