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Maryland’s Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit: A Call to Action

American Nurse

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. Rasheed et al, 2020).

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AI is transforming healthcare: Nurses need a seat at the table.

American Nurse

In 2019, I included our results in a speaker session called “Blowing up triage.” Part of my own initial resistance to this change, after all, was that I’d spent many years as a triage nurse preceptor and took pride in doing my job well. Of course, I understand why many nurses remain wary of new technologies.

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Yes, Cover Letters Are Still a Thing — Even for Nurses

Daily Nurse

I graduated from Appleton University’s BSN program in May 2019, where I made the Dean’s List every semester and graduated summa cum laude. I thrived in clinical practice, receiving positive feedback from preceptor evaluations for all rotations. So go ahead and make a compelling case and toot your horn.

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Clinical Education – whose job is it anyway?

The Nurse Break

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021). My own journey in clinical education began as a learner. Wu, A.W. & & Busch, I.M.

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

Formal, contracted nurse residency programs of several weeks to months—which could include one-on-one shifts with a preceptor, lectures by the providers they’ll work alongside, go-to unit mentors, classes, and required certifications in that unit’s area of specialty—would truly bridge the gap between student and professional.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

See External vs internal training ) The CNO accepted the proposal, and implementation began in the third quarter of 2019. Course development PCA course development began in late 2019 with plans to launch the new program in the winter of 2020. Ambler, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2019. Who will attend? April 18, 20222.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Kendra Coles

Minority Nurse

Since 2019, Coles has been Director of Women’s & Children’s Services at the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UM BWMC). We have modified our nursing preceptor program to enable our most experienced nurse to focus on a core group of new hires.