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Do You Need a Nurse Mentor?

Minority Nurse

Being precepted means that you’re being shown the ropes of where things are and how things are done. There may be a nurse in your life whom you admire and would give anything to follow in their footsteps. However, mentors are distinct from preceptors. But it can be even better if they have skills that apply to your own career goals.”

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Nurse Residencies: Norm or Exception?

Minority Nurse

Meanwhile, their less fortunate new grad colleagues take positions where they may be subject to extremely poor (or veritably nonexistent) precepting and essentially set up to sink or swim. Back then, a nurse would attend a nursing school run by a particular hospital.

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Health Care’s Endless Loops

The Healthcare Blog

Other times they might’ve been able to sign up online, but in order to cancel they had to call and talk to a representative. Less than a month from election day, the Chair is hurrying to finish a rule that follows through on a campaign pledge made by the Chair’s favored presidential candidate.” There is a simple explanation.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Selena Gilles

Minority Nurse

My mom grew up in a very disadvantaged neighborhood. I didn’t grow up in the best neighborhoods. As a latchkey kid who grew up in the NYC public schools, I knew I had to make it out of areas where most lack the resources to succeed. Seeing her severely ill is what sparked my interest in a healthcare career.