In my professional role, the sort of teaching that happens is great, i hope. I am a nurse educator. I am a faculty member of BYU-Idaho. This semester I am a clinical instructor. I am able to work with students as they practice their newly learned (at least they have been shown how and have practiced on each other or a mannequin) skills. Being able to be with them as they experience learning in the practice arena is a great blessing. They are wanting to learn. For the most part, it is all new to them. I am able to help them assimilate theory and past life experiences to their clinical experience.
One of the things my students and I have benefited from is the use of Smartphones. When there is a question we cannot answer, we are able to look things up and get answers. I use my Davis Drug Guide app for my iPhone every clinical. One of the reasons for this is I was an ICU nurse and now I work with students on the "floor." There are so many PO meds that I do not know. We also have the option to look on UpToDate,which is a medical reference website. This is very technical and can give plenty of information you did not know you needed. If you want to check out a wiki page that is about mobile devices in nursing education and clinical practice, check out this link: mobile devices in nursing education arenas
The reality is, nursing is an educator role. As much as we want to stick someone with an IV or place a foley catheter or hold someones hand who just heard some bad news, we must never forget to teach. We have a captive audience. President Obama would give anything to have a captive audience. People count on us to help them understand the world of healthcare. In all the chaos about the future of healthcare, nursing will continue to be the piece (and peace) our patients will be able to rely on for information. If you are in healthcare, teaching is your bread and butter.
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