Do You Know Your ABCs? Why Respirations are the Most Important Vital Sign
What do a superhero and a bedside nurse have in common? They both can save…
Keith RischerMarch 29, 2018
What Active Learning Strategy Best Prepares Students for Practice?
There are many ways to implement active learning in your classroom, but there is one…
How to Quickly Get Traction to Improve Practice Readiness in Your Program
What does it take to overcome your fears, student resistance to do things differently and…
Keith RischerFebruary 22, 2018
Two Things Students Must Know to Think Like a Nurse
There is a simple equation that every nurse educator must know to teach students to…
Keith RischerFebruary 1, 2018
The One Thing Every Nurse Educator Must Do to Develop Critical Thinking
Infobesity is an enemy of student learning and one of the reasons students struggle to…
Keith RischerJanuary 25, 2018
Why Nursing Education Fails to Prepare Most Students for Practice
There are numerous reasons why nursing education struggles to prepare students for practice. Today's blog…
Keith RischerJanuary 18, 2018
Two Questions that Students Must Be Asked Each Clinical to THINK More Like a Nurse
In order to develop the ability of your students to clinically reason there are two…
Keith RischerJanuary 4, 2018
The Most Common Mistake that New Nurses Make (Part 2 of 2)
Students and new nurses are inherently task oriented. This clinical inexperience leads to a common…
Keith RischerDecember 14, 2017
Why Routine Vital Signs are Never Routine (Part 1 of 2)
Collecting vital signs must never be seen as a routine task by the nurse. There…
Keith RischerDecember 7, 2017
Nurse Educator Insights on How to Not be “THAT Nurse” Part 2
Reality shock will impact new nurses overwhelmed with the demands of multiple patients. The temptation?…
Keith RischerNovember 16, 2017
How Not to Be “THAT NURSE”! Relevant Insights to Strengthen Bedside Practice
You never want to be "that nurse" but how do you define the lack of…
Keith RischerNovember 9, 2017
What the Best Clinical Educators Expect Students to KNOW (Part 3 in a series)
In order to be safe, students must know more than memorized content. They must be…
Keith RischerNovember 2, 2017