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Sanford Health's $3M Nursing Grant Will Help Rural Healthcare 'For Generations to Come'

Health Leaders | Nursing

It also will increase the quality of nurse orientation and the quantity of preceptors in all care settings by updating Sanford’s advanced preceptor curriculum, to include individualized tools, resources, and improved access for long-term care, acute care, and ambulatory nurses serving in rural areas, DeBoer says. “By

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. More formally, I am trained as a preceptor to new nurses, so I help lead nursing orientation and provide ongoing support during the onboarding process.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

Many PCAs reported that the curriculum didn’t cover the skill and time management needs of an acute care facility; it focused on long-term care/skilled nursing facilities. In addition, the state of Ohio STNA certification requires annual continuing education specific to long-term care/skilled nursing facilities.

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Never Let Your Circumstances Determine Your Destiny

Nurse.com

I had no idea what that meant until I began my first job working on a med-surg floor with my new co-workers and my preceptor. I seized those opportunities by gaining experience in hospital nursing, long-term care, home health, hospice, corrections, case management, and administration.

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Executive Director’s Corner | CNA

American Nurse

First was to meet with legislative aids to educate them on the importance of supporting the safe staffing needs in long-term care, to allow APRNs to practice to the full extent of their training, and pilot a program to increase the salaries for the educators preparing our future nurses.

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How to Choose the Right CNA Training Program

Every Nurse

Clinical Opportunities Clinical hours spent in skilled nursing facilities or long-term care facilities under the supervision of a registered nurse is a state requirement for CNA certification and is critical to your success on the certified nurse competency exam.