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BSN Clinical Rotation Guide: What to Expect in Each Specialty

Registered Nursing

Clinical rotations form the backbone of your BSN education, transforming theoretical knowledge into practical nursing skills. As a nursing student, these immersive experiences across various healthcare specialties provide essential hands-on training while helping you identify potential career paths.

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Meet David Nguyen an RN at Boston Medical Center

Minority Nurse

I strongly feel that the University of Massachusetts Lowell nursing professors prepared me for real world experiences and nursing skills. As a new graduate at Boston Medical Center in MICU, I have many resources and support systems in place, which include my nurse educator, nurse managers, and nursing preceptor.

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Maximizing the Nurse-Patient Relationship

Daily Nurse

The patient and family experience during clinical training is often dictated by preceptors’ beliefs and training. Most nurses can relate, but some may have been lucky enough to attend a program that discussed communication, empathy, emotional and relational intelligence, and nurse-patient relationships.

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Tips for Success in Nursing Clinicals 

Board Vitals - Nursing

Your job is not to show what you know but to simply learn as much as you can from the experts around you who are practicing the nursing skills and patient care you are learning about on real patients. . Make the Most of Your Preceptor.

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How Do Clinical Rotations Work in Online Nursing Schools?

Every Nurse

What to Expect in Nursing School Clinical Rotations Nursing clinicals are supervised periods of hands-on training in which nursing students experience the daily work of a professional healthcare provider and practice nursing skills under the direction of a preceptor.

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Mentorship: A strategy for nursing retention

American Nurse

Mentoring programs can strengthen the nursing workforce sustainably from within the profession. Learning Objectives Explain the ramifications of current nurse turnover rates. Define the differences between mentorship and preceptor programs, and the benefits of implementing a mentorship program. Nurse Educ Pract.

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Best Online Faith-Based Online Nurse Practitioner Schools in 2025

Registered Nursing

Students complete over 700 clinical hours with expert preceptors, focusing on critical care, trauma, and hospital medicine. Students gain hands-on training with physician and NP preceptors, preparing them for specialized healthcare roles. Graduates can pursue further education with the DNP program.