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Latest Nursing News from NCC: The Washington School of Practical Nursing (WSPN) discusses the success of its Earn While You Lean Program, which offers paid clinical rotations to nursing students. This program partners with Mercy Hospital Washington and allows students to pay off their tuition and secure a job before even graduating with their nursing degree. This article will lay out the benefits of this partnership for WSPN and Mercy Hospital, as well as the specifics of their Earn While You Learn Program. It is important to recognize the importance of programs like this one as ventures to promote and protect our nursing population. https://lnkd.in/gSupd49q

Ten tips for nursing students starting placements! It can be daunting, but the experiences are truly fulfilling. Let's navigate this journey together! #NursingStudents #PlacementTips #RewardingJourney

IU School of Nursing educators Bryan White and Marian Gilhooly are driven by a shared vision: enhancing nursing education by integrating a wider variety of cultural experiences into simulation-based learning. White and Gilhooly initially observed a concerning trend in their simulation labs – most of the simulated patients lacked diversity, regardless of the disease or condition being studied – and they set out to change it by developing simulations that mirror the true diversity of America's population. Learn more about how these educators lead in developing cultural competencies for the nursing curriculum: https://ow.ly/eMLr50TEC6C

For nursing students, hands on, clinical experience is important for mentorship, confidence and learning. The Clinical Externs in Nursing (CEN) program at St. Joseph’s is providing a valuable opportunity for students to develop these essential skills. The CEN Program, funded through the Ontario Ministry of Health, is an additional, paid placements nursing students can take on if selected. For these students, like Isha Rai and Riley Ellis, the CEN Program has helped improve their confidence and fulfill a lifelong dream of being a nurse. Read more about the CEN Program in My St. Joseph’s, and how it’s contributing as a recruitment and retention strategy: https://bit.ly/4b6TOOe

Are we fixing the Nursing shortage by passing failed students at the request of college administrators? Nursing Standard Of Care, where did it go? How much training is being given too new Graduates in nursing? Are nursing students crying to College officials and blaming the instructor for their failure? Are nursing students being passed in nursing programs despite failing their exams? Is the new Next Generation NCLEX exam dummied down to help the nursing shortage? Are CNO's thinking the increased pass rate with the new NGN NCLEX exam is because Instructors did something different? Seriously? This is a huge problem today, ask yourself as a nurse, did you earn your degree? or Buy it? I hope you can say you earned your degree and did not blame your instructor for the grade did not like. If you are an instructor and being forced to pass students, leave, it is unethical. If you are a college administrator, well you will be a patient someday, good luck. CNO's do not get blindsided with all the new graduates as a gift, invest in the 3-month training they need to make it the gift of filling all the vacancies.

Midway University is breaking new ground in nursing education! Starting soon, our Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) will be available in an online/hybrid model. Whether you prefer daytime, evening on-campus, or the flexibility of online learning, we've got you covered. Dive into the future of nursing education! 📚💉 Learn more: https://ow.ly/kl2050QrTBo #MidwayNursing #OnlineLearning #NursingEducation"

Ensure back to school success with 🚀 Launch: Nursing Academic Readiness® Are you wondering how to keep attrition rates low and ensure that your students are fully prepared for nursing school? Introducing Launch: Nursing Academic Readiness®! It's not uncommon for students to enter nursing programs only to find they need assistance in key learning areas. Take the pressure off and let ATI handle the rest! Our six-week guided program pairs students with an ATI educator for one-on-one support, preparing them for the rigors of nursing school. Discover more about how Launch can save you time and enhance your students' readiness: https://hubs.ly/Q02Ll5pM0

How do evolving pedagogical changes impact the design of learning environments? It is a very important topic for us as architects and planners. This piece authored by my colleagues Terin Barrios, AIA, LEED AP and Emma Cuciurean-Zapan, AIA explores some key strategies to increase the positive impact of space on student outcomes.

An important teaching strategy that can be utilized in nursing education is the use of PowerPoints with voice-over. Rated as the top 5 highest preferred teaching strategies for nursing students in nursing programs with the important benefits of using more than one sense such as vision and hearing, helps improve audience focus, increases visual impact, and allows for better knowledge retention, especially for students who are visual and auditory learners encouraging individual learning at the learner’s speed (Harlan et al, 2021). Also, this teaching strategy allows students to check, recheck, and review the information presented and also allows students to review difficult concepts. Reference Harlan et al. (2021). Preferred teaching/learning strategies for graduate nursing students in web-enhanced courses. Dimension of Critical Care Nursing, 40(3), 149.155.

Exciting news for CMU, the nursing profession and healthcare as a whole!