Module 3

What sort of teaching is done in your nursing role?

It seems as if there is always quite a bit of teaching involved as my role as a nurse. Working in the ICU, we have a bit of turnover, so we always have new staff training. The VA is also a teaching hospital and it is not unusual to have nursing students every day of the week. It seems as if almost every shift involves teaching new staff or a student. We also have mandatory skills and unit-based skills that we are required to attend as well as expected to teach.

Is there any nursing role that does not involve teaching in some manner?

If there is a role that does not involve teaching, I am unable to think of it. We teach our patients and their families every day. We also have to help educate our co-workers and new staff. And it seems to me like there is always one of my nursing colleagues who has to teach me something every day!