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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level.

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How to Become a Registered Nurse

Every Nurse

Before you can begin working as a registered nurse, you must complete a series of steps that will take several years to gain the necessary education, clinical training, and experience you need to meet the requirements for testing, licensing, and certification. We have outlined six primary steps to become an RN below: 1.

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Nurses With DNP Degree Are Sorely Needed in Health Care and Education

Nurse.com

Nurses have many points of entry into the nursing profession — and, ultimately, to a Doctor of Nursing Practice, including entering as licensed practical nurses (LPN) or licensed vocational nurses (LVN). How to Become a DNP Nurse.

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Goals of a 4th Year Nurse and a Pandemic Update from NUHQ

Nursing Uncensored

This reduction in responsibility, both in-person and online, also helps my mental health and frees me up to focus on the things and people that need my attention right now. Grow as Student and New Nurse Preceptor. I highly recommend the following videos for new preceptors and clinical instructors. I thought of 10 tips: 1.

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Memorial Hermann Health System’s Innovative Approach To Reimagining a Culture of Excellence

Relias

An 8-hour mental health day. Innovative models to support preceptor programs. From five years’ worth of data with a sample size of more than 1,700 newly-licensed nurses across 13 hospitals, these were the key findings: There was statistically significant reduction in onboarding time by 6.5 days for each new hire.

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From poster, publication, podium to podcast

American Nurse

For example, Nurse Danielle Maltby’s The WoMed podcast focuses on women in healthcare, including self-care, mental health, emerging healthcare trends, and education. How do you build meaningful connections with your preceptors? doi:10.1186/s12912-021-00543-0 Nursing License Map. 2021;20(20). Podcasts for nurses.