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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). Nurses experienced compassion fatigue, burnout, and difficulty finding work-life balance. The most significant challenge facing nursing is staffing shortages.

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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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New grad nursing—From surviving to thriving in the ICU

American Nurse

I started nursing school in 2019, and just a few short months later the world shut down as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. 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.