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Exploring the Opportunities and Mitigating the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Education

The recent and rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated both excitement and concern in higher education. Opportunities for AI in nursing education can be transformative, including simulation, accessibility, and personalized learning. Just as…

Nurses Leadership and Maintaining the Art and Science of Nursing

President’s Message Nursing has evolved dramatically in recent decades, increasingly shaped by technological innovation and scientific discovery. While these advancements have strengthened clinical practice…

Taking the Pulse on Nursing Education

Guest Editor Nursing education is at a critical turning point. It is essential to ask: “Are student nurses being adequately prepared for the challenges…

Substance Use Disorder: A Gap in Nursing Education

The 2024 Gallup Poll identified the nursing profession as the most honest and ethical profession for the 23rd year in a row. Including nursing,…

Early Identification and Intervention of At-Risk Nursing Students

The Delaware Technical Community College associate degree in nursing program (ADN) is based on the principle of mastery learning. In this model, students must…

New Faculty Development Leads to the ‘Pedagogy of Play’

Many nurse educators in associate degree nursing programs across the United States are new to their role. In an article published in Teaching and…

Cultivating Cultural Competency: The Impact of Incorporating Global Studies into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula

As our world connections continue to expand globally through internet resources and social media outlets, students have an increased desire to travel and study…

Cultivating a Growth Mindset in Nursing Education

As healthcare continues to evolve at a rapid pace, nursing education must prepare to support future nurses for the challenges that they will face…

Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage

Delaware Responds to this Critical Issue Today, in the field of nursing, the words “nursing” and “shortage” have unfortunately become the new normal, replacing…

Sustaining Excellence: Knowledge Transfer and Strategic Planning in Nursing Leadership

Throughout my 32-year nursing career, I have been shaped by the insights and experiences of many talented individuals who have profoundly influenced my professional…

Returning to School as an Adult? How to Fund Tuition

Millions of Americans in the workforce are heading back to school to further their education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, college…

Nursing Leadership in the First State

Nurse leadership plays a critical role in driving healthcare innovations and improving health outcomes. In the first state of Delaware, nurse leaders…

Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

Depending on the severity of the impairment, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or intellectual disability (ID) can have difficulty with traditional…

Systems Thinking and Interprofessional Collaboration in Nursing Leadership

As the healthcare field continues to struggle with workforce shortages, it is imperative that nurse leaders seek other effective systems of care…

Bloom Where You Are Planted, Lead Where You Can

Leadership in nursing may be demonstrated in many ways and many different environments throughout one’s nursing career. There are similarities, though, that…

DNA Reporter | Guest Editor | June 2025

The focus of this edition of the DNA Reporter is Nurse Leadership in the First State. I am honored to share this…

What’s in a…Brand? The Power of Nurses™

To kick off Nurse’s Week 2025, the Delaware Nurses Association made several announcements about the future of our organization. Joined by U.S.…

DNA President’s Message | Thoughts on Leadership

First and foremost, my sincere thanks to Lisa Drews, RN, EdD., MSN, CNE, CNEcl, CNML and to Taryn Pariag, MSN, RN for…

DNA Reporter | Guest Editor Welcome

Stepping into a new year, the idea of transition may be at the forefront of many of our minds. Change can provide…

2024 nursing trends and salary survey

The results of the 2024 nursing trends and salary survey are in. We asked clinical nurses and nurse managers to provide us…

Virtual Acute Care Nursing: An Innovative Approach to Transitions of Care

The current and ongoing shortage of registered nurses, coupled with an aging population in the United States, is straining healthcare delivery systems…

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Is It Really an Ethical Dilemma?

One day, I witnessed a colleague engaging in unsafe and unprofessional behavior. The colleague repeatedly documented that a wound dressing had been changed even though it hadn’t actually. At that time, I believed I was facing an ethical dilemma because…

Nurse offering ancillary support to child

We cannot carry this alone: The case for ancillary support in nursing

Burnout in high-acuity care is well documented. Emotional suppression, compassion fatigue, and moral distress can fracture even the most resilient clinicians. But ancillary support systems—when fully empowered—protect both patients and staff. They aren’t “extras.” They’re essential.

Dress for success: Wound dressing basics

Some nurses find wound dressing selection intimidating and frustrating. Businesswire estimates that more than 5,000 wound care products exist in the United States, in a myriad of shapes and sizes, each designed to address different wound characteristics and stages of…

Nursing-led M&M conferences

The implementation of nursing-led morbidity and mortality conferences (NMMCs) in our neonatal intensive care unit emerged after experiencing several adverse patient outcomes and identifying nursing knowledge gaps related to certain diagnoses. With the goal of improving the quality of nursing…

Is It Really an Ethical Dilemma?

One day, I witnessed a colleague engaging in unsafe and unprofessional behavior. The colleague repeatedly documented that a wound dressing had been…

We cannot carry this alone: The case for ancillary support in nursing

Burnout in high-acuity care is well documented. Emotional suppression, compassion fatigue, and moral distress can fracture even the most resilient clinicians. But…

Dress for success: Wound dressing basics

Some nurses find wound dressing selection intimidating and frustrating. Businesswire estimates that more than 5,000 wound care products exist in the United…

Nursing-led M&M conferences

The implementation of nursing-led morbidity and mortality conferences (NMMCs) in our neonatal intensive care unit emerged after experiencing several adverse patient outcomes…

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Exploring the Opportunities and Mitigating the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Education

Nurses Leadership and Maintaining the Art and Science of Nursing

Taking the Pulse on Nursing Education

Substance Use Disorder: A Gap in Nursing Education

Early Identification and Intervention of At-Risk Nursing Students

New Faculty Development Leads to the ‘Pedagogy of Play’

Cultivating Cultural Competency: The Impact of Incorporating Global Studies into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula

Cultivating a Growth Mindset in Nursing Education

Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage

Sustaining Excellence: Knowledge Transfer and Strategic Planning in Nursing Leadership

Returning to School as an Adult? How to Fund Tuition

Nursing Leadership in the First State

Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

Systems Thinking and Interprofessional Collaboration in Nursing Leadership

Bloom Where You Are Planted, Lead Where You Can

DNA Reporter | Guest Editor | June 2025

What’s in a…Brand? The Power of Nurses™

DNA President’s Message | Thoughts on Leadership

DNA Reporter | Guest Editor Welcome

2024 nursing trends and salary survey

Virtual Acute Care Nursing: An Innovative Approach to Transitions of Care

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Is It Really an Ethical Dilemma?

We cannot carry this alone: The case for ancillary support in nursing

Dress for success: Wound dressing basics

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Dress for success: Wound dressing basics

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