The shortage of nursing staff remains a major challenge in the U.S. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2014), the shortage is expected to be even greater in the next one decade or so. The shortage has been fuelled by factors such as reduced enrolment into nursing schools, increased retirement of the nursing workforce, as well as higher demand for healthcare due to population ageing and

Nurse Practitioner Professional Career PlannerCover Letter:[Name][Address]Some City, Some State 92802(555) [email protected][Current Date]Dear Hiring Manager:I am writing to express my strong interest in the Family Nurse Practitioner position currently available at your facility. As a nursing student completing my MSN degree and portfolio, I am confident that my skills and experience make me an excellent candidate for this position.As you will note from the enclosed resume, I have over 10 years

Career Development There are a number of factors and individual characteristics that impact career development and vocational choices. These factors can be external or internal or a combination of the two. Some individuals are influenced by others close to them or by those role models who may represent the area of interest but there is no direct personal connection. Career choice for some can be determined by the path taken by

Nursing Leadership and Conflict Management The complexities of communication in healthcare are accentuated by the urgency of providing expert-level care and continually fueling a high level of professional competence with one's peers and the broader professional communities. The more time-sensitive a given field of nursing or medical practice, the more critical it is to have highly accurate, relevant and timely patient data to make decisions on (White, Thornbory, 2007). Across the

Nursing Contemporary Nursing Stereotypes on Television Author Carol J. Huston writes in a boldly honest narrative that the nursing industry must seek to be populated with "smart… bright…highly motivated" nurses who "want to make a difference" in the lives of the patients they tend to (Huston, 2013, p. 319). Nurses must "…stop acting like victims" and instead use their best instincts and have a positive influence on public policy (Huston, 319). In

Nurse led clinical research: neonatal nurses' perceptions and experiences The aims of the study are to understand the experiences of clinical nurses in conducting and utilizing clinical research within their neonatal setting. This is a qualitative study of five neonatal nurses who were interviewed using semi-structured, face-to-face interviews to obtain the study data. This was a phenomenology-based study, which means it was meant to study the overall structure of the nurses experiences