Teachers

Some people really have no business stepping foot inside an educational institution. This semester I have had instructors that have totally changed my life for good and bad. One clinical instructor has allowed me to grow and progress to a level I never considered possible as a nurse. She expected so much out of me and I desired each week to impress her, to know my stuff, and to perform on the clinical floor. I will always be grateful for the instruction AND the confidence that she has shown in me.

Another instructor is a joke to the word education and has no business attempting to instill knowledge, that she has not gained into students attempting to learn a new art. She is a brand new instructor and  has an aura about her that seems as though she believes her self gods gift to nursing education when in reality she commands disrespect, pity, and disdain.

From the experience I have only strengthen my desire to one day enter nursing education and provide students with the guidance they deserve. Nursing school should be hard and demanding and require a great deal of effort. This does not mean however that instructors should adopt a sense of godliness when in reality their knowledge is severely lacking. Nursing education is currently suffering from a lack of quality faculty to fill the thousands of faculty openings across the country and regrettably the students are suffering.

I have attended 5 universities in the course of my education including; private, public, Division I, regional, Online, and community colleges . . . and I have never been so disgusted by the quality of my education or an instructor as I am at this point. The good thing is . . . . only 6 days left in the semester!!!!!

Here is what I have learned about what a teacher should be to aid their students:

• Be prepared - don't just show up with pre printed slides provided by another instructor or the book publisher. Do some homework and be sure that you at least have a basic grasp on the material you will be presenting.

• Be Humble -  you don't know everything, don't pretend that you do.  Your students will respect you more if you can admit you gaps in knowledge.
• Be Respectful - if you say something  .. . do it! Understand that you students are adults too and deserve basic common respect as does any human being.  If you arrange a meeting . . . BE THERE!
• Respond to Emails and Phone calls - enough said.
• Provide Clear Instructions - if the instructions are provided clearly once you will not have to do it again.  Simply prepare lessons and assignments with the end in mind provide a rubric and give this to students.
• Practice what you preach - your students will be watching you.  We don't know how to be nurses yet. Practice what you preach.
• Don't become a teacher if you do not have basic communication skills 
• Give feedback - we are here to learn . . . help us!
• If students are failing your course - ITs YOUR FAULT! if good students are doing badly in your course yet doing well on national exams . . . its time to look at yourself!

I will always be grateful for the excellent teachers that I have had and the many well prepared instructors that take the needed time to provide us with the education that we hope to attain while spending an enormous amount on it.  The sad thing is. . . the one bad apple can spoil the bunch! Lawn service allen tx

2nd degree bsn methodist college of nursing reviews

The School and SIM Lab

I went up to the Methodist College of Nursing campus yesterday and again today to check out the SIM lab. The staff at both are VERY helpful and open to suggestions from students to make the school better. There are about 550 students that attend the various programs at the school.

The Methodist Hospital (where clinical are held) is pretty huge. There is even a gym with a few lap lanes that students can use. The school is on the opposite side of the highway from the hospital and has a few study rooms and a nice library. The school is actually an old hotel that the hospital bought and converted into a school. In fact, there are bath tubs in all of the faculty’s offices.

Male In Nursing

Being a male going into nursing is obviously something that must be addressed. In fact just today my brother in law who is a head vet technician was teaching in a children’s Sunday school class and he introduced himself as a head vet tech, the children of course had no idea what that was and he explained that it was like being a head nurse at that point the children laughed their heads off and called him a girl.

MCON Campus

The school itself is a bit run down but appears to have more than adequate space and facilities to house the near 400 students that attend. There is a small library that is open 24 hours a day with several private study rooms. There is a large computer lab and many small and large classrooms. The bookstore has a handful of MCON apparel all in girly colors of course so I am sure that I will not buy one. The building is about 9 floors and houses the on campus housing as well. It has controlled access that only opens the doors with an ID badge. I will update on the facilities once school begins.

Peoria - The Town

The town of Peoria is an interesting town it is a very small town compared to Houston where I moved from. It only has about 120,000 people. The downtown is pretty ghetto but they are building nice, new homes and retail on the north side of town. It is pretty easy to get around here due to pretty minimal traffic so I would suggest living on the north side near Dunlap and the Shops of Grand Prairie. In reality there are only a few streets that get you around town, War Memorial, Knoxville, the 74 and a few others.

Moving to Peoria

Following the wise advice of the same friend in medical school I called MCON and asked that my acceptance to the school be deferred until the following semester. They were willing to allow for me to be the first application in the stack for the next semester but would not defer.

Within a week of starting my new desk job I was about ready to blow my brains out. It was not for me and I knew that I could not continue in this job. After some deliberation I decided to call MCON and check on my application status. Thankfully I was again accepted to attend the ABSN program starting in January 2011.

Applying to Methodist College of Nursing

Life went on and I had totally convinced myself that nursing was not for me. To make a long story short I enrolled in a program to finish my Bachelors degree in Business and begin thinking again about medicine. I investigated medical school or podiatry school. Both of these routes took too long and in the end I knew that I did not have the scholastic stamina to stick it out. At the same time I continued to look into nursing. I discovered that in reality CRNAs can make an incredible living. Not only that but many nurses in other fields make 70-80k a year and nurse practitioners can make over 100k. A brand new grad RN can make at least $21/hour in most states and up to $27/hour or more in some areas.