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7 Strategies for Nursing Student Success, According to Nurses Who've Been There
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Nursing school is one of the most demanding academic experiences you'll ever face. This roundup draws from articles published by real nurses in RN Journal to surface the strategies, mindsets, and habits that separate students who survive from students who thrive.
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10 Perspectives on Nurse Burnout: Causes, Consequences, and Paths Forward
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Nurse burnout is one of the most urgent challenges facing the profession today. This roundup draws from 10 articles published in RN Journal — each written by practicing nurses, educators, and researchers — to explore the full landscape of burnout: what causes it, how it shows up, and what nurses are doing to fight back.
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Fall Risk Assessment in Nursing: Screening Tools, Protocols, and Evidence-Based Interventions
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A comprehensive guide to fall risk assessment in nursing, covering standardized screening tools, evidence-based intervention protocols, documentation standards, and the nurse's role in fall prevention across clinical settings.
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5 Critical Thinking Strategies Every Nurse Needs to Prevent Patient Safety Errors
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A roundup of evidence-based critical thinking strategies nurses can use to prevent medication errors, falls, communication breakdowns, and other patient safety threats — with links to in-depth resources across RN Journal.
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8 Leadership Skills Every Nurse Manager Needs to Build a Stronger Team
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A roundup of the essential leadership skills nurse managers need — from authentic leadership and conflict resolution to mentoring, burnout prevention, and staffing advocacy — with links to in-depth resources across RN Journal.
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When Care Becomes Content: The Ethical Conflict Between Professionalism and Digital Culture in Nursing
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Amarachi G. Nwakuche explores the ethical conflict nurses face when social media content creation enters clinical settings, examining risks to patient privacy, trust, and professional identity, and offering strategies for maintaining ethical practice in the digital age.
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The Intersection of Immigration Enforcement, Trauma, and Mental Health: Implications for Nursing Practice
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Immigration enforcement activities such as raids, detention, and deportation can have profound psychological effects on immigrant communities, contributing to increased anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Nurses and healthcare providers play a critical role in addressing these challenges by implementing trauma-informed, culturally responsive care.
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GEMS Model of Classifying the Stages of Dementia
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Discusses Teepa Snow's GEMS Model and the beneficial impact it can have for caregivers in long-term care and at home. The model likens the stages of dementia to gemstones, highlighting each stage's unique qualities and needs.
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The Reality of Nurse-to-Patient Ratios on Med/Surg Units—and Why They Matter
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Breakdown of nurse-to-patient ratios on Med/Surg units, exploring how staffing levels impact patient safety, nurse wellbeing, and overall quality of care.
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Nursing as a Profession — Why Do Nurses Still Unionize?
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Nursing is widely recognized as a profession requiring specialized education, ethical standards, and clinical expertise. However, many nurses continue to organize into labor unions. This article explores the structural, economic, and workplace factors that drive unionization in nursing.
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Reflections On What Mental Health Is And How We Maintain Mental Health As Nurses
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This paper is a discussion on what mental health is, and strategies for maintaining mental health while faced with the daily stress we face as nurses.
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Type 2 Diabetes: The Sweet Tooth
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An exploration of type 2 diabetes — what it is, how it's diagnosed, the major risk factors driving the epidemic, and practical prevention strategies that can help reduce your risk.
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Supporting Patients Beyond the Bedside: Why Life Insurance Awareness Matters in Nursing Care
One topic that often surfaces during periods of illness or transition is life insurance. Nurses are not licensed to discuss policy details or make insurance recommendations, yet they frequently encounter patients and families who express uncertainty about how to find trustworthy guidance. This article explores how life insurance concerns naturally arise in healthcare settings, why they matter to patients’ overall well-being, and where nurses can ethically direct individuals seeking professional assistance
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Individualized Risk Prediction of Hospital-Acquired Infections Following Median Sternotomy Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study and Nomogram Development
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This retrospective cohort study develops and validates a nomogram for individualized prediction of hospital-acquired infections following median sternotomy cardiac surgery, identifying key risk factors including surgery type, smoking, diabetes, NYHA class, and preoperative TSH levels.
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Healing Harmony: The Power of Music in PACU
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What if something as simple as music could help to reduce pain, calm anxiety, and improve recovery after surgery? Patients arrive to PACU often confused and disoriented, experience lots of sounds, bright lights, and unfamiliar faces. This transition can be overwhelming that can contribute to increased pain, anxiety, and discomfort. A simple non-pharmacological act such as soothing music playing can transform a PACU full of beeping into a calmer, more therapeutic environment.
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Exploring Estrogen-Related Atrophy Beyond the Genitourinary Tract
This paper proposes that estrogen deficiency during menopause may cause atrophy beyond the genitourinary tract, potentially affecting tissues such as the esophagus and oral cavity. Symptoms like dysphagia or throat burning may sometimes reflect estrogen-related tissue changes rather than GERD.
