Remember your first day on the job? How tricky it was to find everything? How hard it was to remember everyone’s name? How you wondered about your new colleagues and the new culture? Well, if you have a new employee […]
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One of the hot topics in nursing is the need for good nurse leaders. For minority nurses, the topic is especially important. As the patient population becomes increasingly diverse, nurse leaders of all ethnicities are going to be needed to
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As more foreign educated nurses are working in US hospitals, health care organizations and settings are going to need to address some of the barriers that are preventing these highly skilled nurses from making a smooth transition to their workplace.
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When Maria Krol, DNP(c), MSN, RNC-NIC, a professor in Southern Connecticut State University’s nursing program, talks to her students about religious traditions, she gives them this concise advice: I tell them check I wouldn’t do that!Â’ at the door. Krol’s
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You know LinkedIn is a great tool for job seekers, but do you know the tricks for using LinkedIn that will improve your chances of finding a job that’s a good match? 1. Look at Posted Jobs This one seems
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LinkedIn is a business standard now, but you may wonder if you really need it. Many people think an online profile, which highlights your career achievements and makes connections with others in the field easy and reliable, is strictly a
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Congratulations if you are getting ready for an important job interview! The preparation to make a good impression, form the best answers to questions, and to find out about a new organization can be time consuming and stressful. Even with
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If you’ve ever thought of making a career move into management, it is worth the time to make a plan for leading your career in that direction. Minority nurse managers are always needed, but many experts will say their numbers
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As the front line in health care, nurses know firsthand the dangers of smoking, but that doesn’t always mean they don’t do it. In comparison to other bad health habits, the dangers of smoking are hard to ignore. According to
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Coming from a childhood that was full of children including his seven brothers and sisters and plenty of foster children his parents cared for it is no wonder Dr. Richard Cowling, PhD, APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN, and vice president of academic
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