[NPInfo]: Alumni responsibility & skills education in NP programs

[Nbalkon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/3/2008 8:13:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
marilyn.dean at mchsi.com writes:

A  dedicated class to EKG interp.
More procedures (even simple ones like  lesion removal).
Suturing beyond basic.
More emphasis on MS  evaluation.
Anatomy class with a cadaver. 


Hi again.... 
 
I've commented on the above in previous e-mails...  
I also suggest you contact your programs and put in writing  what you feel 
was missing...
As the "consumers" of education certainly  feel free to communicate this.... 
I suggest you write directly to  "curriculum committee" in your school of 
nursing...
You might even offer to put together and/or  teach a CE course or elective... 
or... guest lecture in an established  course.
 
Also, as alumni, we have responsibility to those that follow  us....  

Nancy Balkon,  PhD, ANP-C, APRN-CS, NPP
Southern New York State Representative --  AANP
Clinical Associate Professor, Stony Brook University School of  Nursing





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