title: From the tower into the trenches: a nurse educator's reflections on the knowledge of experience.
abstract: I have been in the tower for a long time. I have been teaching nursing for more than 20 years, and only now, after spending 6 months in the trenches as a staff nurse, have I begun to realize how far removed I had become from the real world of nursing. In this article, I will first discuss the experiences that motivated me to take a leave of absence from my teaching position in Canada for a staff nurse position in an acute care hospital in Florida. Then I will share my early reflections about what I learned as a staff nurse in Florida and how I interpreted this experience in the context of my own teaching practice and in the context of nursing education.
authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland BN (Collaborative) Program, Western Regional School of Nursing, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. pdidham@swgc.mun.ca
authors: Paula
authors: P
authors: Didham
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D009736:Nursing Process; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods