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How to Measure the Potential Value of Earning Your MSN

Minority Nurse

With nursing becoming increasingly complex in this new millennium, nurses are expected to have a broader scope of knowledge, more skill and expertise, and the ability to be dynamic leaders within a multidisciplinary industry, whether that leadership comes from an official title or simply through a nurse’s words and deeds.

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. First and foremost, nurses require better pay.

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Career karma

American Nurse

Access to care is supposed to be a priority for the healthcare system, but there are so many limitations on providers—especially APRNs.” That passion for patient care is the same reason she became an APRN. When she began at HHSC, her position was senior nurse policy advisor. I wanted to honor her,” said Palicki.

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The Road to Becoming an FNP

Minority Nurse

This is the model recommended by the National Academy of Medicine, formerly called the Institute of Medicine, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.” CONS: Future license portability: At some point in the future, the APRN Compact will become a reality like it is for millions of registered nurses.

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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

For Perion, “advocacy, collaboration, and communication” are the three key things she learned as a bedside nurse, and these are also the goals she brings into her NP practice each day. The Need for Nurse Practitioners. DNPs play advanced roles in nurse leadership as well as research and teaching.

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Evaluating Caregiver Perceptions and Illuminating Nurse Retention Strategies

Consult QD

To better understand this troubling trend at a local level, nurses at Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital conducted a study aimed at identifying strategies for retaining nurses at the bedside. If so, what has changed?

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6 Ways CNOs are Improving Teamwork for 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

That’s especially true as trends like aging baby boomers , escalating mental and behavioral health conditions, and worsening physician shortages ratchet up the demand for—and pressure on—nurses. One solution that all the nurse executives highlighted to HealthLeaders: Virtual experiences on the floor and behind the scenes.