The infamous question from new grads to preceptors is, “How long does it take to know what I am doing?” For many, the answer is one year. Nursing school starts with fundamentals, where students learn how to give a bed bath and safely transfer a patient to the bathroom, to Medical-Surgical Nursing III, where studentsContinue reading ““It will take a year..””
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From Proficient to Novice
Dr. Patricia Benner created the nursing theory of knowledge progression ranging from novice to expert. She describes what it means to be an expert nurse and the step by step trajectory a typical nursing career follows. Student nurses are novice nurses. New grads progress to advanced beginners after their preceptorships, orientation, and passing the NCLEX.Continue reading “From Proficient to Novice”
From Student to Nursing Instructor
In December 2017, I graduated with my AS in Nursing. 5 years later, I am teaching at the same place where I was a student. There are pros and cons of being a young instructor. It is nice to be able to remember how students are feeling at this stage in their nursing career, however,Continue reading “From Student to Nursing Instructor”
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