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The Case for Soft Skills in Nursing Education

American Nurse

Individual nursing students can take initiative in honing their soft skills by seeking self-directed learning opportunities, participating in extracurricular activities, and purposefully eliciting feedback on their bedside manner from preceptors alongside clinical feedback.

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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

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. 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. References Advisory Board.

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New nurses and clinical judgment

American Nurse

Evidence-based strategies for nurse preceptors The complex role of nurse preceptor requires a combination of clinical expertise and the ability to balance patient care with learning facilitation. That’s where the nurse preceptor comes in. See Teachable moments.)

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Executive Director’s Corner | CNA

American Nurse

I came to CNA with a clinical back- ground in the emergency department and over 15 years of experience in nursing education at the ADN, BSN, and graduate levels, as well as the past two years of working with the Government Affairs and Public Policy committee of CNA.

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Missed out on nursing graduate program – now what? Meet Kate

The Nurse Break

When I had finished studying, I was applying for local grad year both mainstream and mental health, and also applying to grad programs or 2nd round offers in other regions within Victoria. What did it look like when applying for graduate jobs? Ask questions at the end. Any final tips, thoughts, words of wisdom?

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

Nurse.com

Many students do not have the opportunity to be precepted by a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner, and often must reach out to master’s level NPs or physicians to serve as preceptors during their DNP program,” Stewart said. Salary for DNP Nurses. According to the U.S.