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🚨Applications are now open for the second Arizona Transition to Practice Program for New Graduate Registered Nurses cohort beginning in June 2024! Any Arizona healthcare facility licensed by ADHS that hires new graduate registered nurses is eligible to apply for the program. What you need to know: 👩⚕️This program will create an environment where our nurses can transition seamlessly from academia to practice. 🏥Priority will be given to critical access hospitals or hospitals located in counties with a population of less than 500,000 people. 👉Participation in the program is voluntary, and there is no cost to join. ❌Hospitals with existing 12-month Transition to Practice programs are not eligible for this program. Why it matters: Meeting the needs of new graduate nurses is a critical piece to increasing the nursing pipeline in Arizona. The Arizona Transition to Practice Program aims to address these gaps as nurses transition from academia to practice. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/g5NAJtrc.

🚨Applications are now open for the third Arizona Transition to Practice Program for New Graduate Registered Nurses cohort beginning in August 2024! Any Arizona healthcare facility licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services that hires new graduate registered nurses is eligible to apply for the program. What you need to know: 👩⚕️This program aspires to create an environment where our nurses can transition seamlessly from academia to practice. 🏥Priority is given to critical access hospitals or hospitals located in counties with a population of less than 500,000 people. 👉Participation in the program is voluntary, and there is no cost to join. ❌Hospitals with existing 12-month Transition to Practice programs are not eligible for this program. Why it matters: Meeting the needs of new graduate nurses is a critical piece to increasing the nursing pipeline in Arizona. The Arizona Transition to Practice Program aims to address these gaps as nurses transition from academia to practice. AzHHA has partnered with a national vendor, OpusVi (Latin for workforce), who has developed a transition to practice program that enables healthcare systems and organizations to upskill and retain top talent. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/g5NAJtrc

🌐 Ready to embark on the next 50 years of NTI excellence 🎓 Nursing has undergone profound transformation, with a spotlight on evidence-based, patient-centered care. Nurses now champion collaboration, shared governance, and patients’ rights. How has your nursing role evolved over the years? Share your story in the comments below! 💙🏥 #NTI2024 #NursingEvolution

🚨Applications are being accepted for future cohorts of the Arizona Transition to Practice Program for New Graduate Registered Nurses. Program start dates align with graduation dates. New graduate nurses will be eligible for the cohort closest to their NCLEX pass date. What you need to know: 👩⚕️ Any Arizona healthcare facility licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services that hires new graduate registered nurses is eligible to apply for the program. 🏥Priority is given to critical access hospitals or hospitals located in counties with a population of less than 500,000 people. 👉Participation in the program is voluntary, and there is no cost to join. ❌Hospitals with existing 12-month Transition to Practice programs are not eligible for this program. Why it matters: This program aspires to create an environment where our nurses can transition seamlessly from academia to practice. AzHHA has partnered with a national vendor, OpusVi (Latin for workforce), who has developed a transition to practice program that enables healthcare systems and organizations to upskill and retain top talent. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/g5NAJtrc

NCLEX pass rates are table stakes for nursing school but they do not translate into practice readiness of your graduates. Systems still have to train or retrain nurses for an additional 12 months to become safe, and independent practitioners through transition to practice programs. We need to improve nursing school curriculum to close this gap, or maybe make nursing school longer? Or maybe change NCLEX to reflect practice settings better? Or get CMS funding for residencies just like our medical colleagues, to pay for preceptor and learning time? Or we create several steps to licensure? or formalize clinical rotations in health systems? or do time variable education that requires competency assessment for core skills? or ...... What is out there that is closing this gap?

This is an important issue that needs attention. Indeed, those of us who actually work at bedside have noticed a change in the caliber of nursing care provided to patients. We are all on the same team and seeing proof of these deficiencies daily is alarming. I feel strongly that accelerated programs are NOT the solution and I would argue this is actually part of the problem. We need to ensure quality and ample clinical hours, decrease and/or obliterate accelerated options, and ensure *relevant clinical education is provided on *high yield topics. Nursing students should spend less time formulating “nursing diagnoses” and writing “plans of care”, much less time writing endless papers and/or participating in online discussion forums and have more time actually learning the practical part of nursing. It’s that simple. Quality education cannot and should not be fast-tracked— and I stand behind this sentiment for both RN and NP education tracks. How can we continue to justify individuals obtaining a Masters Degree in Nursing without having mastered any nursing skills? There are some who graduate with a MSN who have literally never worked as a nurse in any capacity. True mastery, of anything (but especially of a hands-on career such as nursing) takes time, practice and accumulated experience.

