Education & Career

By: Jennifer Collins, RN, MSN, CRNP, AG-ACNP-BC Nov 8 2024

My Story of Becoming a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner: Driven by Purpose If you asked me when I was five years old what I wanted to be when I grew up the answer likely would have been a professional soccer player. Even as I approached the end of my high school career, I truly had no idea what I wanted to do with my...

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By: Elizabeth Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CNE, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Nov 1 2024

Before Workplace Violence Happens…Because Hope is Not a Good Plan Between 2010-2020, the rate of non-fatal workplace violence against healthcare workers has more than doubled, and nearly 400 healthcare professionals were killed in their workplaces. Hospital workers are 6 times more likely to encounter workplace...

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By: Elizabeth Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CNE, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Sep 1 2024

Reinstill Joy in Nursing You’ve always wanted to be a nurse. Nursing school felt like boot camp, but you made it. You scored your dream job, but now you are getting close to the end of orientation and never felt more unprepared to care for these sick patients on...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Jul 1 2024

Pursuing career dreams…just do it! A colleague recently asked what I thought about changing her current role and doing something different in nursing. I’m sure every one of you have had the exact same thought. I told her to think about where she wanted to be in a year, 5...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 10 2024

6 Models for Debriefing in Nursing Education In nursing education, debriefing after clinical – whether in person or in simulation – is essential. It is a time where educators provide feedback, analyze actions, and encourage reflections to improve future performance (Fegran et al....

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By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 12 2024

Why Aren't More Nurses Certified? Nursing certification is a type of credentialling that shows an individual has met specific standards beyond the basic level of nursing knowledge as determined by a specialty organization. To become board certified, registered nurses (RNs) must...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 1 2024

Lifelong Learning and Nursing Certification As I’ve grown in my years of experience, I can clearly see the difference that certification makes in my practice. I am a more knowledgeable nurse and nurse practitioner because of the requirements to maintain my certification. For me, this...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Aug 8 2023

Quick Guide to Studying for Certification Exams I am happy to share that I recently achieved CCRN certification. It was a lot of studying, but I am so happy I did it. It had been on my to-do list for years and I must admit, it was more difficult than I anticipated. With a background in critical...

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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 18 2023

5 Ways to Advance your Nursing Career I can’t think of a single nurse that hasn’t had at least one unanticipated twist or turn in their career journey! We are constantly learning and being exposed to different patient populations, experiences, and technologies. It makes...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 1 2023

Investing in New Nurse Graduates Matters to our Future Year over year, we hear that new nursing graduates are not ready for practice. The numbers are clear; over the past 3 years the NCLEX pass rate for RNs has declined from 88.2% in 2019 to 79.9% in 2022 (NCSBN, 2022). In addition, only 23% of...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 1 2023

Certification: A Designation that Matters! I was recently asked the question, “Does nursing certification really matter?” “Matter to whom?” is the question. We know patients expect to receive the best quality care when they come to a healthcare organization. As...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Feb 1 2023

Communication: 4 Steps Toward A Healthier Work Environment Communication is the expression of a message between a sender and a recipient. Sounds simple but, it’s much more complicated than we realize. We communicate in different ways. Some prefer verbal communication, some prefer the written word in...

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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Oct 1 2022

Supporting the Next Generation of Nurses We’ve all heard the news about nursing workforce issues: lack of faculty, resources, and clinical sites to educate nursing students; burnout; staffing issues; nurses being dismayed with the work of nursing; and nurses leaving the profession....

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