When it comes to using chatrooms and discussion boards in the nursing education, I think that it would be very beneficial for the students. One of the reasons is that, most students have many questions when it comes to working on assignments or even reading their text book. This type of medium allows students to express their thoughts and feelings towards other students with feed back. I know from experience that when you come to a block in your assignment and you just need a little bit of help to get started again; chatrooms/discussion boards are good at seeing what other students have come up with and hopefully it get you back on track.
It also allows students to be interactive with other students in the classroom, aside from their normal group. The field of nursing is like a discussion board. Many nurses work in groups and most of the time there is lot of discussion about ideas in the work place, care paths for a patient, and/or about a patients condition. By using chatrooms and discussion boards early in the nursing education, it makes a smoother transition for the students in the real nursing world.
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Nursing Shortage in Ontario
I have choosen this video because I feel it is very true about abou the nursing field. Many of the more experienced nurses (baby boomers) will be retireing in the up coming years and as they become less and less; there won't be enough younger nurses to take there places.
Some of the reasons why nurses are retireing early is due to stress of being overworked. Majority of the time, nurses are forced to work short on the floor, which causes increased stress and also an increase for mistakes to happen. Medication errors are one of the highest numbers of mistakes that occur to nurses due to being short staffed. The nurses are just simply too tired and don't take that time to realize what they are doing when pouring medications.
Other problems related to nursing shortage is that injuries occur more frequently. By being short staffed, nurses are not getting the help they need when ambulating patients. Back injuries is one of the top injuries related to nursing. There comes a time when there is lots of "slugging" on the job and in time causes wear and tear on your back (and other parts too).
By adding this video to my blog, I do hope that individuals especially ones who are in the non nursing field will understand how much nurses are needed and fight for the right to have more nurses availble to help their loved ones.
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I love your blog carebear!! I can't wait to see more to come.
I agree Care, I have found it very encouraging when I am stuck on an assignment and someone initiates a chat. Even if it is just to offer that they are having the same difficuty it has helped me move forward more than once.
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