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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

Skills Required: Strong communication, technical proficiency, and the ability to assess patients virtually. GNPs specialize in managing chronic conditions, promoting healthy aging, and coordinating long-term care. Skills Required: Expertise in chronic disease management, communication, and family-centered care.

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Top 10 Attributes of a Great Nurse

Diversity Nursing

Great Nurses bring their best qualities into the profession to enhance the healthcare team and promote positive patient outcomes. High-Quality Communication Skills: A great Nurse must be proficient in effective communication. When small details go overlooked, medication, communication, and documentation errors can occur.

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3 Behaviors for Thoughtful and Effective Nurse Leadership

Nurse.com

Promote personal and professional growth. You hold a key position within your organization, managing and collaborating with nursing staff, leading meeting discussions, overseeing patient advocacy, and more. This is where mindfulness comes in. Mindfulness can involve time spent without distractions to better: Develop innovation.

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What Can You Do with a Master’s in Nursing? 2025 Ultimate Guide

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

This may include changing how the company manages patient care, improving its nursing administration and patient care procedures or navigating new federal regulations. MSN Roles in Patient Care Many nurses choose to earn their MSN degree with a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) specialty.

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Nursing ethics and shared governance model

American Nurse

Expiration: 4/1/26 According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (the Code), “the nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes actions consistent with the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care.”

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Health Literacy Tips: Speak Plainly, Teach Often

Nurse.com

It can also contribute to low compliance with discharge instructions, which can increase the chances that a patient will be readmitted. Knowing how to promote health literacy with patients and their families is key to helping patients recover in-hospital and continue healing post-discharge. Shalla Newton, RN. Don’t delay.

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Essential Qualities and Characteristics of a Good Nurse

Relias

Nurses who show they truly care about their patients — and how well they perform their jobs — have a greater likelihood of advancing, making compassion a key indicator for nurse success. 2 – Excellent communication skills Strong communication skills are an important nurse characteristic.