Of the 7,600 nurses who purchased fake diplomas from three Florida nursing programs last year, almost a third passed the NCLEX. The NCLEX is designed to allow individuals with minimum educational requirements to sit for the exam. Currently, an Associate's degree in Nursing is sufficient to pass the exam and become a registered nurse. However, the initiative to elevate the majority of the nursing workforce to Bachelor's degrees by 2020 has not materialized, primarily due to a lack of financial incentives. Nurses with BSN degrees are compensated just as much as those with ADNs, as nursing unions advocate for equal pay regardless of educational level, emphasizing that seniority is what matters most.Meanwhile, nursing curricula have fallen so far behind actual skills-based nursing that the new generation of nurses expects mandatory on-the-job training. Their understanding of healthcare operations is nearly nonexistent. The 'Future of Nursing' report published in 2021 highlighted equity as the most important initiative for nurses this decade. Therefore, the older generation still benefits from skilled and experienced nurses trained in traditional methods. It's the millennials we should worry about—they will likely face a shortage of proper nursing care. The majority of them already struggle with poor mental health, suffer from chronic and perceived disabilities, and lack the financial means to afford healthcare.The NCLOX still focuses on long-term skilled nursing rather than future needs. The curriculum is 30 years outdated, and there is a shortage of educators to meet the current demands.To address these issues, I propose the following: 1. Eliminate ADN programs. Make the BSN the minimum degree requirement to sit for the NCLEX 2. Standardize all pre-nursing curricula and combine pre-med and pre-nurse classes so that all healthcare professionals have a strong foundational knowledge of basic human anatomy and physiology. 3. Increase the number of continuing education credits required for license renewal. 4. Introduce more STEM courses in nursing curricula, as current ADN programs do not mandate courses in statistics or any other math. 5. Allow for a competency-based curriculum that recognizes individual strengths in social sciences or STEM. Simplifying the nursing force in the name of equity ultimately harms everyone.

Earlier this year a report to national cabinet found "a severe shortage of nurses, will see Australia requiring an additional 46,000 registered nurses needed by 2026, including those required in aged care".   Clinical facilitators, experienced nurses themselves, play a crucial role in preparing future nurses by imparting hands-on training, guidance, and resilience skills to complement tertiary studies. PeopleIN's Network Nursing Agency has supplied these experts to universities for many years and, in an important acknowledgement of their knowledge and expertise, has been invited to advise on formalising the clinical facilitators skillset through a nationally recognised and transferable qualification.   Find out more from the case study, which describes how NNA is helping reshape the landscape of nursing education.   #nursing #nursingeducation #innovation #clinicalfacilitators #proudlyAustralian

Importance of Collaboration with Nursing Schools & Healthcare Earlier this week, leaders in nursing education met from Massachusetts’s academic and healthcare settings. We discussed the AACN 2021 Essentials and Competency-Based Education and common knowledge gaps among our newly licensed nurses. Collaboration is critical to advancing the quality and safety of healthcare. By partnering with nursing schools, healthcare organizations can foster a learning, innovation and excellence culture. Nursing students benefit from the exposure to real-world challenges and opportunities, while healthcare professionals gain fresh perspectives and insights from the next generation of nurses. We encourage all academic and healthcare settings to collaborate, if not already. Together, we can positively impact the health and well-being of patients and communities. #nursesonlinkedin #healthcareinnovators #education #collabration

🙌Celebrating Success: Advancing Digital Competence in Nursing Education! 🎉 The integration of Electronic Patient Records (EPR) into the nursing simulation curriculum has been extremely beneficial. Second-year nursing students engaged in simulated placements that mirrored real-world clinical scenarios, using EPR to manage patient care from admission to discharge. Student nurses showed significant improvement in digital clinical competencies, with heightened confidence and readiness to use EPR in practice. This initiative not only enhanced their clinical decision-making skills but also increased their engagement and scenario fidelity. Embracing digital tools is helping shape the future of healthcare, ensuring we continue to provide safe, efficient, and patient-centered care. Looking forward to further innovations in nursing education and the positive impact they will have on our healthcare system! 💻👩⚕️👨⚕️ #NursingEducation #DigitalHealth #EPR #HealthcareInnovation #FutureOfNursing