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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

Tips for Getting the Most out of the APA Publication Manual

In my nursing programs, all formal papers had to be written using the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guidelines. So I learned APA style, as required. I really learned it.  Other than revisions for a new edition, once I learned APA, I didn’t have to learn it again — I

Quick Tip: What’s the Difference Between the Independent and Dependent Variable?

This Quick Tip explains how to remember the difference between the independent and dependent variable in quantitative research studies. To read the in-depth post, click HERE. Independent and dependent variables are concepts with which many nursing students struggle. Hey, I did, too! But don’t give up! You’ll get better at

8 Ways to Enhance the Patient Experience in Healthcare

Guest Author: Adela Ellis, BSN, RN I’m happy to welcome Adela Ellis, BSN, RN as a guest author this month!  Ms. Ellis is a full-time nurse and a part-time ambassador for Infinity Scrubs. This post focuses on ways to enrich the patient experience in healthcare to facilitate the best outcomes for care.

7 Tips for Nurses to Effectively Communicate with Elderly Clients

  Guest Author: Holly Clark Welcome to Holly Clark, a guest author this month!  Ms. Clark is the community manager for FirstCare.ie – providers of, and experts in, elderly care from Ireland!  For more details about Holly and FirstCare.ie scroll to the end of this post.    Communication is an

Effective Tips to Keep Healthy as a Practicing Nursing Student

Guest Author: Conner Flynn I’m happy to welcome Conner Flynn as a guest author this month! Conner writes about and has a passion for gadgets and technology, always keeping an eye out for the latest new trends. In this post, he offers practical tips that will help nursing students (and practicing

How To Plan for Success in Your Online Course

This post is part of a series of tips and expert advice about how to be successful in nursing school. In this post, I share tips about how to navigate and master your online courses. This post was proofread by Grammarly** **This post contains affiliate links. See the explanation at the

How to Stand Out in a Nursing Job Interview

This blog theme contains career advice about the things you need to do to transition from student to professional nurse. In this blog post, I’ll share six tips to help you get to the top of the applicant pool by standing out in your nursing job interview.  This series of

Commonly Used Concept Analysis Methods in Nursing: An Introduction to Walker and Avant’s 8-Step Method

The first two posts of this series on concept analysis laid out the purpose of concept analysis and how to search for concept analysis articles and research. This post will begin an overview some of the commonly used concept analysis methods and frameworks used in nursing theory and nursing research.

Productivity Hack: Chunk Your Work to See Forward Progress!

One way to focus your work projects is to “chunk” your work. This post will give you 8 tips for breaking your next work or school project into chunks so that you can decrease the overwhelm, see your progress going forward, and have the satisfaction of crossing steps off your

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