Registered Nursing

JULY 28, 2025

Known as the Insurance Capital of the World, Hartford sits at the crossroads of finance, biomedical research, and patient‑centered care. Modern RN‑to‑BSN pathways combine self‑paced online courses with local practicums, letting you finish in as little as three semesters while keeping your weekend shifts at Hartford Hospital.

Preceptors

The Nurse Break

MAY 26, 2025

Both my parents work as carers in aged care, and I also have two elder sisters who work as registered nurses. I was well supported by preceptors, educators, and the multidisciplinary team throughout this process. Like many young people approaching the end of their secondary studies, I struggled with choosing a career path.I

Mental Health

Minority Nurse

JUNE 26, 2025

We nurses willingly endure a grueling educational experience, place ourselves in the hands of nursing professors and preceptors, and otherwise trust that the blood, sweat, tears, and expense of pursuing our goal is worthwhile. Even as self-doubt creeps in, many still take the plunge for various personal reasons.

Preceptors

Registered Nursing

JULY 28, 2025

Accredited by ACEN, this program equips students with the knowledge and skills for the NCLEX-RN exam, focusing on patient care, leadership, and communication. Focuses on patient care. Students gain hands-on experience in acute care settings across Northeast Ohio, aligning with Ohio's educational standards for nursing.

LPN

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2025

Clinical rotations aren’t just a checkbox on the path to becoming a nurse practitioner—they’re the transformative experiences where students develop essential clinical skills, build critical thinking abilities, and learn to navigate the complexities of patient care in real clinical settings.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction In 2016, Maryland became one of the first states to implement a Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit. The aim of this legislation was to help alleviate healthcare workforce shortages in the State, and it provided a tax incentive to nurse practitioner student preceptors.

Preceptors

American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Define the differences between mentorship and preceptor programs, and the benefits of implementing a mentorship program. The limited pool of qualified nursing staff readily available to provide safe, quality care taxes the human capital management of healthcare organizations worldwide. See Turnover stats.) increase the previous year.

Professional Development

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Curriculum can include reviews of mental health struggles and disorders, symptoms, and unique risks for nurses, as well as strategies for self-protection and self-knowledge when intervention and resources are lacking. After the crisis, focus on your own self-care needs.

Mental Health

American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2024

Clinical proficiency is essential for providing safe and prudent care, but soft skills are equally as vital. They allow us to foster collaboration among teams, build trusting relationships, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care. The value of soft skills extends far beyond new nurses and direct patient care.

Nurse Educator

Minority Nurse

APRIL 23, 2024

So, determining which of the program types is right for you may take some self-evaluation. Some students need the structure of being required to show up in person at a specific date and time, and some are more self-regulated. Make sure to inquire about preceptor policies when considering a program. It never hurts to ask.

Preceptors

Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

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.

Preceptors

The Nurse Break

JUNE 28, 2022

And perhaps that comes down to the impact it has on the capacity to provide high quality, safe, evidence-based care. The Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia’s (NMBA) Nursing Standards for both registered and enrolled nurses identifies the expectations for ongoing professional development of self and others (NMBA, 2016).

Education

Minority Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

As a nurse student, Wright was nicknamed Nia, an acronym for Nurse in Action, because she was eager to care for people and often volunteered to do whatever she could for as many patients as she could, whether or not those patients were part of her assignment. I have served as a preceptor, educator, and clinical specialist. 45 years.

Self-Care

American Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

Fast forward 2 years to my first day of work as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse, feeling woefully unprepared for the demands and expectations of an environment in flux. Rather than viewing vulnerability as a weakness, vulnerability is an uncomfortable element of authentically connecting with both self and others.

Work-Life Balance

American Nurse

JULY 1, 2023

Podcasts offer benefits for professionals and students across generations who have multiple responsibilities, including child care, work, and self-care. For example, Nurse Danielle Maltby’s The WoMed podcast focuses on women in healthcare, including self-care, mental health, emerging healthcare trends, and education.

Self-Care

Nurse.com

JUNE 17, 2022

Experience, enthusiasm, and a willing spirit are essential qualities of successful mentors,” said Trish Richardson, MSN, BSBA, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN, Director of Post-Acute Care Solutions at Relias and President-Elect of the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA). As a mentor, you impact the nursing profession as well as patient care.

Work-Life Balance

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 24, 2024

Grieshop, MHI, BSN, RN, practice excellence supervisor, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. For instance, the organization should tell you how much time you will spend with a preceptor or the milestones you need to hit to reach full competence. Preceptorship. You should also check if you will have a mentor.

Preceptors

Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Nurses’ self-reported mental health ratings have shown continued improvement since the darkest days of the pandemic, ascending from 5.4 Hospitals must eschew rigid, outdated practices in favor of alternatives such as self-scheduling, variable shift lengths, and providing full-time, part-time, or gig-based employment opportunities.

