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The Importance of Nursing Internships

Nurse.com

First, future nurses need the foundational education that comes from undergraduate nursing programs. Nurse interns are paired with a preceptor who shares personal and professional knowledge. As learning opportunities arise, preceptors will try to get you involved in some way or allow you to observe. Ottamissiah Moore, RN.

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BCEN Names 2023 Distinguished Award Winners

Daily Nurse

Tyczka, a trauma specialty RN/educator who was just promoted to Trauma Program Director at her Virginia hospital and whose innovative continuing education initiatives include an Escape Room for trauma nurses. They will also be honored at a celebration at their workplace this summer.

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Precepting: Crucial to Retaining and Helping New Nurses Succeed

Nurse.com

The pressures on new graduate nurses to transition from education to practice are often too much to take, causing registered nurses (RNs) meant to fuel nursing’s workforce pipeline in the coming decades to question their career choice. The course fulfills one of the requirements for the AAPA’s Preceptor Specialist Certification.

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7 Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Relias

Organizations with a nurse residency program provide new nurses with additional support while also engaging experienced nurses as preceptors — fostering new connections and a healthy, collaborative culture. Participants reported higher satisfaction with orientation and onboarding compared to those without a formal nurse residency program.

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Advance Your Nursing Career: Creating a Nursing E-Portfolio is Easier Than You Think

Daily Nurse

But we do much more than obtain required continuing education hours, maintain certifications, and renew licenses. We should all record our many accomplishments, such as presentations, publications, preceptor hours, acts of service, etc. Where are you documenting that?

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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Intervention and prevention Improving mental health outcomes for nurses requires a network of support from schools of nursing, training and continuing education resources, nurse leaders, nurse peers and co-workers, and especially employers. Nurse leaders and educators shouldn’t tolerate any mental health stigma or “guilting.”

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Nurse Mentorships and How They Can Benefit You

Nurse.com

As a mentor, you have to embody certain qualities and jump into different roles such as educator, supporter, and friend. Nurse mentors also carry many responsibilities, including providing clinical education, offering career guidance, and supporting mentees through challenging situations. Am I empathetic with my colleagues?