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The Importance of Nursing Internships

Nurse.com

Nurse interns are paired with a preceptor who shares personal and professional knowledge. As learning opportunities arise, preceptors will try to get you involved in some way or allow you to observe. Your preceptor may have you stay on that unit until you’ve mastered that task. One-on-one clinical experiences.

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Precepting: Crucial to Retaining and Helping New Nurses Succeed

Nurse.com

One thing that can ease the transition and help retain new nurses is nurse precepting, said Solimar Figueroa, PhD, RN, MHA, P-PCA, a clinical collaborator for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA). But precepting bedside nurses isn’t what many think and nurses who want to become preceptors should learn how to properly do it.

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BCEN Names 2023 Distinguished Award Winners

Daily Nurse

Tyczka, a trauma specialty RN/educator who was just promoted to Trauma Program Director at her Virginia hospital and whose innovative continuing education initiatives include an Escape Room for trauma nurses. They will also be honored at a celebration at their workplace this summer.

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Advance Your Nursing Career: Creating a Nursing E-Portfolio is Easier Than You Think

Daily Nurse

But we do much more than obtain required continuing education hours, maintain certifications, and renew licenses. We should all record our many accomplishments, such as presentations, publications, preceptor hours, acts of service, etc. Where are you documenting that?

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7 Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Relias

Organizations with a nurse residency program provide new nurses with additional support while also engaging experienced nurses as preceptors — fostering new connections and a healthy, collaborative culture. Participants reported higher satisfaction with orientation and onboarding compared to those without a formal nurse residency program.

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Put On Your Headsets: Virtual Reality May Become Part of Your Nurse Training Tools

Nurse.com

Student nurses still need instructors to guide them during clinicals, as new nurses will need preceptors to do the same, she said. Sparkman acknowledges that despite VR’s obvious benefits, it’s a complement to hands-on learning — not a replacement. And it also helps us retain information at a much higher rate,” she said.

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U. of Montana to Bolster the Big Sky Country's Nursing Workforce

Health Leaders | Nursing

"This grant will help to change the lives of many working nurses who are unable to travel long distances for continued education." These RN preceptors will receive specialized training to strengthen the nursing education workforce.

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