Mental Health

Healthy Workforce Institute

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Include content in orientation, in your nurse and physician residency programs, preceptor programs, leader orientation and ongoing leadership development, etc. Employees need to hear from their leaders that self-care is important and a priority in their organization. Stop tolerating or ignoring negativity. Make Wellness a Habit.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Clinical learning experiences, during which prelicensure nursing students help care for actual patients, allow students to apply information learned in the classroom. Staff nurses play a pivotal role during clinical learning, serving as formal and informal guides, mentors, and preceptors.

Preceptors

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Reduce burden off preceptors. According to the 2021 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report , the current RN turnover rate in the U.S. By improving the culture early on, however, nurses coming in the door feel more confident, supported, and empowered to deliver high-quality patient care, as quickly as possible.

Licensing

American Nurse

JULY 8, 2023

Evidence-based strategies for nurse preceptors The complex role of nurse preceptor requires a combination of clinical expertise and the ability to balance patient care with learning facilitation. They have some real-life patient care experience, but they rely on rules and guidelines. See Teachable moments.)

Preceptors

Nurse.com

JUNE 17, 2022

Experience, enthusiasm, and a willing spirit are essential qualities of successful mentors,” said Trish Richardson, MSN, BSBA, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN, Director of Post-Acute Care Solutions at Relias and President-Elect of the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA). As a mentor, you impact the nursing profession as well as patient care.

Work-Life Balance

Nursing Uncensored

OCTOBER 11, 2020

I remind myself that not only is self-care very individual, but it needs to change and grow as I do. This for me includes a lot of self-guided studying on the couch. Grow as Student and New Nurse Preceptor. I highly recommend the following videos for new preceptors and clinical instructors. Maybe that’s just me.

Preceptors

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Takeaways Direct care nurses serve as significant teachers and role models for nursing students in the clinical setting. Collaboration with nursing faculty during the clinical rotation can ease the burden on direct care nurses and facilitate a positive learning experience for the student.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The study analysis determined worsening nurse population health outcomes equating to a mental health crisis that is actively contributing to costly job turnover rates and increased risks to patient care and safety. 26% of respondents stated nursing preceptors put the needs of their patients before their own. Healthy work environments.

Mental Health

FreshRN

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

You have a great preceptor, you like your unit, and your manager seems pretty cool. So you’ve just started your new job as a new graduate nurse. But you dread going to work. You get report and you’re already an hour behind. You’re already an overwhelmed nurse. There are so many things to do right this second that you shut down.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Both ladies shared what are some essential leadership qualities that every leader should consider: communication, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, reflection, creativity, integrity, delegation, and action orientation. This episode also touched on the topic of exploring issues related to the importance of self-care.

Self-Care

Relias

JUNE 2, 2023

Yet the need to care for patients never stops. These difficult circumstances call for innovative approaches to safeguard care quality and protect nurses from overwork and burnout. This biannual study serves as a resource to inform workforce planning and support safe, effective patient care. Hispanic/Latinx.

Nurse Shortage

Relias

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Qualities of a good nurse 1 – Caring and compassion Many people assume that nurses enter the field because compassion is one of their leading qualities — but this nursing characteristic isn’t necessarily a given. Add to this caring for multiple patients simultaneously, and the possibility of making an error can seem almost inevitable.

Preceptors

Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2024

Nurses, known for their dedication and adaptability, are now moving beyond traditional direct patient care roles and venturing into side gigs and full-fledged entrepreneurial ventures. As my career progressed, I became a preceptor, mentor, educator, and coach. Self-Education Books, online courses, and seminars become invaluable tools.

Nurse Entrepreneurs

Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

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.

Preceptors

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I guide nurses on how to self-promote, communicate confidently, and be more visible! Naturally, I became a preceptor, mentor, and coach, so I pursued my master’s in nursing education. Being a nursing leader means genuinely caring about people, whether those people are patients, employees, colleagues, or external stakeholders.

Preceptors

Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In nursing school, working with mentors and preceptors, and in care settings, nurses gain awareness of the qualities that the best leaders possess. Self-assessments can help objectively determine where experience may fall short and help nurses develop the specific skills and capabilities they need to move up in the profession.

Leadership

American Nurse

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The importance of this in maintaining the competencies needed to provide care for diverse populations across the lifespan is critical. They are often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of all backgrounds and experiences seeking care, and they represent the largest of the healthcare professions.

APRN

Relias

MARCH 31, 2023

Nurses who have practiced for several years, gained solid experience in one or more care settings, improved their skills through continued education, and mentored other nurses are leaders — even if they do not have a job title specifically designated as a leadership role. A wide range of continuing education exists for every care specialty.

Leadership

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

AUGUST 24, 2023

Among the various medical professionals who play critical roles in patient care and treatment are doctors (MDs), physician assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs) with a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and nurse practitioners with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). There are distinct differences between DNP and NP. What Is a DNP?

Nurse Practitioner