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Quote 2How to Manage Your Life When You’re an Adult Nurse in School

If you’re going back to school for a BSN or MSN, it may feel like you’re living two lives: one as a full-time student and the other as a working nurse.

Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged Nursing Education

Donna DvorakHow a 55-year-old RN Gathered the Courage to Go Back to School

An accomplished nurse with a successful career goes back to school, to prepare for a move away from patient care and into the area of clinical research.

Posted in Success Stories | Tagged clinical research, Nursing Education, success stories

nurse with chartWhy Should You Be a Mentor to a Younger Nurse?

Informal mentoring honors the human side of the workplace, and it holds sacred the ideal that people can bring out the best in each other. When you seize upon every opportunity to act as an informal mentor, you can provide coaching, advice, and an empathetic ear to someone who needs a sounding board –all in an unstructured, casual manner.

Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged Mentoring

EducationAnnouncing a New Online Doctorate of Nursing in Educational Leadership

American Sentinel University announces the industry’s very first online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Educational Leadership.

Posted in University News | Tagged DNP, Nursing Education, Nursing Leadership

healthcare52012 AONE Conference: A Nursing Workforce Strategy for the Future

During the third week of March, nurse leaders from all over the country met in Boston to share ideas about preparing for health care reform, implementing the IOM recommendations, and addressing other hot nursing issues.  The occasion was the American …

Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged IOM, Nursing Education, Nursing Leadership