Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Teaching in nursing

What sort of teaching is done in your nursing role? Is there any nursing role that does not involve teaching in some manner?

In my role as an RN, teaching generally occurs when we have precepting students. On occasion we might teach a fellow nurse about something, but generally everyone knows how to do what we do. We do have mandatory skills days (like last week) when fellow nurses and managers educate the department about topics including: anaphalaxis kits, defibrillator, and airway issues.

I think that if you are in a role that does not involve teaching then you are doing yourself and your environment a disservice. Teaching should be an ever-present theme that is always occurring in the background.

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