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BSN Clinical Rotation Guide: What to Expect in Each Specialty

Registered Nursing

Clinical rotations form the backbone of your BSN education, transforming theoretical knowledge into practical nursing skills. As a nursing student, these immersive experiences across various healthcare specialties provide essential hands-on training while helping you identify potential career paths.

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Maximizing the Nurse-Patient Relationship

Daily Nurse

Kissinger Goldman, DO, MBA , is an expert emergency physician, patient experience improvement consultant, and the author of Dr. Goldman’s Guide to Effective Patient Communication. We have shortcomings when it comes to effectively communicating with patients and their families.

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Mentorship: A strategy for nursing retention

American Nurse

Mentoring programs can strengthen the nursing workforce sustainably from within the profession. Learning Objectives Explain the ramifications of current nurse turnover rates. Define the differences between mentorship and preceptor programs, and the benefits of implementing a mentorship program.

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How Do Clinical Rotations Work in Online Nursing Schools?

Every Nurse

What to Expect in Nursing School Clinical Rotations Nursing clinicals are supervised periods of hands-on training in which nursing students experience the daily work of a professional healthcare provider and practice nursing skills under the direction of a preceptor.

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Best Online Faith-Based Online Nurse Practitioner Schools in 2025

Registered Nursing

Students complete over 700 clinical hours with expert preceptors, focusing on critical care, trauma, and hospital medicine. Graduates emerge as skilled practitioners ready to advocate, educate, and communicate effectively within healthcare systems, with preparation for certification exams and a holistic approach to patient care.

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How to Become a Registered Nurse

Every Nurse

Five Steps to Become a Registered Nurse To be successful as a registered nurse and thrive in a healthcare environment with constantly changing demands, you must build a strong clinical and non-clinical foundation. Nurturing these skills and more takes time and commitment. Clinical experience comes in a variety of forms.

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Nurse leadership: Pitfalls and solutions

American Nurse

Many of your finely honed nursing skills will serve you well as a manager, but you’ll still have gaps. You’ll likely need to use some of your skills in different ways and develop entirely new ones. What to do instead: Assume the role of facilitator and communicator. When someone asks, “Why did you do it that way?”