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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

faces an ever-growing demand for primary and specialized healthcare providers, nurse practitioners (NPs) have become critical to the future of American healthcare. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the NP profession is projected to grow by an astounding 45% between 2019 and 2029 much faster than the average for all other occupations.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

The previous onboarding process for PCAs included a state tested nursing assistant (STNA) program offered by a local career training facility. Many PCAs reported that the curriculum didn’t cover the skill and time management needs of an acute care facility; it focused on long-term care/skilled nursing facilities.

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Learning to Lead – Empowering Nursing Students as Peer Mentors

American Nurse

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE is an essential component of nursing education. However, it has been documented that clinical experience generates a significant amount of anxiety for nursing students (Walker & Verklan, 2016). Benefits of peer mentoring in prelicensure nursing education: A dual perspective. Bosselait, L.,

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

population ages, geriatric nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) can make an impact. The need for geriatric nurses can be explained simply by looking at data highlighting an aging United States. As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “The

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The VIP treatment: A comprehensive post-fall assessment guideline

American Nurse

Takeaways: No standardized post-fall assessment exists for long-term care facilities, which leads to inefficiency and inaccuracy. To ensure appropriate care, nurses must perform accurate post-fall assessments to prevent complications in all settings, including in long-term care facilities (LTCFs).

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Four Different Types of Jobs in Nursing

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

There are many different nursing jobs and specialties. 1 Learning the four key levels of nursing jobs can help guide you. 2 The following positions are organized by the nurse’s level of education and licensing, but there are many ways to advance your career and assume more responsibilities.

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Skin failure: A historical perspective

American Nurse

1980s: Kennedy lesion Fast forward to the 1980s, when Karen Lou Kennedy, a nurse practitioner in a 500-bed mid-Western long-term care facility, observed that some residents rapidly developed skin breakdown, usually on their buttocks, and died within 6 weeks to months.