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What Certifications Do Nurses Need?

Daily Nurse

Nursing certifications are essential for nurses and provide additional assurance that the RNs caring for patients are competent, well-trained, seasoned professionals. Numerous studies demonstrate that nurse certification improves patient care and safety.

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Survey Paints Enrollment Picture

Daily Nurse

She noted in an interview that in 2002, roughly 30,800 students were enrolled in RN-to-BSN programs. These are nurses in clinical practice who are focused on patient care outcomes in a clinical practice environment. That number skyrocketed to almost 140,000 students enrolled in these programs in 2018-19.

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Should Nurses Try to Get Published?

Minority Nurse

Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, OCNS-C, CMSRN, CNE, has been the editor of the MEDSURG Nursing journal since 2002 and sees getting published as an equal opportunity. “However, all nurses are responsible for communicating information about practice innovations, particularly those impacting patient outcomes.”

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ECMO Nurse – The Fascinating And Intense World

The Nurse Break

I started my nursing career in 2002 after 2 ½ years of mandatory national service (Army). I came to Melbourne in 2005 to complete my critical care training and stayed in the Intensive Care setting since. Take for example disease progression in COVID patients, no one would have a good understanding of this before 2021.

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2024 Emerging Leader Keri O. Brenner, MD MPA

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

Brenner, MD MPA has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care. I served in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Kolkata, India on various occasions (2002-2006) which inspired my eventual path toward palliative care.

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Why is Magnet Status Still Meaningful?

Minority Nurse

The program expanded to include long-term care facilities in 1998 and moved beyond the borders of the United States to an international Magnet movement in 2000 as the new century began. In 2002, a final name change to the Magnet Recognition Program was initiated, and here we are some 22 years later.

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When Politics Overrides Nurse Workforce Diversity and Patient Care

AJN Off the Charts

Eliminating these initiatives threatens the quality and integrity of nursing education and undermines our commitment to culturally competent care. The loss to patient care and workplace diversity. The post When Politics Overrides Nurse Workforce Diversity and Patient Care appeared first on Off the Charts.