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They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships

 

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Because there is a concern about a nursing faculty shortage, respondents suggest that MnSCU target nursing students with an aptitude for teaching in order to recruit them into nursing education. They also suggest that faculty divide their time between working in the field and teaching.

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"Employer 1: The other thing—and our educator friends could probably speak to this more specifically—aren't the nursing instructors all retiring?

Employer 2: Yes. Oh, yes. I think the average age is 59.

Employer: Yeah, and so this is going to be huge. This is really going to affect our supply of all of our nurses in the next 10 years."		 Metro
"Employer 1: It gives them an opportunity to think differently, too. For example, if there's someone in a health care organization that wants to be able to teach for a couple of years, how can we have policies that would allow them to not have a break in their benefits so they can return back to their employer? Those kinds of fundamental things. We have to think differently. Maybe someone wants to go teach for two years, but he or she doesn't want to leave their health insurance plan. And so it's that thought process of, 'How do you take the knowledge that everyday folks have and allow them to do that knowledge transfer from a broader standpoint?' So, we need to look at what gets in the way of that—if it's a salary issue or those kinds of things—and decide how we can make that happen. It's thinking differently about that kind of stuff. There's a lot of talent in this room alone.

Employer 2: It's worth the investment, for sure."		 Metro
"I take people to visit the sites, to see what those labs look like today, to see the technology that the students are working towards. Not that they can't mirror some of that, but I do think just having a sense of what it feels and looks like today could give them a sense of how to go back and build some training...

Question: When you say 'they,' are you referring to the educators or to the students? Employer: The educators.

Question: So, have the educators come and see your place?

Employer: Yes, exactly. A nice thing is just to come and show—for me, I can learn a lot if I see something. I can pick up on a lot of things that maybe I wouldn't be able to communicate just sitting in a meeting. So, I think it's just having a sense of what that day looks like. What are the stressors? What are the troubleshooting skills that we're looking for? You know, coming and listening to a physician's call, and you've got to have several things go through your head: What are they asking you? What should I do? What are my next steps? How am I going to get this resolved? You can't put everything in a procedure, and you can't teach everything in school. But I think it's just that sense because students and new grads will make mistakes, and we need to anticipate that. But sometimes, I think, if they see those expectations, maybe they can sort of set them up for what that job will really be like there."		 Metro