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Exciting Nursing Career Paths for the Aging Nurse

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Nurses interested in legal nurse consulting can pursue certification and enter the job marketplace or entrepreneurial space, knowing they have the knowledge, experience, and skill to make a difference. Nurse Educator Many acute care facilities have nurse educators who are experts and specialists in their field.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

After being an assistant manager for several years, I realized that the parts of my role I enjoyed most were providing education, mentoring, clinical care, and improving systems. My first certification was the Certification in Nephrology Nursing (CNN) which I earned in 2001 because I knew I wanted to be a nephrology nurse long term.

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7 Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

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Not only will additional resources improve nurses’ ability to care for their patients with greater skill, continuing education and clinical training will help them see themselves as an instrumental part of the healthcare industry.

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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. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients.

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How To Become a Nurse Leader

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Nurses who have practiced for several years, gained solid experience in one or more care settings, improved their skills through continued education, and mentored other nurses are leaders — even if they do not have a job title specifically designated as a leadership role. But how do they take that step? What is a nurse leader?

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Home Health Specializations Boost Performance, Bottom Line

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Aligning with shifts in patient acuity levels and PDGM reimbursements requires an agency to look at current internal processes, assess current staff, and retrain or hire staff with specialty certifications. Specializations Can Enhance Care Team Competency.

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7 Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies

Relias

Not only will additional resources improve nurses’ ability to care for their patients with greater skill, continuing education and clinical training will help them see themselves as an instrumental part of the healthcare industry.