Category Archives: Expert Advice

Tips for Mental Health Wellness: Intrapersonal Strategies

Guest Author: I’m pleased to welcome Sharleen Lucas, RN, WEMT, OEC as a guest author to the Nursing Education Expert blog. Sharleen is an acute care nurse who now spends her time as a freelance health content writer. She is the creator of RNextdoor.com. For more on Sharleen, scroll to

Tips on Preparing for Nursing School

  Guest Author: I’m pleased to welcome the Heartsoul Scrubs Content Team as a guest author to the Nursing Education Expert blog. For more on Heartsoul Scrubs scroll to the bottom of the post. This post was proofread by Grammarly.**  **This document contains some affiliate links. See the end of the

Five Tips for Success in Your Undergraduate Nursing Program

This post provides general tips to help you be successful in your undergraduate nursing program. These tips will work regardless of the type of undergraduate nursing program you are enrolled in or the format of your classes (e.g., online, traditional classroom, or for your clinical rotation). This post was proofread

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Resilience: Adapt, Tolerate, Rebuild, and Improve!

The Lexico Dictionary defines resilient as being “able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.” I know this is a crazy time – the COVID-19 pandemic is something that none of us have seen in our lifetime. The uncertainty about when and how we will get back to something

80% BSN by 2020: Why Aren’t We There Yet?

Guest Author: I’m pleased to welcome Jeff Oescher as a guest author to the Nursing Education Expert blog. Jeff is a medical writer for Vohra Wound Physicians, a national wound care physician group. For more on Jeff, scroll to the bottom of the post. This post was proofread by Grammarly.**  **This

COVID-19 Resources for Nurses and Nursing Students

This post provides information about COVID-19 resources of interest to nurses and nursing students. While the information is geared toward the nursing profession, it will also be valuable for non-nurses reading this post!  This post was proofread by Grammarly**  **This document contains some affiliate links. See the end of the post

Nursing Leaders Call for Flexibility for Graduating Nursing Students

    Students, with the mandatory and voluntary social distancing measures taken to slow the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many of you have had your clinical rotations limited or stopped completely. This is a press release requesting nursing schools and nursing programs to consider alternative and innovative solutions for

NCLEX Update: Limited Test Centers to Open

Students, this is a press release from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) that I just got that will interest those of you wanting to schedule your NCLEX exam.  for Immediate Release March 23, 2020 NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examinations testing will resume on a limited basis at

How to Answer Questions You Will Get Asked about COVID-19

As nursing students or practicing nurses, you will get asked for information and your personal opinions about how to deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what to say. Original post published March 16, 2020; Last Updated December 10, 2020.  Note: The information below was correct at the time this

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