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Transformational Leadership in Nursing Administration: A Single-Center Observational Study
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This narrative practicum study documents an individual experience in Nursing Administration conducted at Bicol Regional Hospital and Medical Center, examining organizational structure, staffing systems, infection prevention, and quality improvement processes through a transformational leadership lens.
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Exploring Nursing Administration Practices: Insights from an Intensive Clinical Experience at Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium
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A reflective analysis of nursing administration practices based on an intensive clinical experience at Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium, exploring leadership, staffing challenges, advocacy, and systemic issues in public healthcare.
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Scheduling Time with Yourself to Advance Your Education
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Returning to school can be an intimidating prospect for working nurses; however, increasing demands within the healthcare system have made advanced education essential. As more healthcare organizations pursue Magnet designation and national recommendations emphasize the importance of bachelor’s-prepared nurses, the expectation for higher levels of education continues to grow.
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Bedside Manners Greatly Matters
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Amongst all the other healthcare providers, nurses are the ones who can have the opportunity to connect deeply with their patients. Every nurse can have the opportunity to develop and build their patient's trust on them or to be hesitant and increase their patients anxiety.
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Using Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring System Data as Supplement to Accurately Report on Nursing Staff Hours per Resident Day
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Electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems offer an objective data source for measuring actual patient care presence, supplementing traditional payroll-based reporting for CMS and Leapfrog staffing metrics. By utilizing role-specific, time-in-room data, organizations can enhance the accuracy and transparency of reported nursing hours per resident day (HPRD) while validating staffing compliance.
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From shift to Leadership: Advancing Nurses through experience and Mastery, Not just degrees
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Lessons from Policing/Law Enforcement Promotion Models, Promotion of Nurses through experience and Mastery using the policing/Law enforcement promotion model.
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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding School Phobia among Mothers of Primary School Children in Selected Schools at Tumkur
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The structured teaching programme was highly effective in enhancing the knowledge of mothers regarding school phobia. Early parental awareness can contribute to timely identification and prevention of psychological complications in school children.
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A Study To Assess The Knowledge And Practice Of Mothers Of Under Five Children Regarding First Aid Management Of Foreign Body Aspiration In Vazhayur Panchayath
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A descriptive study to "Assess the knowledge and practice of mothers of under five children regarding the first aid management of foreign body aspiration in Vazhayur Panchayath" is aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of mothers of under five children regarding first aid management of foreign body aspiration with a view to prepare an information booklet.. The key findings of the study likely explores the level of knowledge among mothers about foreign body aspiration.. It may identify gaps in knowledge and practice areas where education is needed. The study result showed that majority of the mothers had moderate knowledge regarding the first aid management. The study's findings can inform the development of targeted educational interventions to improve knowledge among mothers of under five children.. The study suggests avenues for future research, such as intervention studies and comparative studies.
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From Chaos to Clarity: Bedside Handoff in Obstetric Nursing
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Obstetric nursing is complex and fast paced, requiring clear communication to support safe patient care. This article looks at the importance of shift-to-shift bedside handoff in obstetrics involving both nurses and patients, and how it improves communication and accountability.
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Enhancing Equity and Access in Canadian Maternal Healthcare
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This brief paper provides an overview of maternal healthcare services in Canada and proposes recommendations to enhance access and promote equitable maternal healthcare services.
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The Role of a Nurse Educator: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice throughout Nursing Curricula
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is necessary to provide safe & high-quality nursing care, yet nursing graduates commonly report low levels of confidence with utilizing clinical decisions based on their research findings. Nurse educators have an important role in developing EBP competence through the integration of evidence-based practice across the nursing curriculum. This academic briefing focused on EBP in nursing education, highlighted recent studies that substantiate effective teaching practices, and discussed implications for nurse educators to better prepare students for evidence-based practice.
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Leadership Styles in Nursing: Finding the Approach That Fits
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Effective nursing leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. In today’s fast-paced and complex healthcare settings, strong nurse leaders adapt their approach based on patient needs, team dynamics, and the challenges at hand. Developing an understanding of different leadership styles allows nurses to grow with intention and lead more confidently—whether at the bedside, in leadership roles, or in advanced practice. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at six essential leadership styles in nursing: transformational, transactional, servant, democratic, autocratic, and laissez-faire, and how each can be used to strengthen teams and improve care.
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Opinion: New Nurse Training Needs a reality check
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Opinion on new nurse orientation
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Is There a Nursing Shortage? 3 Ways the Industry Is Responding
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While this poor patient-to-nurse ratio has been a problem for years, it has now grown to become a pressing concern. There is a nursing shortage in the country, but the healthcare industry has some actionable solutions which are discussed in this article.
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