Learn vs.Teach

About the time I vanished from sight, winter quarter was wrapping up. That meant the final salute & celebration for the part-time RN students! As with the students that graduated at the end of last summer, these will hold a special place in my heart: they started when I started--and have been with me the longest so far! Fifteen of the original twenty made it to the finish line--hats off to them! It's a gauntlet!
We've learned a lot together--and hopefully we are collectively the better for it! A few of them have already passed their N-CLEX exams, so they're off & running...

Their final time together...

Meanwhile the new part-time RN class of twenty made an impressive start in winter quarter--nineteen of the twenty made it through the 'transitions' quarter.  The vacancy was quickly filled from the wait list, so we have a full constellation this quarter as we 'go live' in the clinical world. Hang onto your hat--hopefully we're not in for a bumpy ride!
So this quarter is an odd but enjoyable mix: new RN students with five quarters still ahead of them, part time PN students in their final quarter--some of which I'm supervising for their precepting experience this quarter, and full time PN students that will finish at the end of summer quarter--about seventy-five students in all. I've been in the classroom and the clinical setting with all of them this quarter--makes for no dull moments!
Our new college president is settling in--a positive addition; great humor, approachable, positive ideas. We'll see where we grow from here...