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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. Improved retention translates to a more experienced and skilled nursing workforce, positively impacting patient safety through better continuity of care.”

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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.