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The Benefits of Earning Your DNP

Minority Nurse

If you ’ re wondering about the benefits of earning your DNP , there ’ s no time like the present to explore the career potential and professional development that such a high-level educational accomplishment can confer on your nursing career.

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Nurses Drive Initiative to Address Postpartum Urinary Retention

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They have newborn, they are breastfeeding, and they might have other children,” says Angela Washer, APRN-CNP, who serves as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital. “New mothers already have enough to deal with.

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Nursing ethics and shared governance model

American Nurse

Takeaways: Through shared governance, nurses are encouraged to participate in organizational decision-making to satisfy professional obligations. Incorporating ethical competence and professional development into everyday nursing practice is imperative to fulfilling ethical obligations for optimal patient care.

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New Cleveland Clinic Podcast Aims to Encourage, Educate Nurses in Unprecedented Times

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Initial episodes include: “How Nurse Mentorship Can Boost Confidence and Foster Growth” with Lydia Booher, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ONC, a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. I’m already learning a lot, and I believe our listeners are too.”

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How to Grow in the Nursing Profession

Diversity Nursing

These organizations help Nurses achieve personal growth and development by supplying educational opportunities such as CEUs, education conferences, occupational networking, and academic scholarships. The benefits of obtaining a graduate degree in Nursing include a pay increase as well as teaching and leadership opportunities.

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How to Love Your Nursing Job in Today’s Healthcare Climate

Every Nurse

It’s getting easier and easier to take the low road, complaining about workload and leadership and the demands of the position. And it’s producing burned-out nurses at a record pace. Invest in your own professional development, learning skills before they’re required of you and preparing yourself for changes before they occur.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. These skills carried over into my work as well as I became an assistant manager.