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Levels of Nursing Explained

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Position Description: To become an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), you must be an RN ready to take on more of a leadership role in patient care. While RNs typically focus on implementing a plan of care, APRNs focus on directing a plan of care. APRN Median Annual Salary: $63.48/hour,

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Nurses Take Top Spot for Honesty and Ethics in Gallup Poll

Nurse.com

Nurses continued to care for patients with COVID-19 and address the fears that come with the diagnosis. The pandemic also exacerbated the challenges nurses already faced before COVID-19 and created new ones. Understaffed and unsafe work environments make it impossible for nurses to do the work they signed up to do.

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Critical Care Association President Wants Nurses to be Heard

Nurse.com

A self-proclaimed millennial, Amanda Bettencourt , PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P, is serving a one-year term as president of the world’s largest specialty nursing organization, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Amanda Bettencourt, APRN.

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Future-Proofing Healthcare

Penn Nursing

Menu Button Feature Future-Proofing Healthcare How Penn Nursing’s PhD program is the key to unlocking innovative and equity-focused care and policy. As an ER nurse, Jennifer Gil , MSN, RN saw the return of plenty of patients who had made little progress. She wondered, too, about the connection between crowded ERs and nursesburnout.

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Keeping Burnout at Bay 

Minority Nurse

Signs of Strain Burnout is characterized by emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion, notes April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN , ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN, immediate past president of the AANP. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, associate professor, pediatric nurse practitioner, M.

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Celebrate National Nurses Week — and Read Our Nurse Salary and Job Satisfaction Report

Relias

If you want to learn what nurses really need — and want — read our 2024 Nurse Salary and Job Satisfaction Report. Our report provides insights into nurses’ professional needs and desires, providing clear information on how to improve their professional and personal fulfillment.

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Capitol HILL DAY and Membership Assembly 2023

American Nurse

The first day also included arguments/dialogue forums on seven proposed amendments to the ANA Bylaws.