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Continuing Nursing Education: Why?

American Nurse

Building on this expectation from the code of ethics, the scope and standards of practice for nursing (ANA, 2021) includes a specific competency related to education, stating that “the registered nurse seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking” (p.98).

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The Future of Nursing for BSNs: What the National Academy of Medicine Report Means for You

Joyce

Their Future of Nursing reports analyze the state of the nursing industry, as well as its needs and plans for necessary developments. Released once a decade, the NAM Future of Nursing report provides updated guidelines for the nursing industry and nursing education.

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Back to the future

American Nurse

The agency has a new name—The National Academy of Medicine—and they’ve worked with a diverse team of experts from across the nursing spectrum to create a new visionary report titled The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.

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Selecting a Nursing Program to Advance Your Career

American Nurse

The COVID pandemic and economic uncertainty post-pandemic negatively impacted nursing education program enrollments. An annual survey of 974 institutions, conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), revealed a decrease in nursing program enrollments for the first time in recent history (AACN, 2023).

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Engaging nurses in scholarly work

American Nurse

Based in this premise, the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 The Future of Nursing Leading Change, Advancing Health identified nurses as the driving force to help realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Establishing this connection engages nurses and helps them see the worth of scholarly work.

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Community Health Pioneer Gloria McNeal Tapped for AACN Award

Minority Nurse

Her interprofessional, nurse-led and other projects, totaling more than $12 million in extramural funding, have been continuously funded for over 20 years. Her nursing career began as a critical care nurse in the U.S.

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Saluting the Evolution of Nursing and Centuries of Heroism

The Gypsy Nurse

She went on to author Notes on Nursing (published 1859), which provides a practical guide for hygiene, sanitation, fresh air, proper lighting, a good diet, warmth, and quietness in a hospital environment to promote patient recovery. Henderson emphasizes basic human needs and, more specifically, how nurses can meet those needs.