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As a student in an Ed.D. program with a heavy emphasis on research, required research hours, and a dissertation I'd like to contest this statement. I think it wholly depends on the program. That's the issue, though. There is not conformity in what the Ed.D. programs provide.

I am located in Virginia, so not specific to your area but all of the new grad residencies I am familiar with are full-time day shifts for at least a few weeks. After the initial training/orientation stuff, people often rotate off to their accepted shift patterns but that first bit is done as one cohort. Good luck!

I think the only thing I often recommend to new graduates is to include any experiences with EHRs on your resume. Otherwise, this looks good to me. We do have our students put their specific hours, but I think that's up to you. Hours vary by program so sometimes it's good to show how many you got and where they were done. Good luck on job hunting!

I replied to your other post, as well - but wanted to say hi again in case anyone else clicked on this and wanted to chat! I am currently enrolled in the EdD program for nursing education at TC Columbia. I'm happy to answer questions either here or via [email protected] ?

I am actually enrolled in the EdD at TC Columbia. Like you, I did not want to waste my time getting a DNP because I felt it would not teach me things I needed to know and would be doing something for the sake of doing something and not for actual personal growth and development. As for the PhD, I had similar feelings again - I have zero desire to be a researcher in a clinical setting and really wanted to grow as an educator. I am extremely happy with my choice to wait until I found a program that suited my goals. I'd be happy to chat more if you have specific questions! Feel free to e-mail me [email protected] ?

I am also studying for my CNE (scheduled in Sept) and on the advice of my chair and other faculty have not paid for the full content. I have read Billings and the NLN review and have been doing the daily questions with pocket prep. My chair said that she felt the additional content/SAE would be overkill.

That's very exciting! Congrats on getting into clinical education. I try to stay on top of everything as best as possible. I have binders for my sections - and depending on what I'm doing I have folders for each student. I got those file accordion folder things last year but ended up not really liking how they worked. I use excel to keep track of attendance, but that's less of an issue with clinicals. In terms of pre/post conference, I would recommend checking with your lead faculty to see what topics they are currently learning and trying to work that into a discussion. I also sometimes use this time to discuss things that the students want to learn about - I asked them on the first day to submit topics and then I prepared a short (like 5 minute) lecture on it and then had discussion questions for us. I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any questions!

In my experience, EdDs are not preferred in academia. There are very few EdDs in nursing itself. The one other faculty I know who has hers has her MSN and then an EdD in secondary ed - so the terminal degree isn't technically nsg. I am actually enrolled in an EdD for nsg at TC but it's one of the only ones I've found in my research - most terminal nsg degrees are PhD or DNP. In my personal opinion - and in TC's - EdDs for nsg faculty are going to become more prevalent. How can we develop professional nurses if we do not have professional nurse educators?

The vast majority of my fellow faculty have DNPs due to affordability and availability. There is also one EDd and one PhD. Most of the DNPs focused on management in lieu of getting a clinical degree/NP unless they were already practicing as an NP. I believe it has been previously mentioned - higher academia seems to prefer PhD candidates for tenure track positions but I have seen both EDd and DNP obtain tenure. One of the issues is that there are few education focused doctoral programs for nursing - most are research, management or practice. I believe this is an issue that is being rectified as we are recognizing that to have professional nurses, we need professional nurse educators and more emphasis on providing formal programs for nurse educators is happening with a number of them starting in the last few years. Good luck!

We also have a simulation session with the students in which they must enter, apply PPE, obtain vitals, and do a pain assessment. This serves as a mid-term skill exam for us. We are introducing recording into this terms lab course, and looking forward to the results!

I'm not sure about other schools, but at the one I teach the transfer students still do three years of nursing classes. I will say it's easier, and still saves you money to complete your prerequisites at a community college, though.

I spend my breaks alone. I have for five years. I got some snarky comments at first - my favorite being "To make friends, one must appear friendly". But I explained to them that I'm introverted, and that "me" time is necessary for me to reorganize my brain and continue my shift effectively. They've been pretty supportive of my need for occasional isolation since then. I don't think it's a big deal?

I like to bullet my cover letters. It helps get the info across in a less overwhelming way and is easier (and faster) to read for the nurse recruiter.

Hello! We host an annual research day at my hospital to promote learning, evidence based practice and to show everyone what projects have happened, are happening or are in the works. We usually do a little game or activity. One year we "researched" whether home made cake vs store bought cake was better by having a taste test and people voted. Last year we had a magnet game where people had to balance magnets (we're submitting our magnet application this month). Does anyone else do something similar? I would love ideas for a new activity, game or "research project"!! I've tried googling it and I'm not coming up with good links. Thanks.

So many good ones already listed - including bringing children. We frequently see toddlers walking teetering around barefoot, putting their mouths on tray tables and IV poles. I know we've talked about family a lot, but one of mine is when the family doesn't communicate with eachother. I end up getting 10 different people calling me asking for an update, or wanting to speak to a doctor. I try to get them to designate one person to be the one who staff relays information to but nooo, everyone needs a personal 30 minute discussion. (Yes, the patient has approved these people to get an update.) Also, nothing infuriates me more than having one of my rooms assigned for an admission without anyone telling me. The ER or ICU then calls and asks why I haven't contacted them for report. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO. On bad days they just roll the patient up and put them in my room without me knowing. One more is meal breaks. On weekends especially, more than half the unit will all go down to the cafeteria and get breakfast and then sit in the break room and eat together sometimes leaving only 2 nurses on the acute 40 bed unit. This is not a social gathering, this is a job. Don't come to me an hr before shift change asking if I can give your meds because you're behind.