A Nurse Changing the World

A former student shares her story of trial and triumph as she fought her way through a nursing school program that doubted her nursing skills because she had only one arm.

She's a wonderful example of perseverance and how nurse managers can really make a difference with developing and retaining young nurses.

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Is it time to get your PhD in Nursing or Midwifery?

Over the years, I've written a lot about pursuing a PhD in nursing and I'm including midwives because we need more PhD prepared midwives too. Getting a PhD is a great way to address the problems you've seen on the frontlines of COVID-19, another way to address the social injustices of racism and discrimination on health outcomes, and to make your voice heard by the decision-makers. A third of the 1% of nurses with PhDs will retire in the next five years so we need people to take their place. We cannot lose our voices in all the places where nurses and midwives with PhDs work. Here's a compilation of the posts I've written about getting a PhD and the things to think about as you figure out where you want to apply. PhD or DNP? This is where many people start when trying to decide on their doctoral-level career advancement. This post has my two cents on the topic. Should you work as a nurse before getting a PhD? There's a lot of opinions out there on this sub...

We're Back for the Year of the Nurse 2020!

Over the last ten years, this blog continues to generate traffic so we are back in 2020 to highlight key issues around developing your nursing career and other hot topics related to the profession in the US and abroad. Here's some popular topics from past posts based on the 52,000+ visitors who have found it. Getting your PhD in Nursing - There are four posts in this series so be sure to check them all out. The Post-Doc Question The Faculty Search Process Loan Repayment Mentoring is about supporting people in their career development and facing the day to day issues of their career. I hope you find this blog useful!

There Are Other Masters Degrees Besides a Nurse Practitioner - Part I

It strikes me that many students and nurses do not seem to know about the "other" masters degree options for nurses. Everyone seems to want to be a nurse practitioner these days. Now, that's great news for the primary care provider shortage, but we need nurses with masters degrees who can work in other positions and have other skill sets. Let's review the other masters degrees in nursing. Nearest and dearest to my own heart is Nursing Education. Remember that really cool clinical instructor you had in your entry-level nursing program --that could be you! Do you like precepting new hires? Are you the person on your unit who unofficially keeps everyone up-to-date on the latest evidence? Do you really enjoy patient teaching, whether in the hospital or community setting? Do you just like to teach? Nursing education is the right masters for you. Skills learned in a nursing education masters cannot be learned on the job. Cur...

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