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Preparation and perseverance will help you find the right preceptor and site. Takeaways: Before beginning your preceptor search, know your school and specialty requirements for clinical preceptors. Perseverance…
Caring, supportive mentors can help ease faculty shortage. Takeaways: Mentoring is one strategy to help solve nursing faculty shortages. Good mentors lie at the heart of every good…
Nursing contributions to medical inventions and innovations aren’t unheard of, but the role nurses play as frontline healthcare professionals begs the question: Can nurses contribute more?
Last December, Mirande Gross graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, with a bachelor’s degree in communications. But Gross has changed her mind and is heading back to…
Preparation, organization, and involvement are your keys to success. Going back to school is an exciting—and sometimes scary—endeavor. First, pat yourself on the back: You had the courage…
Deciding between a traditional classroom education or an online program requires some research. Takeaways: There are a variety of reasons for nurses to further their education and many…
Have you been toying with the idea of earning a doctoral degree in nursing? Maybe you want to pursue a career in research, teaching, or advanced practice and…
Prepare yourself to successfully pursue a BSN. Takeaways: Research has shown that baccalaureate-prepared nurses are preferred by nursing administrators and patients. The healthcare environment is evolving and increasing…
Use your critical thinking skills to ace your next exam. Takeaways: The key to successful test taking is accurately identifying what the question is asking. Carefully read the…
The future of nursing and healthcare requires more nurse educators. Takeaways: The nursing profession needs more nurse educators to train enough nurses to care for the U.S. population.…
Landing a clinical practicum preceptor
Preparation and perseverance will help you find the right preceptor and site. Takeaways: Before beginning your preceptor search, know your school and specialty requirements…
Mentorship programs and novice nursing faculty
Caring, supportive mentors can help ease faculty shortage. Takeaways: Mentoring is one strategy to help solve nursing faculty shortages. Good mentors lie at the…
Nurse-scientists and nurse-engineers
Nursing contributions to medical inventions and innovations aren’t unheard of, but the role nurses play as frontline healthcare professionals begs the question: Can nurses…
Nursing Schools See Enrollment Bump Amid Pandemic
Last December, Mirande Gross graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, with a bachelor’s degree in communications. But Gross has changed her mind and…
Off to school: A guide for nurses
Preparation, organization, and involvement are your keys to success. Going back to school is an exciting—and sometimes scary—endeavor. First, pat yourself on the back:…
On-campus or online: Which educational format fits your needs?
Deciding between a traditional classroom education or an online program requires some research. Takeaways: There are a variety of reasons for nurses to further…
PhD or DNP? Defining the path to your career destination
Have you been toying with the idea of earning a doctoral degree in nursing? Maybe you want to pursue a career in research, teaching,…
RN to BSN: Why and how
Prepare yourself to successfully pursue a BSN. Takeaways: Research has shown that baccalaureate-prepared nurses are preferred by nursing administrators and patients. The healthcare environment…
Test-taking tips
Use your critical thinking skills to ace your next exam. Takeaways: The key to successful test taking is accurately identifying what the question is…
Transitioning from nurse clinician to nurse educator
The future of nursing and healthcare requires more nurse educators. Takeaways: The nursing profession needs more nurse educators to train enough nurses to care…