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Nurse Practitioner vs. Physician Assistant: Key Differences

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are advanced healthcare practitioners with similar responsibilities, such as diagnosing illnesses and prescribing medications. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a licensed clinician who provides comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages.

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In Healthcare and Nursing, Relationships Matter

Daily Nurse

Let’s face it: someday, you may need a professional reference, an introduction to a key individual at a facility you’re interested in, some priceless career advice, a mentor, or maybe someone to serve as your preceptor during your nurse practitioner program.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

Coates works at a mental health crisis center as a senior professional evaluation nurse, preceptor to new nurses, Nursing Journal Club facilitator, and nursing department trainer for new staff. Many attributes that contribute to successful nursing leadership can be learned and developed over time.

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Clinical Education – whose job is it anyway?

The Nurse Break

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021). This meant I came into nursing with the understanding that this is what nurses could do.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Selena Gilles

Minority Nurse

I am also an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and a Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University of Haiti. I am a certified Clinical Nurse Educator and certified in Critical Care Nursing. I have been in nursing for 18 years.

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Nurse Recruiters Share Top Tips for Negotiating Salary

Nurse.com

Sometimes the increase in pay for higher education is a differential, added to a nurse’s pay, Mazzaro said. The other thing I would recommend to nurses is to become a preceptor or a charge nurse,” Mazzaro said. Mazzaro said it’s usually best for nurses to talk about pay with their recruiters and not hiring managers.

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Selecting a Nursing Program to Advance Your Career

American Nurse

The report recommended that accrediting bodies, nursing programs, health care organizations, and professional development educators from multiple professions collaborate to ensure that nurses, nursing students, and faculty continue their education and engage in lifelong learning. Ohio Nurses Review , 88(1), 12.

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