What Omaha Beach has in Common with Clinical Practice
Preparing soldiers and nurses for the rigors of the real-world share some surprising similarities. Does…
Keith RischerDecember 11, 2016
Why the NCLEX® Must not be the ONLY Barometer to Assess the Health of Your Program
NCLEX® first time pass rates are the current “gold standard” of the health of nursing…
Does a Traditional Nursing Care Plan Prepare Students to THINK Like a Nurse?
Is a traditional written care plan the best approach to teach students to think more…
Keith RischerJuly 21, 2016
How to Strengthen and Improve Student Clinical Communication
Though the SBAR is taught as a framework for clinical communication, students still struggle with…
Keith RischerJuly 14, 2016
How to Identify Sepsis: As Simple as Four “T’s” and 1, 2, 3!
Any nurse can be a superhero and possibly save a life when a change in…
Keith RischerApril 28, 2016
Surviving Sepsis: What Every Nurse NEEDS to Know to Be SAFE in Practice
Sepsis is a KILLER that continues to be a growing problem in health care settings…
Keith RischerApril 21, 2016
Do You Know Your CBC’s and LFT’s?
Students are overwhelmed and stressed by the volume of data in the medical record including…
Keith RischerMarch 17, 2016
Do You Know Your BMP’s?
Students are overwhelmed by the volume of data in the medical record including labs. A…
Keith RischerMarch 10, 2016
“CO=SVxHR” Why Every Student Must Be Able to Understand and APPLY This Formula to Practice
In order to recognize a change in status and prevent a possible patient death, this…
Keith RischerFebruary 11, 2016
Why Nursing Process Can Be a Barrier to Develop a Student’s Ability to Think Like a Nurse
If students only know how to use traditional nursing process to establish care priorities and…
Keith RischerFebruary 4, 2016
The ONE THING That Students Must Know to Put the Clinical Puzzle Together
Do your students struggle in clinical to put the patient picture together? Most do. There…
Keith RischerJanuary 21, 2016
How to Bring Meaningful and Transformational Change to Your Class or Clinical in 2016!
In order to bring meaningful change it must be grounded in educational best practice. Leading…
Keith RischerJanuary 7, 2016