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Nursing Education for International Students

Dec 21, 2015 10:42:00 AM / by user posted in EHR Tutor, medical terminology, nursing education, classroom, health science education, international nursing students, math, teaching idea

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Here at EHR Tutor, we have several customers whose schools focus on international students. If you also find yourself with a large portion of students from other countries with language and/or cultural differences, we've compiled a few helpful teaching ideas.

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Teaching idea: Spelling for Nursing and Allied Health Students

Jan 16, 2015 4:53:00 PM / by user posted in EHR Tutor, medical terminology, nursing education, academic EHR, academic EMR, CNA, health science education, Medical Assistant, teaching idea

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It may sound silly, but how many instructors have gotten charts/assignments/etc. from Nursing and Allied Health students that are just plain unreadable? The student may understand everything there is to know about cleaning wounds, taking precautions with patients on blood thinners and how to properly bathe an elderly patient, but they still can't spell ostomy or Coumadin or sputum. 

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Latin Lessons and Medical Terminology?

Mar 27, 2014 6:11:00 PM / by user posted in medical terminology, free resources, Nursing Students

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During the Pennsylvania HOSA State Leadership Conference, we met with a vendor who sold, in addition to other materials, Latin textbooks. Like he said, medical terminology seems to trip up even the most intelligent students. But when you boil all the terminology down to basics - most of it is based in Latin. 

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Free Patient Scenarios for Instructors

Mar 26, 2014 10:30:00 AM / by user posted in medical terminology, nursing education, tools for nursing instructors, free resources, patient scenario

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We love all things free (as you should know if you read our blog). One thing we've been searching for is a website with example Physician's Notes. Granted, all of our template patients in EHR Tutor have Physician's Notes already created for them, but we realize that instructors may want more charting to use in patient scenarios than any one system can provide.

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Jumping Right Back Into School: Learning Medications (for students)

Jan 4, 2014 3:42:00 PM / by user posted in medical terminology, freenursetutor, medication administration, Nursing Students, pharmacology abbreviations

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We've seen dozens of talented students pass through nursing school, medical terminology classes and CNA programs in our day. But no matter how gifted/intelligent/kind a person is, learning medications and terminology usually comes down to rote memorization - something we're not all great at.

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