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From RN to NP: Navigating Your Path to a Nurse Practitioner Career

Post University

As advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) can provide their patients with a broad range of healthcare services. This focus on continuous care enables them to build enduring, personalized relationships with patients, fostering a supportive and responsive healthcare environment.

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2023 Regulatory Advocacy Roundup

Capitol Beat

Instead of using limiting language in regulatory publications and guidance documents, e.g., referring to physicians, advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), physician’s assistants, or any other providers by name, CMS is using the more generic term of practitioner, unless restricted by statute.

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“Wow, That Could Be Me One Day” – Wayne State’s Erik Carter Traces His Path from Teenage LVN to Nurse Educator

Minority Nurse

Erik Carter , PhD, MS, APRN, CNS, CCRN-A, PHN, director of undergraduate programs for the Wayne State University College of Nursing , recalls “thinking it would be nice, at some point in my career, if I could be a face that students could see in themselves and say, “Hey, wow, that could be me one day.”.

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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities. You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. Inpatient hospital units.

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How to Become a Registered Nurse

Post University

According to the ANA, registered nurses are often responsible for: Coordinating patient care and treatment plans with the patient’s medical team. Educating patients about best practices and providing information about community resources. Providing patients with exams, medication, and treatment. Pass the NCLEX-RN exam.

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

Whitaker, who previously worked as a director of nursing in long-term care at a skilled nursing facility, said that along with ageism, helping students to increase their exposure to older adult patients, and countering the perceptions that geriatrics isn’t “very exciting or rewarding” are common challenges.

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What Is the Difference Between a Practical Nurse and a Registered Nurse?

Post University

Although both are nursing jobs that involve a lot of direct patient care, there are some notable differences between the two—especially as it relates to job duties and educational requirements. What Is the Difference Between Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse Educational Pathways?