Thursday, August 30, 2007
Intro
Hi! My name is Kim Bradford. I am a native Houstonian. I enjoy traveling and bowling. I have two wonderful children. Khristopher is 11 and Kailee is 4. I received my BSN from Prairie View A&M University. I have worked at Texas Children's Hospital for almost 6 years. I work in the Acute Care Neurology/Neurosurgical area. I have been a staff nurse, as well as an Education Coordinator for 3 years.In my role as an Education Coordinator, I primarily focused on staff development and performance improvement. I also worked very closely with nursing instructors and students. I am presently back in the staff nurse role to better accommodate my school schedule. This is my very first 100% online course. I am not the most technically savvy individual, but I do know how to utilize the appropriate resources. So, I am sure that everything will work out fine! I am in the Education program at the Houston campus. Following graduation, I plan on initially teaching in an Associate degree program before moving to a BSN program. My instant messenger address is kimbrad.deltadiva@yahoo.com
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6 comments:
Glad to meet ya Kim!
When you graduate do you plan to return to your educator role at TCH or will you remain in a staff nurse position?
I love teaching in my educator role (only been doing it for two months but wouldn't trade it for the world).
Hi Kim,
What made you decide to teach ADN first then move to BSN?
Rachel
Welcome Kim! Glad to see someone else with a Neuro background, you in pediatrics and me in adults.
I love teaching because I can see how the light comes up when someone understands a concept.
I'm happy to hear that you're thinking about working at a community college for a while. I worked in an ADN program for a while (and a VN program, as well). These programs often have very different populations of students, and they benefit from inspiring educators moreso than the BSN programs, I think.
The pace and the focus of academic life is different at the community college than it is at the university as well. Your primary focus in an ADN program will be teaching; at the university there are a lot of extra duties that complicate things. I think a smaller teaching school is a great place to start out as an educator.
Good to meet you Kim... I will be interested in picking your brains regarding your teaching practicum as these are the few classes I have left to complete.
Hello Kim,
I am not technologically savy as well. Perhaps we can get together and buy the book "Blogging for dummies". Anyhow I hope we don't get to that point.
You seem to have a very busy schedule and you're taking it all in stride. You go girl!
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